PDF filename vs PDF title - spaces vs underscores

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PDF filename vs PDF title - spaces vs underscores

Post by mattf »

Hi all,
Spaces in my PDF file name are causing build failures on Unix (we think). If I put underscores in the file name we expect the problem to go away, but the "title" bar of the opened PDF displays the file name and I don't want underscores showing in my titles. Is there some way in Flare to specify a title that is different from the filename? I only see one place to name the PDF file, and it's on the MyMSWord target file. As far as I know this gets used for both the file name and the title. Any help appreciated. Thanks,
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Re: PDF filename vs PDF title - spaces vs underscores

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mattf wrote:Is there some way in Flare to specify a title that is different from the filename?
There is, but that's only for web output. PDF and Word files show the file name, but that's a function of their programs and nothing that Flare can override.

Another alternative is to not use underscores but to use a mix of upper- and lowercase letters. For instance, ProgramXYZUserGuide.pdf. Or to use underscores with a mix of characters, such as ProgramXYZ_UserGuide.pdf.
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Re: PDF filename vs PDF title - spaces vs underscores

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If you purchase Adobe Acrobat you can change the file name as a document setting, and you can set whether to display the filename or the document name. This suggests this is a setting MadCap could implement when the PDF is built. I'd recommend a feature request for now, with a work around being changing the settings in the PDF file itself using Acrobat.
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Re: PDF filename vs PDF title - spaces vs underscores

Post by mattf »

Thanks for the info, folks.
doc_guy, I think the feature request is a good idea.
As always, solutions that require post-build tweaking don't work for me -- the whole point is automation -- I actually have Acrobat but changing the title in post-processing is not an option.
Thanks again,
-Matt
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