Automatically create hyperlinks in table of contents

empleat · Post by **empleat** » Mon Jul 08, 2019 6:20 pm

I want when i click on heading in table of contents to be moved on that page. So i need automatically created hyper links for all my headings, so i don't have to do it manually...
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This doesn't work... and i updated table of contents.......

Post by **RoryOF** » Mon Jul 08, 2019 6:31 pm

To move to a hyperlinked heading, one must Ctrl-Click on the hyperlink; this works perfectly when the link is correctly formed. Such links in the Table of Contents are usually defined by use of a Heading style, often Heading 1 to Heading 4.

Try the attached file:

empleat · Post by **empleat** » Tue Jul 09, 2019 3:20 am

This works, however, it doesn't work for other heading than heading 1 in my document.

Post by **Hagar Delest** » Tue Jul 09, 2019 8:24 am

Can you upload a sample file (see: How to attach a document here)?
Make sure you've used the headings styles with the Outline Numbering feature (the title should appear in the Navigator.

Post by **RoryOF** » Tue Jul 09, 2019 9:44 am

empleat wrote:This works, however, it doesn't work for other heading than heading 1 in my document.

Then the Table of Contents may need to be adjusted to recognise the lower Heading levels as hyperlinks. The example I gave only had the settings correct for Heading 1, as I only needed that level in the sample document.

edit this topic's initial post · Post by **Villeroy** » Tue Jul 09, 2019 12:21 pm

Install https://libreoffice.org/
Open your document, remove the ToC and create a new one. It will be hyperlinked.

Post by **keme** » Tue Jul 09, 2019 2:11 pm

You can edit an existing ToC to have hyperlinks inserted:

Right click and select "Edit index/table" to open the ToC dialog.
Select the Entries tab
The entry structure field has blocks indicating entry elements. Entry structure is edited for each outline level separately.
- Select the outline level where you want to activate linking
- Select an empty space to the left of the element(s) that should constitute a link.
- Click the Hyperlink button. A Link Start element is inserted.
- Select an empty space to the right of the element(s) that should constitute a link.
- Click the Hyperlink button. A Link End element is inserted.
- Repeat for other outline levels if applicable
Click OK button
You may need to right click and "Update" to see the changes.

Edit: Essentially this is the same as Bikkhu Pesala wrote in the thread linked to in the opening post, but more of a step by step approach and perhaps more concise. Sorry that I repeat what you already tried. Your link didn't work for me at first.

empleat · Post by **empleat** » Tue Jul 09, 2019 6:24 pm

Okay thanks, it is now for header 2 too, i have trouble understanding you manual pages, it is to technical and there is to many terms i don't understand,

Post by **RoryOF** » Tue Jul 09, 2019 6:46 pm

Try reading
Writer for students (several languages)

Computers are a technical tool, and need certain understanding from the user.

edit this topic's initial post · Post by **Villeroy** » Wed Jul 10, 2019 12:07 am

ToC = Table of Contents. Otherwise I did not use any technical terms except the word "download"

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