InDesign cross-document Text Anchor Hyperlinks

I’m combining several InDesign files into one PDF, with several hundred text links across the different sections, as well as within each. The cross-document (section) Text Anchor Hyperlinks work fine in my workspace - but when I change the file location, they are no longer active (other links, bookmarks remain intact).
How do I set up InDesign cross-document Text Anchor Hyperlinks so that when the files are moved, they remain active?  

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  • How do I set up InDesign cross-document Text Anchor Hyperlinks so that when the files are moved, they remain active?

    I’m combining several InDesign files into one PDF, with several hundred text links across the different sections, as well as within each. The cross-document (section) Text Anchor Hyperlinks work fine in my workspace - but when I change the file location, they are no longer active (other links, bookmarks remain intact).
    How do I set up InDesign cross-document Text Anchor Hyperlinks so that when the files are moved, they remain active? 

    They seem to be a lot of extra work, and I don't see what the additional benefit is. I have several hundred links to do. I would appreciate learning what the benefit is, as I don't mind the extra effort if it will deliver the desired results.

  • Cross reference text anchor source in Word doc

    I'm trying to figure out a way to automatically generate page numbers for a list of courses at the back of a course catalog. The listing is not arranged alphabetically or in the order the courses appear in the catalog, and (right now) the listing is a table. Because of this, I don't think a TOC or Index would work.
    Cross references seem to work, but they're just as much work as turning pages, finding each entry, and typing it into the list. What I'd really like is to be able to use cross-references to text anchors, but have the anchors inserted in Word, before it goes into Indesign. Many of the courses repeat from one catalog to the next. The editor who creates the Word file does so by pasting each course with its description into one big Word file. If the text anchor were in each course to begin with, it would end up in Indesign and I would only have to reference it to generate a page number.
    It seems that Word's Bookmarks come into Indesign as text anchors, but not with their original names. The first bookmark, regardless of its name in Word, comes in named "Anchor". The next one comes in named "Anchor 5" or something like that. I want them to come in with course numbers or some other unique identifier. "Anchor 5" doesn't really tell me anything.
    Any ideas?
    Ken Benson

    Kenneth Benson wrote:
    I'm trying to figure out a way to automatically generate page numbers for a list of courses at the back of a course catalog. The listing is not arranged alphabetically or in the order the courses appear in the catalog, and (right now) the listing is a table. Because of this, I don't think a TOC or Index would work.
    Cross references seem to work, but they're just as much work as turning pages, finding each entry, and typing it into the list. What I'd really like is to be able to use cross-references to text anchors, but have the anchors inserted in Word, before it goes into Indesign. Many of the courses repeat from one catalog to the next. The editor who creates the Word file does so by pasting each course with its description into one big Word file. If the text anchor were in each course to begin with, it would end up in Indesign and I would only have to reference it to generate a page number.
    It seems that Word's Bookmarks come into Indesign as text anchors, but not with their original names. The first bookmark, regardless of its name in Word, comes in named "Anchor". The next one comes in named "Anchor 5" or something like that. I want them to come in with course numbers or some other unique identifier. "Anchor 5" doesn't really tell me anything.
    Any ideas?
    Ken Benson
    Hi, Ken:
    IIRC, Word's cross-references are preserved in InDesign. Have you tried it?
    HTH
    Regards,
    Peter
    Peter Gold
    KnowHow ProServices

  • Cross-references to hyperlink destinations (text anchors) results in file slowdown

    I'm using text anchors for the first time in a 12-file book (~280 pages) for the table/figure list in the front matter. There are maybe 100 or so total cross-references in the front matter in tables (where one column is the text of the figure title and one column the page number).
    About halfway through the process of adding the cross references, things got reallllly slow, and only in that one document. So slow that reformatting became almost impossible, because of the delays.
    So I went through many of the usual troubleshooting steps, just in case. Trashed preferences, trashed the style, etc. I exported the file to IDML and created a new file from that. It helped, but I can tell that it's still not quite so snappy.
    My question, then, is if this is to be expected with what may be a large number of hyperlinks/text anchors? All the other files in the book act fine, so it's not an InDesign-wide slowdown. Are there any best practices when it comes to using hyperlink destinations?
    As an amusing aside, before I tried the troubleshooting steps I had a clever idea--to insert the cross references into a new, blank document and then paste them into the frontmatter file. Consist and ugly crashes to desktop resulted.

