Framemaker 10. My PDF TOC links aren't working - Make sure file exists.

Hi justined82505550:

I'm 100% with Jeff—get the TOC working in FrameMaker, then generate the PDF. It sounds like you haven't done this before so I'm including the steps from the online help below. (You could also watch this video: Creating a table of contents in FrameMaker | lynda.com tutorial - YouTube.) There are a number of rules one needs to learn to create and maintain generated files in FrameMaker—taking the time to learn how generated files work will save future heartache. Note that I'm just addressing the first step.

Before you do this, move the formatted but-with-broken-links TOC out of the folder. When you generate a new TOC with the steps below it will be unformatted. Once it is working, you can use File > Import > Formats to import the formatting from the old TOC into this new one. (In theory, a new TOC will use the formatting of the old TOC but something is off so let's play it safe.)

Generate a table of contents or list for a book

1)Open the book window and select the file below where you want the generated file to appear.

2)Choose Add > Create Standalone TOC

3)Enter a suffix or keep the default one. The suffix indicates the type of generated file. For example, TOC is the usual suffix for a table of contents.

note:   The suffix is not the same as the filename’s extension. The suffix is used with paragraph tags in the generated lists, and appears as part of the generated file’s filename, such as UserGui­deTOC.fm.

4)In the set up dialog box, Add File drop-down list, specify whether the generated list will appear before or after the current document.

5)Move items to the Include scroll list. To move an item between scroll lists, select the item and click an arrow, or double-click the item. To move all items from one scroll list to the other, Shift-click an arrow.

6)To have each entry in the generated list be linked to its source, select Create Hypertext Links. These links let you jump to the source of an entry by clicking the entry.

7)Click OK and then click Update. FrameMaker generates the list. You can view the generated list by double-clicking its name in the book window.

8)Save the generated list in the same folder as the source document or book. If you want to rename the generated file, use the book window to do so—FrameMaker will rename it on the disk and update all references.

9)Save any open files in the book. Open files are updated only in your computer’s memory and not on the disk. If a file isn’t open, the changes are made on the disk.

~Barb

Hold on - is your TOC working in your FM book? If not, then you need to fix that up. If it is, how did you create the PDF? Save As or by printing to the Adobe PDF printer instance?