tag:support.multimarkdown.com,2013-02-12:/discussions/questions/3922-hyperlink-to-a-specific-page-in-a-pdf-fileMultiMarkdown Software, LLC: Discussion 2017-10-13T14:03:35Ztag:support.multimarkdown.com,2013-02-12:Comment/391893512016-02-17T23:08:35Z2016-02-17T23:08:35ZHyperlink to a specific page in a PDF file<div><p>If you create a PDF via the HTML route, it's basically just
"printing" to a file. Internal links are not supported.</p>
<p>If you want to create PDFs with working internal links (and many
other features), I recommend using LaTeX instead.</p>
<p>Fletcher</p></div>Fletchertag:support.multimarkdown.com,2013-02-12:Comment/391893512016-02-18T00:58:21Z2016-02-18T00:58:21ZHyperlink to a specific page in a PDF file<div><p>Thanks for your answer.<br>
My goal is actually to click on the link in the preview pane to
open the destination PDF file.</p></div>johseb14tag:support.multimarkdown.com,2013-02-12:Comment/391893512016-02-18T15:08:43Z2016-02-18T15:08:43ZHyperlink to a specific page in a PDF file<div><p>Perhaps you can send me more details?</p>
<p>The preview pane is just a web browser. if you click on any
external<br>
link (whether it be a "<a>file:///&quot</a>; URL or a "<a href="http://some.server/&quot">http://some.server/&quot</a>;
link),<br>
it will open it in a browser.</p>
<p>Links that are local to the document will cause the preview to
scroll.</p>
<p>Opening a PDF will cause your browser (or Preview, etc. based on
your<br>
computer's settings) to open the document, but it won't open to
a<br>
certain part of the document, as PDF's don't support URLs like
that.</p>
<p>Fletcher</p></div>Fletchertag:support.multimarkdown.com,2013-02-12:Comment/391893512016-02-18T23:35:37Z2016-02-18T23:43:18ZHyperlink to a specific page in a PDF file<div><p>Hi Fletcher,<br>
a few apps can handle specific URL schemes to open PDF files e.g.
DEVONthink can use an URL containing the file ID to jump to a
specified page (something like <a>x-devonthink-item://9C824306-C620-4BC1-87A5-FC86B90D73D2?page=18</a>).</p>
<p>I'm trying to replicate that feature with a more standard (and
future proof) approach that makes use of the path of the file to
open it in the default app set for the .pdf extension (Acrobat Pro
XI in my case).</p>
<p>Based on a quick investigation on the internet I was (naively)
hoping that a syntax like<br>
<code>[test](/Users/myself/path/to/myTestFile.pdf#page=18)</code><br>
could do the trick; unfortunately, clicking the link in the preview
pane correctly opens the file but doesn't jump to the right
page.</p>
<p>I'm running MMC Pro 3.0b42 on OS X 10.10.5 if that matters.</p></div>johseb14tag:support.multimarkdown.com,2013-02-12:Comment/391893512016-02-19T01:43:22Z2016-02-19T01:43:22ZHyperlink to a specific page in a PDF file<div><p>Right. But that's a problem for the app that is opening the PDF.
Not<br>
for Composer.</p>
<p>I can't control what the other application does with a file or
URL.</p>
<p>Fletcher</p></div>Fletcher