TOC hyperlinking

I've created an Indesign book file and I'm trying to get the TOC page hyperlinked for export to EPUB. I've tried everything but nothing holds once I've exported - not hyperlinks and not bookmarks. Anyone have a solution?

Sounds like you need customization that isn't practical w/iBA. The default TOC is designed so that iBooks readers can expect a certain amount of navigation consistency.
In that case, you may want to look at using Pages, as an example, where you'll have considerable more control.
That said, confirm you iBA process w/ Publishing With iBooks Author
http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920025597.do

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I went back and turned on Hidden Characters and there are two dots there (like a colon). I've seen this mentioned elsewhere on these forums in a discussion about TOC hyperlink errors on EPUB export:
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What I'm interested in is whether or not there is an alternate process I could follow that would side step Word 2011's inability to export to PDF with bookmarks and hyperlinked TOCs. How do you create PDF documents with bookmarks and hyperlinked TOCs in your documents?
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In Word 2010 and 2013 for Windows (and I'm sure this applies to older versions as well), you can export documents to a PDF file format where the exported file will carry over the bookmarks and hyperlinked table of contents. Specifically, by making specific text headers, will appear in the final PDF file as bookmarks on the side (see image taken from Adobe's website).
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Hi, beejasaurus
I found a possible kluge from this discussion here
https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1008480
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I think you are confusing Previous and Next in a browse sequence with Previous and Next as in path followed by the user.
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CS3 (5.0.4) on Mac 10.5.7 (Leopard)
When I generate a TOC, if i select the "Create PDF bookmarks" option, the entries also create hyperlinks to the location within the PDF.
In the PDF, if I click on the TOC entry, it jumps to the page where the entry starts.
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No, is not at all a problem related to maintaining forms.
All the contrary.
Please be kind and read again the post, is a problem with links, with the integrity of the file, with anomalies in behavior, just with many things far beyond the user that can not be reduced to that known resource:
http://indesignsecrets.com/designing-forms-with-indesign-acrobats-replace-pages-feature-is -at-your-service.php

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Apologize for the delay but had to wait until I visited this particular client again to check out your suggestions. Started out with Art's basic pointer and then applied Van's solution. Michael's solution I'm filing for future reference!
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Sorry if this is a common question -- I've tried searching the InDesign help resources and on this forum too but haven't turned up any answers, so here goes!
I'm currently exporting book PDFs with print presets, and then manually clicking the checkboxes to add bookmarks and hyperlinks (doing this because automatically creating an interactive PDF doesn't allow me to make single-paged PDFs). Anyway, the links within my table of contents work just fine, but I'm wondering if there is an easy way to have the links jump back to the TOC? (So if I click on Chapter 1: The Beginning, I am taken to page five or whatever, and then if I click on the Chapter 1 heading, I can be taken back to the TOC.) I've seen this in action but just can't seem to figure it out. Thanks in advance!

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