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October 16, 2024
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How to Hyperlink Multiple Instances of a Word to One Chapter in InDesign Efficiently?

  • October 16, 2024
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Hello everyone, 

 

I am currently working on an E-Book in InDesign. Now I need to work through 500 pages to link the words to definitions etc.

Is there an option to link the same word, for example "xy technique" to that chapter??? I know that I can use the option "search and replace" to change/replace words in the whole e-book. But I want to hyperlink a specific word to its`chapter, so it´s easy for the e-book reader to click on the word and hop to the definition. Because I don´t wanna go through 500 pages of text and search for every single word and link them individually.... 😩 I have multiple chapters and many words and definitions I have to hyperlink to.... 

 

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Can someone pls help 🥲

Thx ❤️ 

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解決に役立った回答 Barb Binder

Well, potentially you can track down a script or someone who can write a script for you to automate this.

 

But working with InDesign's feature set, you are likely unaware of the option to change by pasting the contents of the clipboard (few people seem to be aware of it).

 

You could add a hyperlink to the first occurrence of the word and test it. Then come back and copy the word to the clipboard and then find every occurrence of the word and paste the formatted word/hyperlink combination.

 

~Barb

 

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Barb Binder
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October 20, 2024

Great! We are always happy to help, @Maia_Sukkar0902.

 

~Barb

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October 16, 2024

Well, potentially you can track down a script or someone who can write a script for you to automate this.

 

But working with InDesign's feature set, you are likely unaware of the option to change by pasting the contents of the clipboard (few people seem to be aware of it).

 

You could add a hyperlink to the first occurrence of the word and test it. Then come back and copy the word to the clipboard and then find every occurrence of the word and paste the formatted word/hyperlink combination.

 

~Barb

 

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training
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    Maia_Sukkar0902作成者
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    October 20, 2024

    Thank you for your reply! I still need to go through all of the pages of course, also to check if everthing is hyperlinked, but it´s going faster! That definetly helps a lot! ❤️ Thanks ^.^

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