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How to make table of contents linkable

Mar 28, 2011 8:19 AM

Could someone tell me how to make the table of contents for my indesing book linkable? I've seen this in PDF documents before and assume it can be done using InDesign, but haven't been able to figure out how to do it.

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  • Steve Werner
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    1. Steve Werner,
    Mar 28, 2011 8:25 AM   in reply to craigpmhere
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    When you create your table of contents by using Layout > Table of Contents, click More Options. Make sure Create PDF Bookmarks is checked.

     
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    2. craigpmhere,
    Mar 28, 2011 8:57 AM   in reply to Steve Werner
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    Hi Steve. Thanks for responding to my question. I went to make the changes you suggestes:  Layout > Table of Contents, click More Options, and the "Create PDF Bookmarks" option is already selected. I "updated table of contents" and then exported the book to PDF, but still the toc items are not linking. When i scroll over them, the little white hand appears, as if the link is there, but when I click on it nothing happens. Similarily when I click on the items in the sidebar nothing happens...

     

    Maybe I'm missing something somewhere, or there are some other settings I need to configure? Or something is broken with the document?

     

    Do you have any insights?

     
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  • Peter Spier
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    3. Peter Spier,
    Mar 28, 2011 9:04 AM   in reply to craigpmhere
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    There's a bug in interactive PDF export with TOC bookmarks. You need to export to PDF (Print) and include hyperlinks and bookmarks. Other interactive content will not work, however, so this may not be viable if you intend this to be an on-screen presentation.

     
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  • craigpmhere
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    4. craigpmhere,
    Mar 28, 2011 9:21 AM   in reply to Peter Spier
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    Ahhhh, wonderful! I exported to PDF (print) and it worked. Thanks very much for your help

     
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    5. gscortino1,
    Sep 13, 2011 4:50 PM   in reply to craigpmhere
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    I need to have a Book Table of contents work as well as chapter Table of contents and also Ineractive elements all work when clicked in a PDF.  How do I manage this?  I can get the Table of Contents to work and no interactive elements or visa versa. I f I export to pdf Ptint I get both TOC to work but no buttons If I export to interactive I get only the Chapter TOC to work and the buttons but not the Book TOC.  I know its a bug what is Adobe doing about it and when are we going to get a free fix? 

     
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  • Peter Spier
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    6. Peter Spier,
    Sep 21, 2011 12:55 PM   in reply to gscortino1
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    gscortino1 wrote:

     

    I need to have a Book Table of contents work as well as chapter Table of contents and also Ineractive elements all work when clicked in a PDF.  How do I manage this?  I can get the Table of Contents to work and no interactive elements or visa versa. I f I export to pdf Ptint I get both TOC to work but no buttons If I export to interactive I get only the Chapter TOC to work and the buttons but not the Book TOC.  I know its a bug what is Adobe doing about it and when are we going to get a free fix? 

    What version of ID are you using? What export settings? As noted above, there is a bug, and what you want may not be posible at the moment.

     
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  • gscortino1
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    7. gscortino1,
    Sep 21, 2011 3:24 PM   in reply to Peter Spier
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    I am using CS5 and Will export to PDF Interactive

     

    Export to interactive PDF settings

    View After Exporting

    Embed Page Thumbnails

    Create Acrobat Layers

    Creat Tagged PDF

    View Default

    LAyout Single page

    Page transistions None

    Buttons and Medial Include all

    Jpeg (Lossy)

    Jpeg Quality Medium

    Resolutin 72

     

    If you can't solve this , what can I do to get a Vireo to run in a PDF on an Ipad?

     
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  • Peter Spier
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    8. Peter Spier,
    Sep 21, 2011 3:38 PM   in reply to gscortino1
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    The bug only affects Books, as far as I know, so if you are able to combine the documents into a single file (even if only long enough to generate the main TOC -- Exporting the various cahpters one at a time should work OK), that should work. If you export inidvidual chapters, you can combine them in Acrobat Pro, and replace the pages with the master TOC  with pages from the single file export.

     

    Beyond that, I don't have a lot to offer -- I don't have a workflow that involves interactivity -- but one of our other responders may have more suggestions for the video.

     
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