Re: [libreoffice-users] Make internal document links work in exported PDF

On 16/10/2024 05:03, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote:
> On 2024/10/15 17:46, Philip Jackson wrote:
> > Hi Thomas:
> >
> > Also, I don't understand your comment:  "Anyway, if I provide the said PDF file to other people, all 
> > those paths WILL be different in their respective computers."
> >
> > Internal links within a document will remain the same for anybody who received the pdf.
>
> Good morning and sorry for the late reply.
> Probably I did not / do not understand how this works.
> 1. Inserted+named a bookmark
> 2. Inserted a hyperlink (see next paragraph) pointing to the bookmark. Works fine in the odt file.
>
> Initially I specificed the name of the file I was working on under "Document -> Path". This 
> resulted in errors in the PDF file telling me Windows cannot find that file.
> Then I tried to leave the field blank. There was no error any more, but the link did not work 
> either.
> I also tried to specify the file name only, without path, because the above mentioned errors 
> complained about the path.
>
> Next I tried (it was already late in the night, so I did not really dive into the subject) using 
> cross references
> for which I referred to the documentation. I get something that looks like a link - but does not 
> work in the PDF.
>
> Is there maybe a little checkbox that needs to be checked or unchecked during the export?
> Is there anything else I could try?
> Thomas
Hi: Below I specify my procedure for inserting an internal hyperlink in a document. The example 
covers making a link from a table of illustrations to a particular illustration in the same 
document. I hope that this is a similar case to what you are trying to do.

First, I find the illustration, Figure 1, within the document, on page 4 in this case. Then I 
select a word in the description of Figure 1, click the 'Make Bookmark' icon in the toolbar and 
make that a bookmark which I name as 'Figure1'.
Then I go to the table of illustrations which indicates that Figure 1 is on page 4. I highlight 
'page 4' and click the hyperlink icon.

This opens a hyperlink dialogue box. For a reason I don't know, the path is filled in with the name 
of another document - this must be some historical artifact and it is completely unwanted so I 
delete it. I click the 'document' icon in the left hand column. then click the button (unnamed in 
my LO) at the right hand end of the 'Target in Document' line.' This opens another dialog box where 
I select my bookmark 'Figure1' as the target, click 'Apply' and then 'Close'.

Then I click 'Apply' and 'Close' in the Hyperlink box and that's the job done.  The link can be 
tested in the document using Ctrl+click before export to pdf.

For export to pdf, I use File > export as > export as pdf.  I never touch the link settings. The 
general has nothing ticked, and the cross document links just says default.

The link in the resulting pdf works on a simple click.

Note that in this case, the target is contained within the document and there is no external 
reference. The link is entirely internal and the illustrations have been embedded rather than being 
linked from another directory.

hth
Philip
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