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Creating a Hyperlink Clickable Table of Contents in Word and PDF?? HELP!

by DianaCurlee
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Hi,

I've got this really frustrating problem at the moment! Perhaps I'm dumb but after reading about it online can't figure this out.

I'm trying to create a hyperlink clickable table of contents in either word or pdf (i.e which ever one is easy - I use nitro pdf).
- when I say hyperlink clickable I mean the page number
- also the physical text (like the chapter names basically)

1) So first of all is there a way to create a hyperlink clickable table of contents in word that will transfer to PDF? I use nitro pdf professional again.

2) I tried doing it in nitro pdf as well and I could get the page numbers to work - all except the last page for some reason - strange.
However I can't figure out how to link the table of contents chapter names to the start of that exact text in the pdf.

Can anyone out there help? Realize this is slightly off-topic for this thread but getting annoying for me now!

Thanks
#clickable #contents #creating #hyperlink #pdf #table #word
  • Profile picture of the author HarrieB
    <a href="url">Link text</a>

    is the tag used for creating a hyperlink..
    First create hyperlinks in word and then convert it into pdf using universal document converter.

    UDF is free I guess...
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    • Profile picture of the author DianaCurlee
      Originally Posted by indigeniuous View Post

      <a href="url">Link text</a>

      is the tag used for creating a hyperlink..
      First create hyperlinks in word and then convert it into pdf using universal document converter.

      UDF is free I guess...
      Thanks but that doesn't tell me how to do it! It's not a url as well it's page numbers and specific text.
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      • Profile picture of the author Tony Marriott
        Word has a built in function to create Table of Contents.

        I am more familiar with Open Office but it will be very similar in Word.
        In OO
        1. Format all your section Titles as "headings" from left hand drop down box in toolbar.

        2. Chose Insert/Indexes and Tables from top menu
        3. In the settings box choose Table of Contents
        4. Select Entries tab and select a level 1 (repeat later with additional levels if you have more than one heading level)
        5. Then click the empty boxes to the left of the left hand # and to the right of the right hand hash (that will create hyperlinks of the TOC.
        OK all done.

        Sorry not the best tutorial but word or OO help will explain it all
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        • Profile picture of the author Tadresources
          Originally Posted by Tony Marriott View Post

          Word has a built in function to create Table of Contents.

          I am more familiar with Open Office but it will be very similar in Word.
          In OO
          1. Format all your section Titles as "headings" from left hand drop down box in toolbar.

          2. Chose Insert/Indexes and Tables from top menu
          3. In the settings box choose Table of Contents
          4. Select Entries tab and select a level 1 (repeat later with additional levels if you have more than one heading level)
          5. Then click the empty boxes to the left of the left hand # and to the right of the right hand hash (that will create hyperlinks of the TOC.
          OK all done.

          Sorry not the best tutorial but word or OO help will explain it all
          This is actually a pretty great tutorial. You can also look here which is what I used a while back when I had a similar task. I hope this helps!
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        • Profile picture of the author Sid Hale
          I'll expand on Tony's original response.

          For MS Word:
          Originally Posted by Tony Marriott View Post

          1. Format all your section Titles as "headings" from left hand drop down box in toolbar. (i.e. Heading1, Heading2, etc.)

          1a. Position your cursor where you want the TOC to be built (i.e. after the title page but before the Introduction or Chapter 1

          2. Chose Insert/Indexes and Tables from top menu
          3. In the settings box choose Table of Contents
          4. Select Entries tab and select a level 1 (repeat later with additional levels if you have more than one heading level) I typically select level 3 (default) right from the get go. This turns Heading1, Heading2, Heading3's into TOC1, TOC2, and TOC3 in the Table of Contents
          5. Then click the empty boxes to the left of the left hand # and to the right of the right hand hash (that will create hyperlinks of the TOC. totally unnecessary step in MSWORD
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  • Profile picture of the author Randall Magwood
    Thanks Tony Marriott. This was actually one of the last projects that i was working on with my last IT job, but i never got to complete it. Glad i know how to do it now tho.
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  • Profile picture of the author Mr Mikey
    Nope, the Entires tab is not available for me to choose from. This is very very frustrating and annoying for me when trying to format kindle books. I get why it has to be this difficult and why there are no good tutorials and videos that match my updated computer system
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  • Profile picture of the author icoachu
    Here's how to do it for Word. The person who made this video publishes Kindle books.

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