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Jul 19, 2012 9:40 AM

I'm having a problem linking a TOC to pages in the document. I can do a few of them but then I select the text but I'm unable to select "new hyperlink". It is not highlighted to select it. What am I doing wrong?

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  • Alec Molloy
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    1. Alec Molloy,
    Jul 19, 2012 9:44 AM   in reply to lwood@pvcc.edu
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    Could you provide screenshots of when you are and are not able to create new hyperlinks? Thanks.

     
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  • lwood@pvcc.edu
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    2. lwood@pvcc.edu,
    Jul 19, 2012 9:49 AM   in reply to Alec Molloy
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    I'm not sure how to do that.  I know I press the "PrtScn" button but what do I save it in?  and do I attach it to this text box with the Insert Image buttom?

     
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  • lwood@pvcc.edu
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    3. lwood@pvcc.edu,
    Jul 19, 2012 9:53 AM   in reply to lwood@pvcc.edu
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    toc screenshot.png

     
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  • lwood@pvcc.edu
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    4. lwood@pvcc.edu,
    Jul 19, 2012 9:56 AM   in reply to lwood@pvcc.edu
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    Here is the printscreen of the Indesign file.  I am trying to hyperlink the pages listed in the TOC to each respective page.  (The TOC is in the green box) 

    I can use my curser to select a line and create a hyperlink.  But this only works for some of the text, other text when highlighted does not allow me to select the the "Create New Hyperlink" button.

     
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  • [Jongware]
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    5. [Jongware],
    Jul 19, 2012 10:17 AM   in reply to lwood@pvcc.edu
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    You cannot create a hyperlink inside an existing link; and the standard TOC settings make a link of every title. You can see so for yourself when you click inside a toc text -- in thr Hyperlink panel, the "create link" button is disabled, but the arrows left (select current link) and right (go to destination) *are* enabled.

     
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  • lwood@pvcc.edu
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    6. lwood@pvcc.edu,
    Jul 19, 2012 11:43 AM   in reply to [Jongware]
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    I don't want to create a link inside a link.  I just want to be able to link each line to the appropriate page number.  How do I do this?

     
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  • Alec Molloy
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    7. Alec Molloy,
    Jul 19, 2012 11:49 AM   in reply to lwood@pvcc.edu
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    Jongware means that each TOC item should already be linked as long as you used the TOC tool in InDesign. Is this what you used, or was this TOC manually created?

     
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  • lwood@pvcc.edu
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    8. lwood@pvcc.edu,
    Jul 19, 2012 11:52 AM   in reply to Alec Molloy
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    The TOC is just a text block.  None of the text automatically links to anything.  I'm manually trying to hyperlink each sentence.

     
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  • Alec Molloy
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    9. Alec Molloy,
    Jul 19, 2012 11:55 AM   in reply to lwood@pvcc.edu
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    Alright, well that clears that up. To help you it would really be great if you could take a screenshot showing you try to add a hyperlink to a line that doesn't allow you to create a new hyperlink.

     
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  • Manish-Sharma
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    10. Manish-Sharma,
    Jul 19, 2012 12:04 PM   in reply to lwood@pvcc.edu
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    @lwood@pvcc.edu,

     

    you haven't answered the Alec question right.

     

    If you create the TOC , from Layout-->Table of content , the each entry in the TOC is automatically linked however this functionality will not work in InDesign itself , you have to export the file to PDF to test it with "Create PDF bookmark" option checked in the TOC window.

     

    So , Have you typed the text and created the Hyperlink manually or have you used layout-->Table of Content option ?

     

    Secondly , how you are actually checking the TOC hyperlink are working or not ?

     
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  • lwood@pvcc.edu
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    11. lwood@pvcc.edu,
    Jul 19, 2012 12:24 PM   in reply to Manish-Sharma
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    This is a file I inherited from someone else.  It just appears to be a text block with a paragraph style attached to it. I did not create the TOC from Layout-->TOC.  There are no links in the interactive PDF.  Except for the few lines that I am able to attach hyperlinks to.

     
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  • lwood@pvcc.edu
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    12. lwood@pvcc.edu,
    Jul 19, 2012 12:25 PM   in reply to lwood@pvcc.edu
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    Also the original document was created as a printed catalog.  I am turning it into an interactive PDF.

     
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  • [Jongware]
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    13. [Jongware],
    Jul 19, 2012 12:28 PM   in reply to lwood@pvcc.edu
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    You also seem to have ignored my remark on how to *test* whether or not you already have a hyperlink in a text where you can't create a new one.

     

    We *are* attempting to help you here.

     
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  • lwood@pvcc.edu
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    14. lwood@pvcc.edu,
    Jul 19, 2012 12:48 PM   in reply to [Jongware]
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    You may be "attempting" to help me but you could be a little less rude about it.  I am NOT ignoring you. 

     

    I have already told you that there are no links when I save the document as an interactive PDF.  that is how I know the links are not working!

     
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  • Alec Molloy
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    15. Alec Molloy,
    Jul 19, 2012 12:53 PM   in reply to lwood@pvcc.edu
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    Any chance we can get those screenshots?

     
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  • lwood@pvcc.edu
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    16. lwood@pvcc.edu,
    Jul 19, 2012 1:11 PM   in reply to Alec Molloy
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    toc screenshot 2.png

    toc screenshot 3.png

     
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  • lwood@pvcc.edu
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    17. lwood@pvcc.edu,
    Jul 19, 2012 1:13 PM   in reply to lwood@pvcc.edu
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    The first image shows the line of text highlighted and the hyperlink window open.  I am able to link this to it intended page.

    the second image shows another line of text hightlighted and the hyperlink window is open.  The difference being I cannot select the "create new link" button to link this line to it's page.

     
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