Dynamic hyperlinks in endnotes exported to an interactive pdf don't work
Endnotes within InDesign are dymanic, i.e. you can move between endnote number in body copy to the endnote reference by clicking the number.
If you export a document with endnotes to a Print pdf these dynamic links are retained, so you can click on a number to go to a reference and vice-versa. This is useful when you have a document of hundreds of pages.
However, if you export to an Interactive pdf the dynamic links no longer work, which is bizarre, as this is where you need them, not in a print pdf.
I have a document containing hundreds of endnotes and interactive buttons (to move to the next or previous page). Currently interactive buttons don't work in pdfs exported to print, but endnotes don't work in interactive pdfs, so seemingly you can only have one or the other!
Version of Adobe InDesign: 2024 19.0
Steps to reproduce the issues:
1. Create a document with endnotes
2. Export to Interactive PDF
Expected result:
Endnotes numbers in body text if clicked link directly to the endnote reference at the end of the document, and vice-versa.
Actual result:
Endnote numbers and references aren't linked and can't be clicked
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James Lowe commented
Could not agree more – this is a very frustrating problem (along with endnote functionality in general).