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hongw55269720
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May 12, 2020
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destination name is changed after InDesign file is exported

  • May 12, 2020
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I made destiantions with short, simple names. But after the InDesign file is exported for a PDF file, the names of destinations have been added with the InDesign file name and something like sequence number. I wonder if there are ways to keep the simple short names for destinations after InDesign files are exported.

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    Ashutosh_Mishra
    Ashutosh_Mishra
    Inspiring
    May 14, 2020

    Hi there,

     

    Thanks for reaching out. Would you mind sharing more details about your workflow? You may share screenshots or a small video of the workflow so that we can understand your issue better. Please share the version of OS and InDesign as well.

    Looking forward to your response.

     

    Regards,

    Ashutosh

    StJDame
    StJDame
    Participant
    July 13, 2020

    Ashutosh,

    This has been an issue for quite some time. I believe what is happening is the destinations are being indexed. Each time they are exported, the numbers change.  hongw55269720 may be new to this issue but many of us have been tortured by it for years.

     

    Back in CS4 (possibly up to CS6) there were no index numbers. This made the destinations reliable for linking to the text anchor from an outside source, such as a software program. Now, the indexing effectively changes the named destination every time the document is saved and exported to PDF.

     

    This is a serious issue in documents with hundreds of named destinations which must be consistent. So far there is no real fix that I am aware.

     

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