Endnote reference links don't work (both ways).

[Strabon]

In InDesign, I imported a word document containing endnotes. The links between the reference numbers and the endnote texts don't work. What did I do wrong?

[Laubender]

Did you perhaps import the endnotes as static endnotes?

Check the import options for Word files.

Or does linking do not work "only" with an exported PDF?

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

[Strabon]

Thanks for your reply. No, I did not import the endnotes as static endnotes, and no, PDFs are not concerned here.

Best,

Strabon

[Laubender]

Hi Strabon,

you did nothing wrong, if you checked your import settings and the option for Endnotes was selected.

I assume here that you are using InDesign 2021 and a docx document from Microsoft Word.

Hm. Look into the Word document with Microsoft Word.

Perhaps the docx file was saved with a different application, not Microsoft Word ?

Or were the endnotes done with a special Word extension?

If the endnotes are "live" from a Microsoft Word perspective, save the file to a new name and try the import to InDesign again.

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

[Laubender]

Oh, and could you post a small sample of the docx file and the InDesign document so that we could test if there is a bug with InDesign's import options? Best put it on Dropbox or a similar service and post the download link.

Thanks,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )