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SteveInKent
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February 6, 2019
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How to create a link to a page which doesn't move when pages are added?

  • February 6, 2019
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I'm using Acrobat Pro XI

I'm trying to get together a songbook where I have an alphabetical song index at the beginning spanning more than one page.

I will be adding songs to this PDF on a regular basis that will need indexing.

I have created links by drawing a box around the song titles, but as soon as I add a song the links do not go where I want them to.

How do I set up the text and links to be able to add songs and get the link to go to the correct page?

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Test Screen Name
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February 6, 2019

Ah, ok. Then you do need a different kind of link.

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Test Screen Name
Legend
February 6, 2019

Ok, when I do that, I can freely add pages and the link stays pointing at the original content.

For instance, I set a link

- on page 1

- to page 5

I added 2 pages after page 3. The original page 5 is now page 7.

When I click on the link on page 1 I go to page 7.

This sounds as if it's what you want, but not what you get.

Still not sure we are doing the same thing.

- I choose a Go To View link

- I scroll to the required page (I don't click on the page)

- I click on Set Link.

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SteveInKentAuthor
Participating Frequently
February 6, 2019

That's the difference.

I want the link "on page 1" to still go to page 5 and not page 7

I just want a linked page index that goes to the same number page as shown as text in the index.

So 1 goes to page 1, 2 to page 2 no matter how many pages are added/deleted.

Bernd Alheit
Community Expert
Bernd AlheitCommunity Expert
Community Expert
February 7, 2019

Use a Javascript action for this.

try67
Community Expert
try67Community Expert
Community Expert
February 6, 2019

What kind of command did you use for those links? Unless you used a script where the page number is hard-coded, it should update automatically when pages are added or deleted.

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SteveInKentAuthor
Participating Frequently
February 6, 2019

Just used edit link, drew a box around the text, chose what page to go to.

The link boxes do not stay with the text when the text is moved

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SteveInKentAuthor
Participating Frequently
February 6, 2019

If I put separate page number and use them for the links, then they go wrong when adding a page, because the page number it goes to, goes up

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