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InDesign CS4: Internal page links in book go to wrong page when PDFed

Jun 11, 2012 6:55 AM

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Hello,

 

My magazine is published in print and in PDF. We've starting to add hyperlinks in the PDF version to websites. Now I'm trying to add internal pages links.

 

Due to the magazine's workflow, each issue is made of five InDesign files, that are combined into a Book.

 

I can create links to pages within each InDesign document without a problem. But when I try to create page links that lead to pages in other InDesign files, the links don't work – clicking on them takes me to page 1 (the cover).

 

I have tried deleting InDesign's preferences, but that hasn't helped.

 

I've tried to exporting the files as INX and IDML formats, and re-importing them, but that wrecks the layouts which would mean the issue has to be laid out again. Frankly, that's not worth the effort to fix this issue.

 

Once the five sections are collated in a new book, I update the Cross-references and the page numbering, using the Book panel's menu. Then I export the book as a PDF using the folloiwng settings. I've found these make sure URL and the internal page links within a document work:

 

pdf settings.jpg

 

I can set these page links using Acrobat Professional, but it'd be more efficient to do it in InDesign.

 

Any advice how to to fix this problem?

1544 Views   8 Replies   Latest reply: richard_cosgrove, Jun 13, 2012 4:36 AM
 
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  • Alec Molloy
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    1. Alec Molloy,
    Jun 11, 2012 8:49 AM   in reply to richard_cosgrove
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    Hi Richard, I just want to clarify that you are linking the four InDesign documents into one .indb Book file, correct?

     
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    2. richard_cosgrove,
    Jun 11, 2012 9:26 AM   in reply to Alec Molloy
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    Yes. There are five in one book. All the page links lead to pages in documents within the book.

     

    The Contents page is in one InDesign document. It has links in it to pages within the other four InDesign documents.  

     

    Currently, clicking on the links in the exported PDF of the book takes you to page 1 - except for links to pages within the same InDesign document, and one link on the Contents page which leads to the correct page (that link is set up in the same way as the others).

     

    EDIT: BTW - I will be leaving work in about 30 minutes, so I won't be able to try out any fixes until tomorrow, about 10am (London, UK). 

     

    UPDATE: When I checked the broken hyperlinks in Acrobat Professional, all of the page links that led to the cover were set to go to page 0. But in the InDesign document, they're all set to go to the correct page.

     

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  • Peter Spier
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    3. Peter Spier,
    Jun 11, 2012 9:32 AM   in reply to richard_cosgrove
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    I believe this is a known bug (though not sure that it was present in CS4).

     
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    4. richard_cosgrove,
    Jun 11, 2012 9:37 AM   in reply to Peter Spier
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    Thanks Peter.

     

    I am running InDesign 6.0.5. I can't patch it to 6.0.6 as my company's IT

    policy prevents it.

     

    - Richard

     

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    Richard Cosgrove

     
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  • Peter Spier
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    5. Peter Spier,
    Jun 11, 2012 9:49 AM   in reply to richard_cosgrove
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    I don't think that particualr bug is fixed in that patch, anyway.

     

    You may have to resort to fixing the links in Acrobat, but do a search here on the forum first. There may be more information than I can remember.

     
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    6. richard_cosgrove,
    Jun 11, 2012 9:51 AM   in reply to Peter Spier
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    Looks that way.

     

    I tried searching here and on Google, but couldn't find anything similar to

    my problem.

     

    - Richard

     

     

     

       Re: InDesign CS4: Internal page links in book go to wrong page when

    PDFed  created by Peter Spier <http://forums.adobe.com/people/P+Spier> in *

    InDesign* - View the full

    discussion<http://forums.adobe.com/message/4483056#4483056

     
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  • Peter Spier
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    7. Peter Spier,
    Jun 11, 2012 10:09 AM   in reply to richard_cosgrove
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    I could easily be wrong in my memory here. Waht I found seems to relate to bookmarks, not hypoerlinks.

     

    That said, there's this thread: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/593092 whcih has some possibly useful information. Have you tried exporting one page at a time and combining in Acrobat? What about toggling the state of the tagged PDF box?

     
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    8. richard_cosgrove,
    Jun 13, 2012 4:36 AM   in reply to Peter Spier
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    Thanks. I'll check out the link when I'm back at work.

     

    PDFing the magazine one page at a time would be impractical. I've found

    that unchecking the tagged box breaks other links on the page.

     

    UPDATE: The internal page links do seem to be intact when I uncheck the tagged PDF section. So far other links are intact.

     

    UPDATE 2: The internal page and bookmarks were all present, but the majority lead to the wrong page. I had to update them in Acrobat. Easy enough, but really unnecessary.

     

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