Hyperlinks in Page Layout -- Workaround of Sorts

As things currently stand with Pages in Page Layout view I cannot create bookmarks within a document and thus hyperlinks elsewhere in that document to other pages in the same document. I've requested that this capability be added to Pages. Why it is missing just boggles me. Am I the only one that has a need for such a feature?
As a workaround, after exporting the document to a PDF, I can use Preview to create the wanted bookmarks and the links within the same document to those bookmarks. The huge drawback to this approach is that if for any reason I need to make a change in the Pages document all of the bookmarks and hyperlinks created with Preview are lost and have to be rebuilt from scratch.
I'm curious as to whether there is perhaps another way to create the hyperlinks in a manner where they won't be lost if the Pages document needs revision.

I've been producing a monthly newsletter in InDesign for a number of years. This month I decided to create the newsletter in Pages instead of InDesign. The three features of importance in InDesign that were not present in Pages page layout mode (which is, of the two modes in Pages, that which is closest to InDesign) were automatic creation of table of contents, and both textual and graphical hyperlinks.
The lack of the automatic table of contents creation is easily worked around, albeit that the automatic creation would be a benefit.
The lack of the hyperlinks is, to me, a major shortcoming. The workaround I've used, using Preview to create the links, has the problem that if one needs to revise the content of the document one loses all of the hyperlinks created in Preview and has to create them all over again.
So hopefully in a forthcoming upgrade we might see this deficiency addressed.

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My Adobe XI software no longer converts Word to PDF files with hyperlinks or page layout preserved.

Is anyone else having the same problem where the initial installation worked fine and over time, you are no longer able to adjust the setting in the 'convert to PDF' menu for Word documents? I am now faced with Word documents that lose their hyperlinks on conversion and when there are changes in page orientation (e.g., portrait to landscape and back again), the software creates sub files for each kind of page layout. In a word, the software has become useless. What can I do to fix this?

In order to preserve links on Mac Word to PDF. You need to do as follows (note this only preserves links created by Word's auto Correct. Not by Word's URL Creator.)
Method #1
Create Document save as .docx as backup.
Go to File Menu > Print
Click and hold the PDF button, a Context menu appears.
Choose Adobe Quality PDF, or Adobe PDF (depends upon Version of Mac OS X)
First Choose quality (similar to Job Options in Distiller) and whether to open using Acrobat Or Reader.
Next a Title will appear. (in format "microsoft.nameoffle.docx.pdf").
You can leave file name as is or remove the Microsoft and the .docx from the Name
Save File.
This method also will print pdf, even if it has section and Page breaks except when there is orientation change from Portrait, or landscape.
Method #2
Do step 1 above.
Locate the file Created.
Drag the file either on top the actual Application or its Icon in the Dock.
Wait ......
When Acrobat opens Immediately save.
Again all links created with Auto-correct will be live.
And pages will be intact in the PDF except when there is a Change in orientation.
Auto correct will create links/URL's when you type such the will automatically turn blue and become underlined. And clicking on the in the word Document will go to the link.
What does not work until Adobe fixes a 10-15 year old bug is where you select word then go to Insert menu> URL. A window opens and you choose the link or email, in the URL Creator.
Also the Bug where changes in section, and pages breaks cause new PDF that have to be put together has not been completely cured. (Still splits when orientation changes.) Has been proved by Microsoft to be a Bug Adobe can't or won't fix. You simply take a Mac Word File open it in the PC version and create a PDF. And works perfect.

Hyperlinks in alternate layout folios

got a vertical layout and an alternate horizontal layout for my ipad folio in the same document. created the internal navigation (eg click shape to return to front cover) on the vertical layout first, works fine. Created horizontal layout and adapted internal navigation on those pages to apply to their horizontal equivalents. none of those links work correctly - they all seem to direct to the last horizontal page. when i open up the link properties everything looks as it should. i've also tried deleting the horizontal links and putting them in from scratch, and had the same problem. any suggestions?

I've been producing a monthly newsletter in InDesign for a number of years. This month I decided to create the newsletter in Pages instead of InDesign. The three features of importance in InDesign that were not present in Pages page layout mode (which is, of the two modes in Pages, that which is closest to InDesign) were automatic creation of table of contents, and both textual and graphical hyperlinks.
The lack of the automatic table of contents creation is easily worked around, albeit that the automatic creation would be a benefit.
The lack of the hyperlinks is, to me, a major shortcoming. The workaround I've used, using Preview to create the links, has the problem that if one needs to revise the content of the document one loses all of the hyperlinks created in Preview and has to create them all over again.
So hopefully in a forthcoming upgrade we might see this deficiency addressed.