    George Krompacky wrote:
    Peter,
    Thanks for your reply. Yes, the TOC could do this and would be an easier approach. But I hadn't anticipated using it and so didn't have my ducks in a row as far as having the styles consistent for chapter titles, figures and tables. Next time I will do so. I can guess that as a TOC doesn't generate live links, it shouldn't have a performance impact like dozens of cross-references do.
    Yes, the TOC is inert except when it's being generated.
    Regardless of how "creatively chaotic" or "chaotically creative" your chapter, table, and figure title paragraph styles are, as long as all chapter titles are tagged with style names that are not used for figures or tables, and similarly figures and tables are not tagged with styles used for the "other," you can still generate a usable TOC. The idea is to capture all the paragraph styles for each category, and display each category's captured paragraphs as uniform TOC entries - i. e., all chapter title entries are the same, all table title entries are the same, and all table title entries are the same. If you don't want the categories intermixed, create a separate TOC for each category, place each TOC separately, unthreaded to other document frames.
    If you'd like to try a few things to see if it's possible to quickly remake the TOC and regain a responsive working document, before doing anything else, save the whole project to a secure place, and work on the copy. Then:
    * Move the Text tool insertion point to each cross-reference's destination by selecting the reference in the cross-reference panel and clicking  the right-pointing arrow on the panel status bar; then verify that the paragraph is tagged with an appropriate style that doesn't belong to the other category of TOC items.
    * After all the TOC-to-be items are identified and verified that they're tagged correctly, delete the text frame(s) that contain the TOC that's created with cross-references. All the references will break, of course. You've got the secure original project somewhere, right?
    * Set up the TOC roughly; just pick the paragraph styles for each category - chapter, figure, table, and generate a TOC for the book. Drag to place the TOC on a clean new page, and DO NOT THREAD THE TOC TO NON-TOC TEXT FRAMES.
    * If the extracted paragraphs are in their correct categories, you can create new TOC styles for the TOC entries, or, if they exist, assign them in the TOC setup dialog box, and regenerate.
    If this result gives you a sense of what needs fixing, and you have the time, refine the TOC styles so you can get the exact appearance you want. By avoiding changing the source paragraphs in the main document, you'll avoid any risk of reflowing anything. Finally, after the project's completely done and handed off, you can spend time refining the rogue source paragraph styles, IN A COPY, for use going forward.
    HTH
    Regards,
    Peter
    Peter Gold
    KnowHow ProServices

  • Cross-Reference using Text Anchor problems

    I am having problems with creating "New Cross-Reference" using a "Text Anchor" in CS4 Indesign.
    I can mimic what I want using a "Link to Paragraph", selecting the paragraph style and link, and then using the "Partial paragraph and Page Number" options.
    I would prefer doing this using a Text Anchor.
    I've tried creating a text hyperlink, but in whatever I am doing, I never get any "Text Anchor" OPTIONS in the New Cross-Reference menu.
    Adobe should also change the Text Anchor menu item, since there are "Text Anchor" options in InDesign that appear to have nothing to do with Cross-Referencing.
    The other problem I am having is that in defining the open-quote and closed-quotes around the Paragraph Text variable, I wish to have typesetter's quotes instead of the default vertical quotes. If I use the Splat button to choose ^{^} options, then I get funky "G"'s in my reference instead of typesetters quotes -- even if I choose a "Character Sytle for Cross Reference" and force it to my current font choice. What's going on here?
    SC

    Hi, Seir:
    I agree that it's confusing. Here's how I do it:
    To create a text anchor at the insertion point location:
    * Open the Hyperlinks/Cross-References panel's menu (also called "flyout menu." It's the small icon at the upper-right of the panel, below the double-arrow (>>) icon that collapses the panel.
    * Choose New Hyperlink Destination. THIS SHOULD BE NAMED NEW TEXT ANCHOR!!!
    * Choose Type: Text Anchor
    * Name the anchor as you like Click OK.
    To create a cross-reference to a text anchor:
    * Place the insertion point where you want it.
    * Click the Create new Cross-Reference button on the bottom of the Hyperlinks/Cross-Reference panel.
    * Choose Link To: Text Anchor
    * Choose the target document
    * Choose the text anchor
    * Choose the Cross-Reference format
    * Choose Appearance properties
    * Click OK
    I'm not sure what could cause the straight/curly quotes problem other than perhaps the font doesn't have curly quotes. Have you tried other fonts?
    HTH
    Regards,
    Peter Gold
    KnowHow ProServices

  • Can you lock cross-reference or text anchor characters.

    Hi,
    I am trying to set up a document which multiple people can edit and the cross-referencing has been a great tool for some things. However, I am scared that many of the references will get broken as these other people edit the text.
    My Question: Is there any way to lock hidden characters like these so that they don't get accidently deleted? I would like to know if this can be done for text anchors too!
    If this can't be done, please let me know!!!!

    As far as I know, the answer would be no. If text is editable, any anchors or markers contained in the text are able to be deleted.

