You may already know that QuarkXPress can automatically create hyperlinks from a table of contents or index.* And perhaps you also know that Acrobat 8 can recognize URLs in a PDF file and convert them into hyperlinks.
But what about figure references, table references, page number references, or… if all you have is the PDF file? Then get Virginia Systems’ Sonar Bookends Activate. This $195 plug-in for Acrobat 6/7/8 uses patterns in the text to hyperlink all these kinds of references. They also have a free demo version.
*Check out today’s Hyperlinks tip by Jay Nelson, Easy Hyperlinks in QuarkXPress that Export into PDFs.
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Jeff Gamet - who has written 270 posts on Planet Quark.
Jeff Gamet is a contributing editor for Design Tools Monthly, the executive summary of graphic design news. He is also the morning editor and reviews editor for The Mac Observer and iPodObserver.com, and contributing writer for Layers Magazine and Photoshop User. He writes the InBrief column for InDesign Magazine, and is the author of "The Designer's Guide to Mac OS X," from Peachpit Press
When Jeff isn't writing about the graphic design world, he's talking about it on the Design Tools Weekly podcast with co-host Jay Nelson. He also talks about Apple and the Mac world every week on The Mac Observer's Apple Weekly Report.
Jeff studies, tests and reviews new software and technologies for the Macintosh community as well as the design and print industries. He is a former Pre-press specialist, and has nearly 25 years experience with computer technology. Jeff trains, lectures and consults on techniques for more efficiently using Mac OS X in creative environments throughout the country.
In the rare moments when he can get away from his MacBook Pro, Jeff spends his time climbing and biking in the Colorado mountains.
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