[Solved] TOC Hyperlink

[Judith Tramayne]

I can get the hyperlink to show in the TOC and CTRL click for the hyperlink to work in Writer but when I make a PDF, it doesn't show.

My left pane will show with bookmarks (Chapters and Subheadings) hyperlinked but none are in the TOC page. What am I doing wrong?

I am using Win XP

Judith

[foxcole]

I can get the hyperlink to show in the TOC and CTRL click for the hyperlink to work in Writer but when I make a PDF, it doesn't show.

What do you mean by "show", exactly? If you move your mouse pointer over the TOC in the PDF, does it change to a link pointer? ... that is, are you looking for blue underlined text, or do you mean the links truly don't exist? (If the links are in fact there, it could be a matter of the character style selected in the Insert Index/Table dialog. It defaults to something like "Internet link"---just relying on memory at the moment, so that might not be exactly it---but if a different character style were selected, that might explain the absence of blue underlined link text.)

If that's not the problem... well, thank you for providing your OS but what version of OOo are you using? By what method exactly did you generate the PDF?

[Judith Tramayne]

The links do not exist. There is no pointer nor is anything in TOC underlined. So I'm definitely not doing something right.

I am using Open Office 2.3.0

The TOC is made in Writer. I right click to get the Insert Index/Table. Click on Entries. Level 1 put in cursor in front of E#, click hyperlink, go to front of E, click hyperlink, click OK.

Then I make it into a PDF and nothing.

Hope this explanation helps about the steps I took.

Judith

[foxcole]

Level 1 put in cursor in front of E#, click hyperlink, go to front of E, click hyperlink, click OK.

Ah, there it is. The Hyperlink tag comes in pairs, one to mark the beginning of what you want to hyperlink (LS for Link Start), and one to mark the end (LE for Link End). This allows you to control exactly what you want to hyperlink: just the page number, for example, or just the title, or the entire line. So, after you click in front of E# and click Hyperlink to create the LS marker, click the black right arrow if necessary to find the end of the structure, which is most likely a # for the page number, click after the # and click the Hyperlink button again to create the LE marker.

[Judith Tramayne]

Thank you so much!

I wasn't putting the hyperlink after the E (for entry). I was putting it in front so the LE link end was going in the wrong place. I also unchecked the box under Format and it worked beautifully.

Totally appreciate your help!

Judith