  • CS5: Hyperlink to text anchor from character style?

    Is it possible to script the following:
    A text has several occurances of the same string, e.g. 'A10'. One is marked with a character style 'Anchor' and the others are marked with a character style 'Link'. The idea is to create text anchors from the 'Anchor' style and then find every occurrence of the character style 'Link' and create a hyperlink to the matching anchor.
    I've managed to find a script that creates text anchors from a character style 'Anchor'. Can someone offer some suggestions on how to do script creating the links?
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    // March 13, 2011
    // http://www.kasyan.ho.com.ua
    // e-mail: [email protected]
    //======================================================================================== =================================
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    const gScriptVersion = "1.0";
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        app.findGrepPreferences.appliedCharacterStyle = gDoc.characterStyles.item("Anchor");
        var finds = gDoc.findGrep();
        var destCounter = 0;
        for ( var j = finds.length-1; j >= 0; j-- ) {
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                if (!gDoc.hyperlinkTextDestinations.itemByName(found.contents).isValid) {
                    var hypTextDest = gDoc.hyperlinkTextDestinations.add(found);
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        else if (destCounter > 1) {
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        alert(error, gScriptName + " - " + gScriptVersion, icon);
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    Hi,
    The way is:
    create hyperlinkTextDestination;
    create hyperlinkTextSources;
    create hyperlinks using one destination and various sources;
    so:
    // to create hyperlinks alike:    one destination==>many sources
    // destination is the 1st occurrence of text with charStyle "anchor" applied
    // sources are each occurrences of text with charStyle "link" applied
    var mDoc = app.activeDocument;
    app.findTextPreferences = app.changeTextPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
    app.findTextPreferences.appliedCharacterStyle = mDoc.characterStyles.item("anchor");
    var
         mAnchor = mDoc.findText()[0],
         mDest;
    if (mAnchor) mDest = mDoc.hyperlinkTextDestinations.add(mAnchor,{name: mAnchor.words[0].contents});
    else {alert ("no anchor found"); exit(); }
    app.findTextPreferences.appliedCharacterStyle = mDoc.characterStyles.item("link");
    var
         mSource = mDoc.findText(),
         len = mSource.length,
         currSource, currHyper;
    if (!len) {alert ("no link found"); exit(); }
    while (len-->0) {
         currSource = mDoc.hyperlinkTextSources.add(mSource[len],{name: "sourceLink_" + len});
         currHyper = mDoc.hyperlinks.add(currSource, mDest, {name: "mHyperlink_" + mDest.name + "_" + len});
    app.findTextPreferences = app.changeTextPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
    Jarek

  • CS 5.5/6. Hyperlink to Text Anchor

    I want to create a text anchor destination in my InDesign file and they convert to a PDF. Then I want to place a hyperlink to that text anchor destination in an e-blast e-mail. Is there specific coding I need to put at the end of the PDF's URL to get it to go to the destination text anchor?

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  • I have created a email in Fireworks and wanted to make a line of text a hyperlink that would take the viewer to a page on my website. I want to attach the final document to my email and sending it out.

    I have created a email in Fireworks and wanted to make a line of text a hyperlink that would take the viewer to a page on my website. I want to attach the final document to my email and sending it out.

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    10) realize this is too much of a hassle, and instead opt for a service such as MailChimp.
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  • [JS] CrossReference using Text Anchor of another file

    Hello I would like to make a document indesign resume all anchor text for different documents in a book.
    Anchors nome example is "26/90", I have posted their names with their contents separated by a TAB.
    Ink to create a text, I use the command ". HyperlinkTextDestinations.add (erg [i], {name: erg [i]. Contents}"
    but I do not know how to cross reference this anchor.
    Thank you for the info
    Traduction
    Bonjour je voudrais faire un document indesign reprennent tous les ancre de texte de diffèrent documents d'un livre.
    Les Ancres se nome exemple "26/90", je dois affiché leurs noms avec leurs contenus séparé par une TAB.
    Pour crée une encre de texte, j'utilise la commande ".hyperlinkTextDestinations.add(erg[i],{name: erg[i].contents}"
    mais je ne sais pas comment mettre une référence croisé sur cette ancre.
    Merci pour ces info
    Here's a first code:
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        var myFound = [];
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               //myDoc.hyperlinkTextDestinations[x].name;
            $.writeln(myDoc.hyperlinkTextDestinations[b].name);
        $.writeln("There are now " + myDoc.hyperlinkTextDestinations.count() + " destinations.");
    anchors and I get the following non "25/78_1_0, 25/78_2_0, 25/78_2_1 and 25/78_2_2 "
    I do not parvien creates cross reference the anchor text in another Master File (app.documents [i]) Book .... examples I found did not help me.