Portal runtime error while selecting page layout in WPC editor

Hello,
in web page composer, editing page, when i click on "select page layout" I have a portal runtime error popup.
The logfile shows the following :
#1.5 #005056834112005E0000000C00000FA800048E28A94966CC#1282205196819#com.sap.portal.prt.runtime#sap.com/irj#com.sap.portal.prt.runtime#1016#149##n/a##7ff9c93eab6811dfa9c70000003307de#SAPEngine_Application_Thread[impl:3]_15##0#0#Error##Java###10:06_19/08/10_0010_3344350
[EXCEPTION]
#1#com.sapportals.portal.prt.servlets_jsp.server.compiler.CompilingException: Error occurs during the rendering of jsp component
Caused by: com.sapportals.portal.prt.servlets_jsp.server.compiler.CompilingException: Error in java compiling
Caused by: com.sapportals.portal.prt.servlets_jsp.server.compiler.CompilingException: E:
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I have the same by clicking on "check assignments"
Any help ?
Thanks

Hello Jego.
We faced the same issue after upgrade to EHP1 SP07 last week and managed to solve it by modification of layout.jsp and com.sap.nw.wpc.layoutmanager.LayoutBean within com.sap.nw.wpc.designtime.par. SAP's code requires an additional catch handler, so it is better to rise an OSS message.
As a workaround you may change a default layout for wpc main page (good for new pages) or manually edit output.xml for existing pages.
Best regards,
Aliaksandr Zhukau

SharePoint Bug? Conflict Error when saving a Page with a "Required" DateTime field in the page layout

Hello,
I've just recently encountered a weird error / bug in SharePoint. Here is the scenario:
- I have a custom column "Test Date" that is of DateTime field type. The field is configured as REQUIRED.
- It is added to a custom Content Type "Test CT" that is based on a "Publishing Page" content type
- I have created a Page Layout "Test PL" which is based on that particular content type.
Now here is what happens:
1. I try to create a page based on both that Content Type and Page Layout in the Pages Library. I manage to create it successfully.
2. However, when I go to try and edit the page, fill-in the required values and try to save it using the PAGE TAB -> SAVE BUTTON, I get the below error/s. Note that this happens no matter what I choose in the drop-down menu for Save Button.
"The file XXX has been modified by USER on DATE"
But I know I am the ONLY user modifying the page.
If I try to save again it gives me options to whether Discard my Changes, Keep Editing, Overwrite Changes, or Merge.
3. HOWEVER, if I use the Save button on the UPPER RIGHT corner of the screen (the shortcut). I am able to save successfully without any errors!
The only thing I've tried that made it work was if I made the DateTime OPTIONAL. But I need it to be REQUIRED.
Is there any workaround to this error / bug?
Thanks

I have some additional info but nothing really good.
If you click the Save in the left side of the Ribbon then it looks like that is when you get the message. If you click the Save in the top right corner you won't get the message. They must be calling different saving functions.
There really is no way around it other than making the field optional which probably removes some server side validation checks causing that message.
We've chosen to remove that field from the page as I needed it required, then they can't publish the page until they go to the properties and set the article date. By removing the field from the page layout the message goes away.
I hope MS will fix this at some point.
-tom daly

Can we resize and change the background image in a 2 page layout?

I am a two page layout report in RTF. Can I use different background image on page 1 and page 2? The first page background will not be repeated but the second page will. Also, it seems when we insert a background image by going "Format -> Background -> Fill effect -> Picture", after we finished the whole process we can't get the background image to fit with the page, can we resize it to be fit with the page? Thanks for your help!

Yes. Select the image and go to the Inspector/Hyperlink/Link pane and use the Link to One of my Pages option.
Remember: the photo must be added to the page by dragging it onto the page and then be selected. It can't be added as a background image with the Inspector/Page/Layout pane.
OT

SharePoint2013 referencing external JS file in page layout not working

Hi,
I have created a custom page layout. In that custom page layout I have many HTML markup and controls like Dropdowns, hyperlinks (hrefs) etc.
Clicking on hyperlink hides or shows a div. The HTML markup and controls shows up fine when I create a page from page layout.
The issue I am having is the JavaScript to hide or show div is in external JS file, which I am referencing in the page layout as below:-
<SharePoint:ScriptLink name="~sitecollection/Style Library/Scripts/my.js"
runat="server" />
But when I click on “hyperlinks (hrefs)” the script in external js file doesn’t fire.
I also tried using
<script src="../../mysite/Style%20Library/Scripts/my.js"></script>
I even tried below:-
<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="</script">https://sharepoint.com/mysite/Style%20Library/Scripts/mys.js"></script>
<SharePoint:ScriptLink id="ScriptExternalJs" runat="server" Name="~SiteCollection/Style Library/Scripts/my.js" OnDemand="false" LoadAfterUI="true" Localizable="false" ></SharePoint:ScriptLink>
But nothing seem to be working, I am able to refer an external CSS file but
not JS file within the pagelayout under "PlaceHolderAdditionalPageHead" section.
Any idea what's wrongs?
Thanks,

