Can you hyperlink between pages (e-book indexing purposes)?

George-Atkins wrote on 6/3/2021, 3:33 AM

Hi all - a little help, if anybody knows how to do this...I'm creating an e-book and want to insert an index with a list of contents at the start, with each topic linking or hyperlinking to the relevant page or pages in the document when clicked. I then want export as a pdf with these links intact.

Can it be done, and if so, how?

Thanks!

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johnebaker wrote on 6/3/2021, 4:02 AM

@George-Atkins

Hi

AFAICS this is not do-able in XPGD.

If you have Xara Designer Pro use this as it has the features you need - ie links and anchors.

If you do not have Designer pro then, any text editor that lets you add links and anchors would do, eg Microsoft Word and save to PDF using the Microsoft print to PDF 'printer'.

If you do not already do so, Iwould also recommend that you keep a list of the anchors and their names, as you create them, for reference when you create the index page.

HTH

John EB
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George-Atkins wrote on 6/3/2021, 4:49 AM

Thanks John. The feature would have been nice in the standard sw....

George

George-Atkins wrote on 6/8/2021, 3:48 AM

@George-Atkins

Hi

AFAICS this is not do-able in XPGD.

If you have Xara Designer Pro use this as it has the features you need - ie links and anchors.

If you do not have Designer pro then, any text editor that lets you add links and anchors would do, eg Microsoft Word and save to PDF using the Microsoft print to PDF 'printer'.

If you do not already do so, Iwould also recommend that you keep a list of the anchors and their names, as you create them, for reference when you create the index page.

HTH

John EB
Forum Moderator

I just discovered the answer...it IS possible in P&G D standard.

1. Highlight a line of text / word in your P&G project

2. Choose Utilities from top menu, then Web link.

3. Choose Link to, pick a page and Apply

For the pdf exporting part, using the correct version for compatibility keeps the link intact. You need to choose custom settings, advanced, and change the version from default (it was set to 2001 for me), to version 8 (or whatever is showing as latest). Then the pdf will retain the ability to jump to sections from the links created in P&G D.

Pretty cool ;-)

George

johnebaker wrote on 6/8/2021, 4:41 AM

@George-Atkins

Hi George

Thanks for the feedback and solution - learned something new.

John EB

VPX 16, Movie Studio 2025, and earlier versions 2015 and 2016, Music Maker Premium 2024.

PC - running Windows 11 23H2 Professional on Intel i7-8700K 3.2 GHz, 16GB RAM, RTX 2060 6GB 192-bit GDDR6, 1 x 1Tb Sabrent NVME SSD (OS and programs), 2 x 4TB (Data) internal HDD + 1TB internal SSD (Work disc), + 6 ext backup HDDs.

Laptop - Lenovo Legion 5i Phantom - running Windows 11 23H2 on Intel Core i7-10750H, 16GB DDR4-SDRAM, 512GB SSD, 43.9 cm screen Full HD 1920 x 1080, Intel UHD 630 iGPU and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (6GB GDDR6)

Sony FDR-AX53e Video camera, DJI Osmo Action 3 and Sony HDR-AS30V Sports cams.