Here's a simple guideline for how to edit PDF files, including how to edit blocks of text, graphics and images, comments and links using Acrobat X Pro.

In addition to making an entire image function as a hyperlink, RoboHelp 10 enables you to identify sections of an image or screen capture which you would like to link to different targets. Image maps allow you to draw a desired "hot zone" shape over a button, field, or section of graphic, and have hyperlink action to another section of the project, or even a URL. It's as easy as making a hyperlink; all you need is to know where to find the menu!

RoboHelp 10 bookmarks allow you to swiftly create destinations for hyperlinks that go below the topic level. Bookmarks are also useful for adding subtopic links in a TOC. Another use for bookmarks is to help a user instantly navigate to key portions of long tables or lists of information. You can create bookmarks in RoboHelp with a simple drag n' drop!

Many of us have been frustrated by how "slippery" the positioning of anchored frames can be in Word. FrameMaker 11 provides considerably more control. This video starts out with a bang, showing how you can easily generate a table of parts, views or animations (with auto-hypertext links) to a 3D graphics. The published PDF output provides an attractive, guided user experience. Discover how FrameMaker 11's new Object Styles allow you to name, then globally update the appearance or positioning of both anchored frames and graphic objects. Hotspots also allow you to create a link between a zone of a graphic and related text.

FrameMaker 11 has the unique ability to customize cross-reference formats, which use simple building blocks to display anything from page numbers, Figure Titles, to numbered prefixes and preceding Chapter or Section Titles. In cases where Word requires multiple clicks and links to targets, plus manual entry of text, FrameMaker 11 let's you "have it all" in just one mouse click.

FrameMaker 11 has the ability to import rich video or 3D, and link various views of the graphic to text or tables. Ideal for medical devices, airline instrumentation documentation, etc.

FrameMaker 11 has the ability to create "hot spot" links from an entire graphic or portion of a graphic to relevant text, with hyperlinks in output files.

Link content within or across InDesign documents so that changes (including interactivity) made to the parent text or object are applied to all linked children objects.

In this demo, Yuki Shimizu shows how the completed game appears when played on a Motorola Droid X phone. (Click the HTML Text link to read the article.)

In this mobile app demo, John Chen shows animations on the Nexus One (left) and iPod 4 (right) performing poorly because of too many vector graphics. Note the degraded performance (as slow as 12 fps) as more and more vector graphics come in. (Click the HTML Text link to read the article.)