Hi,
Please try to use the following statement:
<link id="Link1" href="<% $SPUrl:~SiteCollection/Style Library/Scripts/my.js%>" runat="server" type="text/script" />
More information is here:
http://microsoft-techies.blogspot.com/2014/03/how-to-add-styles-and-javascript-files.html
Thanks,
Dennis Guo
TechNet Community Support
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Combining word processing and page layout templates

Does anyone know how to (or if it's possible at all) merge or combine a Pages 09 document set up on the "Pages Layout" template with one set up on "Word Processing" template properly? Can these two templates "talk to each other"?
I'm trying to combine some of my separate class notes for my students into one file, and some were created in Page Layout, with visuals, charts, pics, etc. I also have some Word Document notes that I'd like to merge with the other notes to create one "class notes" file for my students. But I can't seem to do that, for some reason. I can copy individual pages from the Page Layout notes and paste them into my Word Document notes, but they paste as two pages (one page is blank). When I delete that page, the other one is deleted, too. I can't copy and paste from the other direction (word doc to page layout) at all, and like I said, the other way is a little off, as well.
Any ideas, or is this just not possible in Pages 09? Thanks.

Re: Jerry
I'd like to stay in one or the other, but I just like features that are only in one or the other. For example, I like in WP mode that when I get to the end of a page of writing and keep going, a new page appears (with formatting and layout intact on the next). If I'm in PL mode and writing in a text box, it just goes beyond the viewable screen. I also like the ability to select and move around individual pages in PL mode, and that doesn't seem to be available in WP mode (they're all stuck together and move in clumps). But you're right, I'm just going to have to stick with one and figure out some workarounds for some things I like. Since I think I'll be more in WP mode, I'll try to move stuff over from PL.
Re: Peter
Thanks for the advice... it's already helped me try to come up with some ways to fix things. The whole click away thing to give me floating objects has been great! You're right, this does seem like a design flaw, but I suppose Apple can't be all things to all people. Still, I'd like a little more...
Re: Yvan
Hang in there! You're right, Pages is tough when trying to use created projects in other apps! Like you said, I'm working to rebuild the layout. By the way, my PL document was 16 pages, which when transferred to WP mode doubled in size! Sheesh...
Thanks to all—I think I'm going to be able to work through this "issue" after all. I appreciate everyone's help.
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How to create a new aspx page in Pages library using Elements.xml without including any aspx page layout in my feature?

Is it possible to have the elements.xml file create a page in the Pages (or SitePages) library without actually including any sort of page layout or aspx artifact in the feature?
I see no reason to add a mywebpartlayout.aspx to my feature just so I can deploy a Home.aspx based on the BlankWebPart.aspx page layout.
I'm sure there is something obvious I am missing with regards to the Elements schema (which is why I've almost given up on using it completely and just gone to pure C#) but
I would really like to do this kind of simple stuff with declarations if at all possible. Must less code to write, debug, test and maintain.

I don't see how my question keeps getting misunderstood. This seems to be very clear and clearly not answered: "Is it possible to have the Elements.xml file
create a page in the Pages (or SitePages) library without actually including any sort of page layout or aspx artifact in the feature?"
I can't be more clear than "without including ANY sort of page layout or aspx artifact (meaning anything ending in aspx) IN THE FEATURE". I am not capitalizing to yell,
only to emphasize. Your disagreement is based on a link that shows ADDING AN ARTIFACT (the dummy MyPage.aspx) to a feature. I am asking if it
is possible (again, I cannot be more clear) to just use an Elements.xml file to instruct SharePoint to make a new item in a Pages or SitePages library.
Your definition of page includes Page Layouts and what you call Web Part Pages (again, a type of page layout + data in a site pages list that says what webparts
to display). Page Layouts are clearly NOT items stored inside of a SitePages or Publishing Pages library. Those libraries are just lists whose records
define the parts to show inside a specific layout.
When I refer to a Page I mean an entry into a pages (site pages/publishing pages) list. If I wanted to deploy a page layout then, quite obviously, I would need
to include it into my solution. I think maybe you are assuming that I do not know the difference. I do. The question is, can an Elements file alone be enough to instruct SharePoint to make a new entry into a Pages or SitePages library.
Now, your second link does show how to reference an existing Page Layout. Thank you for that. It is excellent. But this still leaves the problem of having to
add some sort of aspx page into the solution. Let me try to explain why I feel this SHOULD BE unnecessary: The aspx file will not have anything on it if I am referring to the ~sitecollections/.../BlankWebPartPage.aspx layout.
All web parts and content that should appear on the new page can be described IN the Elements.xml file. Any sort of aspx file is unnecessary, it seems to me.
So, if I am referencing a ~sitecollections/.../BlankWebPartPage.aspx page layout and specifying the web parts to add to the page, why should there be a
requirement to have some aspx file within the feature? That's what I am trying to figure out.
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If you do not know how to do it then perhaps it cannot be done but I would like the question to stay unanswered for a little while until someone can demonstrate either a) it CAN
be done or b) a link to some Microsoft document stating that it is MANDATORY to have a physical element within the feature that gets copied to the environment.
I think it is important to understand what is being asked before insisting you have answered. It is clear from your posts that you have not fully understood the question yet but
I am hoping this posts makes it clear. I really appreciate you taking the time to respond, though. You seem to be the only one up for the challenge! :)

