exporting PDF from InDesign.. Name of Text Anchor (in Pdf, its called as Named Destination) has chan

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November 19, 2023
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While exporting PDF from InDesign.. Name of Text Anchor (in Pdf, its called as Named Destination) has changed.

for e.g. I defined Text Anchor as A1280# in InDesign

But in Pdf its shown as. DEMO.indd:A1280#:79120

First is the indd file name : defined Anchor name : (some random number)

I just want to know is there any logic behind this random number.? .. can I prevent this from happening?

I'm asking as I am creating links in PDF using JavaScript which referred to this Destinations to jump.(which have standard naming conventions like A1#, A2#, A3#...., )

Please find the attached screenshot.

Scripting

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Peter Kahrel

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Text anchors are always exported the way you see them, that's the way it (apparently) is. When I create a new document and insert a text anchor A1#, it is shown in the exported PDF as xyz.indd:A1#:1, where 1 is a number. It's unlikely to be random (too short), what it really is I don't know.

But anyway, the answewr to your question is that InDesign adds a number to the text anchor's name. There's nothing you can do to prevent that. If you want to get rid of that number you'll have to do that in Acrobat