We produce PDF files (from FrameMaker) with numerous links to locations in the same file.
By default, these open in the same window.
These files are normally viewed in Adobe Reader (very few of our users have full Acrobat).
Sometimes our users want to open the link in a new window (so they have 2 copies of the file open).
In Reader 8 you could right-click on a link, and select 'Open Link in New Window'.
This feature seems to have disappeared in Reader 9. Is this really the case or am I missing something? Is there any way that our readers can achieve the same result?
Thanks for any advice.
Jo.
It sounds like you are describing the Multiple Document Interface (MDI) available in the Adobe Reader/Acrobat 8 release(s).
As the article below (via the link) states, Single Document Interface (SDI) is the default in the Adobe Reader/Acrobat 8 release(s).
Change to MDI, with release 8, requires the user to perform the following:
Edit > Preferences > from the Categories: pane, select "Documents" > in the Open Settings pane >
select/check the first (top) entry "Show each document in its own window (requires restart)
Then "OK", close open appliations and restart the local machine.
Now, when one right clicks a link to access the context menu, they can (as you note), "Open Link in New Window".
In release 9 of Adobe Reader/Acrobat this is no longer available. The article, at the link below, explains why.
[url=http://blogs.adobe.com/acrobat/2008/09/mdi_vs_sdi_in_acrobat.html]MDI vs SDI in Acrobat[/url]
[url=http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/405/kb405108.html]Preference "Show each document in its own window (requires restart)" no longer available in Acrobat/Reader 9.0[/url]
Be well...