SharePoint 2013 - Missing Publishing Page Ribbon/Tab on custom page layout - Page language="C#" Inherits="Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.PublishingLayoutPage,.... VS CodeBehind="BlogDemo.aspx.cs" Inherits="DemoProject.Branding.BlogDemo"

I created page layouts using Visual Studio 2013 and SharePoint 2013. I added both ASP.NET web controls (e.g. asp:Label, asp:HyperLink) and SharePoint web controls (e.g. SharePointWebControls:UrlField) in a page layout.
However, when I deployed the solution, I cannot edit all the ASP.NET & SharePoint web controls (column fields from custom content type used for the page layout) except the web part zones.
Then I found out about inherits property:
1) if I use the code for the page layout as shown below:
<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="BlogDemo.aspx.cs"
Inherits="DemoProject.Branding.BlogDemo" MasterPageFile="/_catalogs/masterpage/DemoProject/DemoMasterPage.master"
%>
Result: There is no publishing ribbon/tab. E.g. Edit, Publish..... although both ASP.NET & SharePoint web controls can be displayed on the page layout.
Screenshot:
2) if I use the code instead as shown below:
<%@ Page language="C#" Inherits="Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.PublishingLayoutPage,Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing,Version=15.0.0.0,Culture=neutral,PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c"
meta:progid="SharePoint.WebPartPage.Document" %>
Result: Publishing ribbon/tab is available, but ASP.NET web controls won't appear. Only SharePoint web controls appear on the page layout.
Screenshot:
I wonder how I can combine both codes to ensure that the page layout can have publishing ribbon/tab and displays both ASP.NET & SharePoint web controls.

Found a way to solve the issue
I follow the solution:
http://pinnacleofindiana.com/blog/developers/2012/03/28/creating-a-sharepoint-2010-page-layout-with-code-behind/
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/kaevans/archive/2011/04/02/code-behind-page-layouts-with-visual-studio-2010.aspx

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LN

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I've noticed in the default page layout for Leads that their are fields called 'Owner Account' and 'Channel Manager'. I would like to ask to what those fields are for since they are only 'read-only'. My initial thought was the 'Owner Account' refers to the owner of the account if I associate the lead with an Account and the 'Channel Manager' was to contain the 'Report to' or 'Supervisor' of the users that created the lead but it seems not to be it.
Thanks,
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In continuation with Marcin's reply, I would like to suggest you a workaround.
I had a similar requirement wherein I had to merge the output of multiple smartforms into one and either display it or print it.
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How to remove blank pages from WebI Report in view page layout option

Hi,
I am working in Business Objects XIR2 environment. I have a WebI report with several sections. I need to show the report as a book with 69 sections (each section on new page). there are 69 sections on cost center and each cost center section has almost 10 sections embedded in it. When i see in regular view - I only see 69 pages but when I try to see in "View Page Lay out" option, there is one blank page added after each results page.
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- if there are any blank cell which is there after table.
you have to check formating very carefull.

Custom page layouts are not getting displayed in ribbon

Hi,
I have created a custom page layout under welcome category. This is getting displayed in pages library while creating a page and also in page layout option from site settings which is fine. But when a page is in edit mode if we click page->page layouts
from ribbon, all the default page layouts are getting displayed except my custom page layout.
Please advise.
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you have a subsite in a site collection •the publishing feature is activated in the subsite, but not in the site collection •you want to edit/add page layouts on the site collection level, to be used within your subsite •when you open the site collection
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to the master pages and page layouts library (_catalogs > masterpage.) Either option will do, unless you really don't want the publishing feature in the site collection.
To fix the issue go to Site Actions -> Site Settings in the upper left corner.
Under "Site Collection Administration" click on "Site Collection Features".
Look for "SharePoint Server Publishing Infrastructure" and activate it. It might take a moment to load.
Next return to "Site Settings" and click on "Manage Site Features"
Look for "SharePoint Server Publishing" and activate it. It might take a moment to load.
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