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Dustin Fleming
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Dec 23, 2019 5:25 PM UTC
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TOC Hyperlinks not working

I created a book with a TOC and have the hyperlink text option selected on the settings but they do not seem to work when I click on the paragraph text or the page number there is no action. Is there something else I need to check?

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frameexpert
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Dec 24, 2019 12:38 PM UTC

Nothing is active so it would seem in Adobe Acrobat or in Adobe FrameMaker. Where would I look in th PDF setup to correct this oversight?


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shalomb61686619
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Oct 2, 2021 6:37 PM UTC

I had a case in FM 2015 where the hyperlink on the very last line in the TOC did not work. I never figured it out. More exactly, the entire line should have been hyperlinked, and in all the other lines, it was. On the last line, the first part of the line did not, but the rest of the line was OK. 

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Oct 3, 2021 11:52 AM UTC

Just to clarify FrameMaker's normal behavior: Whereever there is a character property change in a paragraph after the Hypertext marker, the link will stop.

 

There are a couple of scripting workarounds that I have done over the years:

1) Use a script to repeat the Hypertext marker at every character property change in the TOC. I usually have a script like this run automatically whenever the TOC is updated.

2) Use a script in Acrobat Pro to extend any "short" links on the TOC pages.

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Oct 4, 2021 2:42 AM UTC

In many cases the fix is to switch to Unicode characters that avoid the need for Character Formats, or for simple decorations not really essential (bold, italic, etc.) just delete the Character Format from the TOC's catalog. More here.

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Jeff_Coatsworth
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Dec 23, 2019 10:10 PM UTC

If nothing's active in FM, then you've got something wrong in there. Try renaming your non-functioning TOC and regenerate a new one - it won't look nice, but it should work.

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Jeff_Coatsworth
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Dec 23, 2019 5:27 PM UTC

And your TOC is a generated file (i.e. book_nameTOC.fm)?

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Dustin FlemingAuthor
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Dec 23, 2019 5:44 PM UTC

 

 

 

 

 

Here are screenshots from all the aspects of the TOC. I can't control click them or control alt click. They do not work when I export to PDF either. Also I am very new to FM so I apologize if I missed any information that would be useful in helping me solve this issue.

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Bob_Niland
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Dec 23, 2019 5:57 PM UTC

In the PDF, when you hover the sprite (mouse pointer) over lines in the TOC, is it the case that nothing is active, or only part of each line.

If nothing, the next thing I'd check is the PDF setup.
If partially active, it's a Character Format problem at the source texts from which the TOC is generated.

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