    Hi,
    I advance the principle function but I have a problem with the line 51, and my knowledge of code is not very good.
    Here is the error message: The selected object is being used by another Hyperlink.
    Thank you for help can
    translation
    Bonsoir,
    J'avance, le principe fonction mais j'ai un problème à la line 51, et ma connaissance des code n'est pas très bonne.
    Voici le message d'erreur : L'Objet sélectionné est utilisé par un autre Hyperlien.
    Merci pour un peux d'aide
    #target indesign
            Ouverture du livre et des fichiers pour les encre
    // Variable globales p
    var leFichier01 = "106_TVA_OK3.indd";
    var leFichier02 = "107 TVA ok1.indd";
    var leFichier03 = "108 TVA ok1.indd";
    var leFichier04 = "113 TVA chrono.indd";
    var lesFichiers01 = [leFichier01,leFichier02,leFichier03];
    main();
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        if(app.documents.length != 0){
            if(app.selection.length != 0 && app.selection[0].constructor.name == 'Table'){
                    var nomTableau = app.selection[0];
                        dirTVA_2012_deux(nomTableau);
                        exit();           
            else{
                        alert("Selection un tableau");
                        exit();
        else{
            alert("Ouvrait un document et Mettre son cuseur dans le points de départ");
            exit();
    function dirTVA_2012_deux(leTableau_Chono){
                        app.findGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
                        app.changeGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
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                             for (var tab = 0; tab < cells.length; tab++) { // sue toutes la colonnes
                             //for (var tab = 0; tab < 9; tab++) { // sur 10 cell pour le test
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                                if (cells[tab].contents != null) {
                                            app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = cells[tab].contents; // remplacer le 1 par le conteur de colonnes "tab" conteur de cell
                                    for (var conteurFich = 0; conteurFich < lesFichiers01.length; conteurFich++){
                                             var leResultat = [];
                                            leResultat = app.documents.itemByName(lesFichiers01[conteurFich]).findGrep();
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                                                  for (var b = 0; b < leResultat.length; b++)   {
                                                        var s = leTableau_Chono.columns[3].cells[tab].insertionPoints.firstItem(); // MON Problème est làà!!!!!!
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                                                        var cr_format = app.documents.itemByName(leFichier04).crossReferenceFormats.itemByName('Philou007'); 
                                                        var cr_source = app.documents.itemByName(leFichier04).crossReferenceSources.add({sourceText:s, appliedFormat: cr_format} );
                                                         var cr = app.documents.itemByName(leFichier04).hyperlinks.add ( cr_source, cr_destination);       
                                                } // fin du For su r "leResultat"
                                      } // fin du FOR sur les fichier "lesFichiers01"
                                } // fin du If test cell vide
                            } // fin du For sur les cell
         }// fin du with tableau   
    }// fin de la function

  • Need help with creating text anchors with tagged text.

    Can anyone tell me how to determine the correct value for a "Hyperlink Dest Index" value?
    I have a script which creates a tagged text file that specifies about about 280 pages of tables (thank heavens for autoflow) , and would like to add live links between different parts. I can create a text anchor and a hyperlink to it in InDesign. The tagged text definition for the link source is simple and in-line and exports and imports nicely as tagged text. However, I see that all the link destinations, aka  text anchors, are all exported at the very end of the tagged text files as global definitions, and thier location iin the document is specified by the property HyperlinkDestIndex. However, I can't figure out how to set this value progammatically. I've spent over an hour exporting links, and it sure isn't anything as obvious as character index in the story.
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    Read, I'm not sure the following is going to help you. It works for external hyperlinks, but you want internal links, right? Anyway, it might give you some clues.
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    HplLen: the "length" from the hyperlinked text, in InDesign characters.
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    DestKey -- see above
    HplDestUrl -- finally! A real URL! (But you must escape lots of characters, such as the forward slash and colon.)
    Hid -- again, always seems to be '0'.
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    var tagtext = text.replace (/\[(.+?)\]/g, function (full, match)
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    tagtext += hyperlinkDest.join('');
    tagFile = File(Folder.myDocuments+'/__tmp.txt');
    if (tagFile.open('w') == false)
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              exit();
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              tagFile.write ("<ASCII-WIN>\n");
    else
              tagFile.write ("<ASCII-MAC>\n");
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    // 'url' is the actual URL that will be linked to
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  • Warn when deleting text anchors

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    Thank you very much,
    Jan

    Sure, just use a preflight profile that checks for unresolved
    cross-references.
    That way, whenever you accidentally delete a hyperlink destination, the
    little preflight button will turn red.

  • Trying to remove mass text anchors

    Hello all,
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