PDF Hyper References
Published on 30 Nov 2007Tags #LaTeX #PDF
The hyperref package will create proper bookmarks and hyper references in the document to jump to the desired place by a single click.
Document layout:
% ...
\usepackage[DRIVER,OPTIONS]{hyperref}
\hypersetup{
pdfauthor = {AUTHOR},
pdftitle = {TITLE},
pdfsubject = {SUBJECT},
pdfkeywords = {KEYWORDS},
pdfcreator = {CREATOR},
pdfproducer = {PRODUCER}
}
% ...
\begin{document}
For a list of drivers see Generating PS/PDF Documents
Package feature options:
| Option | Values | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| backref | true,false | false | Add references to bibliography items linking them to locations of corresponding citations |
| bookmarks | true,false | true | Compile bookmarks from table of contents |
| bookmarksopen | true,false | false | Open bookmarks on load of document |
| bookmarksopenlevel | n | maxdimen | Maximum visible bookmark level |
| breaklinks | true,false | false | Allow links to be broken across lines |
| colorlinks | true,false | false | Allow coloured links |
| hyperfigures | true,false | false | Build list of figures with hyper references |
| hyperindex | true,false | true | Build index with hyper references |
| linktocpage | true,false | false | Entries in the table of contents are linked to sections by the page numbers instead of the title |
| pageanchor | true,false | true | Insert a link anchor on every page |
| raiselinks | true,false | false | Raise up links |
Colouring options
These options are self-explanatory
| Option | Default |
|---|---|
| anchorcolor | black |
| citecolor | green |
| citebordercolor | 0 1 0 |
| filecolor | cyan |
| filebordercolor | 0 .5 .5 |
| linkcolor | red |
| linkbordercolor | 1 0 0 |
| menucolor | red |
| menubordercolor | 1 0 0 |
| pagecolor | red |
| pagebordercolor | 1 1 0 |
| urlcolor | magenta |
| urlbordercolor | 0 1 1 |
PDF viewer options:
| Option | Values | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| pdffitwindow | true,false | false | Document is fitted to window on load |
| pdtnewwindow | true,false | false | Open links in new window |
| pdfmenubar | true,false | true | Show menu in viewer |
| pdfpagelayout | SinglePage | Shows single page and flips when advancing | |
| OneColumn | Displays document in single column and allows continuous scrolling | ||
| TwoColumnLeft | Displays document in two column with odd-numbered pages to the left | ||
| TwoColumnRight | Displays document in two columns with odd-numbered pages to the right | ||
| pdfpagemode | None | Default mode of display | |
| UseThumbs | Shows thumbnails | ||
| UseOutlines | Shows bookmarks | ||
| FullScreen | View fullscreen | ||
| pdfstartpage | n | 1 | Number of page to display on load |
| pdftoolbar | true,false | true | Show toolsbar in viewer |
| pdfpagetransition | Blinds | How a page transition is performed | |
| Box | |||
| Dissolve | |||
| Glitter | |||
| Split | |||
| Wipe |
Additional macros …
… provided by the hyperref package:
\href{URL}{TEXT}
\url{URL} corresponds to \href{URL}{URL}
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