Hans Aberg writes: > Depends: In DVI, such links are shipped out using \special, when converted > to PS, it must be put into a similar box, which later is converted > correctly to PDF. If people sit down and work it out correctly, it may > work, but it is a fragile procedure, as it hangs on a chain of extensions I have maintained a LaTeX package since 1995 which manages this process, supporting half a dozen different backends. Believe me, its not fragile (ok, its not unbreakable!). The bits of it that relate to TeX->DVI->PS->PDF are reliable, well-understood, and supported. > On the other hand, if the format from the beginning understands links (like > PDF), there is no doubt that it will work if the format converted to also > understands links. the PostScript which is fed to Distiller or ps2pdf understands links. so there you go. read up on the pdfmark operator, if you are interested Sebastian