MATLAB: Is there a way to make the images in PDF documents clickable

Simulink Report Generator

I would like to generate reports using the System Design Description option of the Simulink Report Generator. I am generating PDFs and noticed that the images (model diagram) in the report does not have any hyperlinks. When I generate an HTML, the images are click-able. Is there a way to make the images in PDF documents clickable?

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Please choose "Direct PDF (from template)" instead of "Acrobat (PDF)" as the file format to achieve this functionality. Please look at the following link for more information:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/rptgenext/ug/systemsnapshot.html

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To use a custom-made Word template, create a new document using the "mlreportgen.dom.Document" constructor and set the "templatePath" property to your DOTX file. Here is the documentation for a Document object:

<https://www.mathworks.com/help/rptgen/ug/mlreportgen.dom.document-class.html>

And here is a simple example using a custom-made template file from MS Word within the MALTAB Report Generator API:

import mlreportgen.dom.*

d = Document('MyWordDoc', 'docx', 'CustomTemplate.dotx'); %assuming template is in same folder; otherwise, specify full path

open(d);

append(d,'Hello World'); % add some text to generate doc

close(d);

rptview(d.OutputPath)

This formatting for headers and footers will disappear if you are adding chapters to the report. To customize chapter page headers, see the following documented examples for creating and editing chapter templates:

<https://www.mathworks.com/help/rptgen/ug/customize-chapter-page-headers-in-pdf-and-word-reports.html>

MATLAB: Issues with Simulink Report Generator in R2017b

The issue appears only in the "Acrobat (PDF)" file format. Here is a workaround in R2017b that will produce the same formatting as R2017a:

1) Launch model

2) File > Reports > System Design Description

3) In the dialog, change the "File format" to either "Direct PDF (from template)" or "PDF (from World template)"

4) Click Generate

If the column width of tables is not automatically adjusted, the default template may be edited as follows:

1) File > Reports > System Design Description > Customize Content

2) Copy the "Default PDF Template" as shown in this link under section "Copy the Template"

3) After completing step 6 in the aforementioned section, in the same pane, click "Open style sheet"

4) In the "root.css" that opens, search for the first instance of "table.rgUnruledTable" and edit so that it appears as follows:

table.rgUnruledTable {
    margin-top : 10pt;
    margin-bottom : 10pt;
    -fo-table-layout:fixed;
      Width: 100%;
  }

After this edit, all tables should have the desired format.

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