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July 29, 2017
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Identifying text anchors

  • July 29, 2017
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I have a document with numerous text anchors for use as cross-references. I know they're there because the light blue colon shows up when I'm viewing all characters. But when I go to select the cross-reference I want, what I think is the correct text anchor isn't, and creating it as a reference and then clicking Go to Destination takes me to a different one. I'd rather not delete the mystery ones, since they're already used elsewhere in the document and I don't want to have to redo all of them. Is there a way to highlight or select the text anchor and find out what its name is, or rename it? Selecting Hyperlink Destination Options gives me a list of names, but doesn't tell me anything about where they are in the document.

Correct answer Srishti Bali

Hi Paul,

As per your query, your file has multiple text anchors which do not work correctly and take you to a different destination instead of the one you want.

Please check the below-mentioned link for this.

Insert and manage cross-references in InDesign

Hope this helps!

Regards

Srishti

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Srishti Bali
Community Manager
Srishti BaliCommunity ManagerCorrect answer
Community Manager
August 23, 2017

Hi Paul,

As per your query, your file has multiple text anchors which do not work correctly and take you to a different destination instead of the one you want.

Please check the below-mentioned link for this.

Insert and manage cross-references in InDesign

Hope this helps!

Regards

Srishti

Participant
March 15, 2023

The cross reference panel doesn't show the name of the text anchors I created - so I can't find them to edit them through the cross reference panel.

Fred.L
Inspiring
July 21, 2024

Hey,

I'm not sure of the relevance of answering a question 1 year+ old, but since I've been looking for similar topic, here's what I've found.

Magic Peter K. at its best again, having though of the issue since … 2012…

Managing Text hanchors

https://creativepro.com/files/kahrel/indesign/text_anchors.html