Go to Page button in InDesign doesn't go to the right page when publishing online

[Paul629]

I have a 38-page document created in InDesign 20.3 x64 (Windows 11) for print. I need to publish the document online. I created a menu on the master page with a pancake to get the menu to appear. In the menu, I created a separate button for each of the publication's sections. I then set the GO TO PAGE to each of the respective pages. When I publish the document online the menu does what I want it to do, but when I click on the section buttons, the links go to the wrong page. It looks like the links are all off by 2 pages. I've tried doing the links as hyperlinks, which does not work.

The community has been so helpful to me in the past, and I appreciate everyone's help. Hope you all can help again.

[kglad]

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[Paul629]

Thank you.

[kglad]

(no problem)

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

@Paul629

Can you share your document?

Please click my nickname if you prefer to send it privately - but you'll have to upload it somewhere first and then send me a link, as private messages do not allow attachments. 

[Paul629]

Thanks, Robert. Jeffrey's suggestion below to save as IDML and reopen as InDesign did the trick.

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

Yeah, sometimes corruption leads to a strange behaviour. 

Now, you need to remember to do Save As with a new name more often - like at the end of every day - or at the end of the week - depends on how much yoy work on your file. 

[Paul629]

Thanks, Robert. When technology works, it's great. When it doesn't...

Appreciate the help.

[Jeffrey_Smith · Accepted solution]

The Go to Page number is the number relative to layout, not the numbering section applied to it. In screenshot, if I wanted a button with "Go to Page" to travel to numbered page "3", I would enter page "5", because this is the fifth page of the layout.

[Paul629]

Thanks, Jeffrey.

I think I tried that (I've done so many iterations to solve the problem), but I'll try it again. I'll let you know.

[Jeffrey_Smith]

If your "Go to Page" number is correct, and you still see the error, then try saving as IDML. Saving as IDML can clean up interactivity corruption that may occur.

[Paul629 · Accepted solution]

That did it, Jeffrey! Saved the file as IDML, reopened it in InDesign and it worked! Thank you so much for your help with this.