PDFs are too heavy and there could be hyperlinks

[pedroph]

Hi there!
Title says it all,

The PDF files are too big and heavy. The loading of each page takes too long.

Also, there could be clickable hyperlinks in it. For example, when you click the word Gnome, you are taken to the Gnome Ancestry page.

I usually build my PDF documents (thesis and the like) using LaTeX with figures, hyperlinks and such. They are always lightweight even with many figures, hyperlinks, etc.

I hope you can optimize the PDFs to be lightweight and add the hyperlinks features.

Thanks for your attention,
Pedro

[Zaister]

Well, the Playtest Rulebook PDF is 35 MB, which is less than the "light" version of the first edition Core Rulebook, which has 48 MB.

[exoicho123]

its absolutely ridiculous that we don't have clickable hyperlinks yet.

[pedroph]

I was looking in some PDFs I have; found one that is 98 MB (398 pages) and the loading of each page is very fast. I don't know why the loading of each page of Pathfinder's Playtest Rulebook is so slow, which really bothers me.

I use Evince to read my PDFs (the lightest I know so far). Does someone have a work around for better/faster Rulebook reading experience?

[Squirrel_Dude]

I admit I've grown used to getting clickable hyperlinks in the table of contents after playing Shadowrun 5e for a bit. Catalyst's rulebooks usually need it more because they're horribly laid out, but I'd still appreciate them here.

I'd especially appreciate them when pg 176 in the table of contents actually lines up with 175 of the .pdf. I thought I had somehow skipped the armor section about 4 times before I finally realized all the table of content's numbers needed to be reduced by 1.

[Beast Weener]

exoicho123 wrote:

its absolutely ridiculous that we don't have clickable hyperlinks yet.

In this free of charge rough draft document that's 400+ pages long.

[exoicho123]

Beast Weener wrote:

exoicho123 wrote:

its absolutely ridiculous that we don't have clickable hyperlinks yet.

In this free of charge rough draft document that's 400+ pages long.

free of charge? its a play test. We're not benefiting from this more than THEY ARE.

[Chris Lambertz]

It would be helpful for our team if you provided which PDF reader application you're using, the version, and the device you're using it on. Because this document is not a "permanent" representation of the rules, we will not be going back to add hyperlinks to this document. I will however forward this feedback onto the team.

[Beast Weener]

exoicho123 wrote:

Beast Weener wrote:

exoicho123 wrote:

its absolutely ridiculous that we don't have clickable hyperlinks yet.

In this free of charge rough draft document that's 400+ pages long.

free of charge? its a play test. We're not benefiting from this more than THEY ARE.

If it is a mutually beneficial relationship, that still doesn't entitle us demand something that would cost them money and man hours for a document that's not going to go to market. If it's a play test, then it's not a finished product. Can't have it both ways.