How to create a hyperlink to an image

[stephene9093387]

I am struggling to create a hyperlink to an image on another page in the document. It is straightforward to link to a piece of text but not an image. In other words I want the text on page 130 to read

Page 138 - birth certificate for Alex Strachan

where the birth certificate image is on page 138 and this page number would change if I insert pages and the image moves to a different page. There is no text on the page 138 to link to unless it is possible to link a dummy text frame to the image.

If I select the destination image, 'New hyperlink destination' on the Hyperlinks panel only offers 'Page' or 'URL', with 'Text Anchor' greyed out. I don't think 'Page' is any good as I want it linked to the image, not the page.

I feel this should be straightforward but I cannot see how to do it. 

Can anyone help please?

Thanks.

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/hyperlinks.html

Technically, you can only hyperlink to text or page - within INDD Document. So if you want to heperlink to an image - hyperlink to its caption - or add hidden one. 

[stephene9093387]

Thanks for your help. This works partially - I have added a caption to the image and set up a cross-reference to the text (not a hyperlink; is that correct?). The cross-reference updates when I move the page.

However, if I hide the caption, the cross-reference becomes invalid and does not link. So I change the text colour to white, which effectively hides the caption. This seems to give me what I want.

This seems a kludgy way of going about what seems a simple task, but perhaps I'm being unfair. Am I going the right way about this, or is there a 'better' way to do this?

Many thanks for your help though.

[Robert at ID-Tasker · Accepted solution]

Yes, that's what I had in mind. 

You can set color to "[None]" instead of white - and place caption over the photo. 

[stephene9093387]

Thanks, that's reassuring! A learning process for finding out about captions. I did all you suggest and the result is just what I want. Many thanks again.

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

You're welcome.