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November 19, 2018
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Hyperlinking Ease - INDD or Acrobat???

  • November 19, 2018
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I am working on a 500+ page report that spans several indd documents. The final output will be compiled into a single pdf. Throughout the entire report there are hundreds of references to tables, figures and appendices that will need to be hyperlinked. (All pages/links will live inside the final pdf).

I'm trying to decide if it will be easier and/or more efficient to created hyperlinks to the indd files as I work or wait until the end and create them inside the compiled PDF. I realize there's so many what ifs and other details to consider when making this decision (I'm imagining late content edits and page shuffling).

Basically, I just want to know if anyone can weigh in on the ease of hyperlinking in INDD vs. Acrobat. Is one CLEARLY faster and more efficient than the other or are they comparable?

Appreciate your thoughts!

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Randy Hagan
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Community Expert
November 19, 2018

Can I ask a favor of you?

If you mark this question as answered, it'll alert the moderators to file this where it'll help other users having the same problem.

Glad I could be of assistance,

Randy

Randy Hagan
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 19, 2018

I would say do them in the compiled PDF. InDesign hyperlinks work within a given INDD file, but they won't work well or consistently between different INDD files, even if they're linked through InDesign's book functions.

Hope this helps,

Randy

Participant
November 19, 2018

That makes a lot of sense. I hadn't fully contemplated that potential roadblock. Thanks for your quick response!