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February 23, 2023
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Print PDF Index goes to topic but wrong page

  • February 23, 2023
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Need to use PDF published output to upload to Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing for a new eBook. Index built, pointing to topics. Published to PDF, index displays page number locations, not topic locations. If you click on the page number in the index, it goes to the first page of a topic, even when the index word is on the second page of the same topic (different than the page number location in the PDF index, so actual word location is on second page of same topic).

 

I suspect that I may be doing something wrong, and need to fix this, if possible, so that the Kindle eBook that will be created will not show the wrong page number location for indexed words in topics that occupy more than one page in the published PDF.

 

Any help appreciated.

 

 

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    Correct answer Peter Grainge

    Something I know nothing about in practice but wouldn't an eBook output work here?

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    Peter Grainge
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    Peter GraingeCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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    February 23, 2023

    Something I know nothing about in practice but wouldn't an eBook output work here?

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    saratogacoach
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    February 23, 2023

    Hi Peter,

    Haven't used the ePub output for conversion to a Kindle eBook. So, tried it out using latest ePub generator. Many issues with formatting. Far better option is PDF.

     

    I wonder if I can open and edit the index file to change the pages needing changing?

    Jeff_Coatsworth
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    Jeff_CoatsworthCommunity Expert
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    February 23, 2023

    Did you drag the keywords into the body as Peter's page states? I'm also puzzled by your remark on formatting in the ePUB - wouldn't all that be controlled by the CSS used?

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    AmebrCommunity Expert
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    February 23, 2023

    I hope adding them the way Peter describes will list the page number they appear on, rather than the first page of the topic. Post back when you find out, so that other people in future will know the answer. 🙂

    saratogacoach
    saratogacoachAuthor
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    February 23, 2023

    Since my first writing of the above post, I rechecked by trying the process described in the link: did not get the needed result. Maybe I am still not doing this correctly? (Edited my post above to reflect this. Posts must have crossed in cyberspace. Apologies.)

    Still not sure how to fix this (or, if it can be fixed).

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    AmebrCommunity Expert
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    February 23, 2023

    I'll assume you're using New UI of some flavour as you haven't specified. If you are using a Classic version, then please post back with the full version number.

     

    As far as I'm aware, the index for print output has always displayed a page number as this is how indexes work in books.

     

    For the second issue, I think this is working as intended by Adobe. In New UI you can only add an index keyword to a topic and this is stored in the head tag of the topic, so the only place the link can go is to the start of the topic.

     

    In Classic you could link an index keyword to a bookmark within a topic. This would allow the page of the bookmark to displayed, instead of the start of the topic. But as far as I know this is no longer possible in New UI, although I don't have access to RH2020 or RH2022 right now to double-check.

     

     

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    AmebrCommunity Expert
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    February 23, 2023

    I just thought to check Peter's site and it turns out you can add an index keyword in the body of the page. Have you done this with your keywords? I'd have thought the page number would be different in this case but as I said I don't have an up-to-date version to try right now.

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    AmebrCommunity Expert
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    February 23, 2023

    I forgot the link: https://www.grainge.org/pages/authoring/rh_tour/rh2022/toc_index_glossary/index.htm

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