Include item name in index of interactive pdf?

I am converting a 50+ page product catalog from print to interactive It has a 3-page index with product names and page numbers.
Currently, only the page numbers are interactive. How do I make each line (product name and page number), clickable?.
Do I have to create a text anchor hyperlink for each item? There are 35 pages containing product information - do I create a shared achor for each page and link the items to the shared anchors?

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