Small issue with cross-refs PDF hyperlinks
Posted: 2019-08-18 17:08:03
When creating cross-references to tables or figures it's common and convenient to use the caption as destination (see the NWP manua as an example).
Unfortunately when clicking on the hyperlinks in the PDF generated from the RTF the destination line (i.e. the caption) will end up at the upper border of the PDF viewer window and the table/figure, which is the real object you want to cross-reference, will be completely out of view above the upper border.
Not really a serious problem and the solution is for sure quite simple (just scroll the PDF to make the table/figure visible) but the behavior could be disconcerting to colleagues/clients/etc who is expecting to jump to the portion of interest but at first cannot see any tables or figures.
A possible (easy?) remedy would be to move up the destination point of the hyperlink say of approx 1/3 of the PDF page height. That will give no assurance that the table/figure will be completely visible but at least you can see a part of it and realize it's there.
Notice that when used in NWP the cross-refs correctly jumps in a way that puts the destination caption in the middle of NWP window.
Unfortunately when clicking on the hyperlinks in the PDF generated from the RTF the destination line (i.e. the caption) will end up at the upper border of the PDF viewer window and the table/figure, which is the real object you want to cross-reference, will be completely out of view above the upper border.
Not really a serious problem and the solution is for sure quite simple (just scroll the PDF to make the table/figure visible) but the behavior could be disconcerting to colleagues/clients/etc who is expecting to jump to the portion of interest but at first cannot see any tables or figures.
A possible (easy?) remedy would be to move up the destination point of the hyperlink say of approx 1/3 of the PDF page height. That will give no assurance that the table/figure will be completely visible but at least you can see a part of it and realize it's there.
Notice that when used in NWP the cross-refs correctly jumps in a way that puts the destination caption in the middle of NWP window.