Modifications to LaTeX file:

To convert an existing LaTeX document to automatically replace references to footnotes, equation numbers, indexes , bibliographic references, section numbers, page numbers, insert the line 

 \RequirePackage{hyperref}
immediately before the "begin document" line. You may also require other packages, such as epsf. Included below is a minimal example of modifications of an existing manuscript which also creates other links.

Example: 

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%
% 	File prlet95.tex
%
%       This is a revtex document, which will run in 
%       LaTeX2.09 compatibility mode
%
\documentstyle[preprint,aps]{revtex}  
\RequirePackage{hyperref}        		% the only required new line in the document
\begin{document}
	.
        .
\href{http://www.aps.org}{APS} 			% example of link to a URL
\href{file:texdoc1}{texdoc1}   			% link to a similar document as this
\href{file:texdoc1#page.2}{page 2 in texdoc1}   % link to a specific page
\href{file:index.html}{html document}		% link to a local html file
	.
        .
\end{document}
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Processing and viewing the files

Now execute the following commands to create the files prlet.dvi prlet.ps and prlet.pdf. You might be able to skip the flag " -o prlet95.ps" if dvips by default creates the postscript file rather than sending the ps file directly to the printer. 

     latex prlet95.tex				   # create dvi file
     xhdvi prlet95.dvi			           # admire your hyperreffed dvi file 
     dvips -z -P type1 -o prlet95.ps prlet95.dvi   # create ps file with pdf marks
     distill prlet95.ps				   # create pdf file
     acroread prlet95.pdf			   # check your pdf file directly
					           # without opening a browser
     cp prlet95.pdf MY_WWW_DIR		           # copy the pdf file in your WWW directory
						   # when you are satisfied with it
The prlet95.pdf file is a format which can be read by acroread and directly manipulated by acroexch which is a program in the Acrobat package. "acroread" is available for all computers, so far for free. The Acrobat package which includes "distill" must be purchased, and "distill" exists for all platforms except Linux.

Problems? with acroread, netscape, latex, distill, xhdvi or dvips.