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Daniela Barros
Daniela Barros
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Aug 4, 2021 8:19 PM UTC
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Hyperlinks not working in TOC

Hi,

 

I have generated a TOC for the book, but the hyperlinks are not working for some chapters. These are chapters I have changed the file name. I created another book but they don't work either.

 

 

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    Jeff_Coatsworth
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    Jeff_CoatsworthCommunity Expert
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    Aug 5, 2021 12:04 PM UTC

    And, how did you "change" the file name? From within FM or out in File Explorer?

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      Daniela Barros
      Daniela BarrosAuthor
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      Aug 11, 2021 9:01 PM UTC

      It was on the file explorer 

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      Winfried RengCommunity Expert
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      Aug 12, 2021 6:40 AM UTC

      When you change file names via your file manager, then FrameMaker will not know that you changed something.

      You have to do this in the FrameMaker book. Then FrameMaker can adjust all links in the files of this book.

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        Winfried RengCommunity Expert
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        Aug 5, 2021 6:20 AM UTC

        Do these hyperlinks work, if you open the target file first?

        Are also other files in the same folder of the target files? Do these work? Is there anything special with the file name? Is the path with the file name too long?

        Do they work, when you move them into the folder of the other files (of course you have to re-insert them in your book)?

        In the book file in the context menu of the files there is a command Open Containing Folder. This opens the folder in your file manager. Does this work?

         

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          Daniela Barros
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          Aug 11, 2021 8:59 PM UTC

          Thank you everyone for the answers. After some tries, I created a new folder from scratch and it worked. o/

          As there were changes on just some sections of the book, I added a version number to the end of the file. Lesson learned: I will always try to keep the same file names in the book. 

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          frameexpert
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          frameexpertCommunity Expert
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          Aug 4, 2021 8:35 PM UTC

          Update the book to regenerate the TOC.

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            Daniela Barros
            Daniela BarrosAuthor
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            Aug 4, 2021 10:14 PM UTC

            I have updated from 'Edit - Update book' but still not working. 

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