Hi all! I was having the same issue and just found a solution :)
Include your hyperlinks in your InDesign document text as you would for interactive PDF. When running your merge, instead of choosing "Export to PDF," which only gives you print PDF options, thus losing the hyperlink, choose "Create Merged Document." This will merge everything into a new InDesign doc, creating all of your variable pages, with the links intact. At that point, you may export as interactive PDF. Woot!!
Hi all! I was having the same issue and just found a solution :)
Include your hyperlinks in your InDesign document text as you would for interactive PDF. When running your merge, instead of choosing "Export to PDF," which only gives you print PDF options, thus losing the hyperlink, choose "Create Merged Document." This will merge everything into a new InDesign doc, creating all of your variable pages, with the links intact. At that point, you may export as interactive PDF. Woot!!