Good morning,
I’m having a problem trying to figure out if it’s possible to do this thing I’ve been asked to do…
I’m working on a catalogue that is divided in 2 sections:
1)the first part is an application table with items name and products codes with a page number reference next to them that reference the second half of the catalogue
es: |ITEM NAME| cod. xx.xxxx p.[123] |
2)the second half of the catalogue is a gallery where every product is presented with its code, photo and the article info.
In order to create the page reference next to the code inside the application table, I indexed every article in the second half of the catalogue, created an index and then, using find/change by list, I replaced every code inside the application table with its corresponding “code+page number” that was created by indesign index.
es: table: 12.2222
index: 12.2222 155
find/change by list: find “12.2222” change to “12.2222 155”
Everything was ok but now my supervisor told me he’d like to have an interactive version of this catalogue (that was only supposed to be printed) and asked if it’s possible to link the page number references inside the application table cells to their corresponding page number in the second part of the catalogue.
I found that I can create a hyperlink to a page number, but creating by hand 2400+ x-referencing is insane…
Do you know any alternative method to do it?
I found a really useful script that allows me to create hyperlink to web pages based on a character style and a list on an external txt files with words and links.
I was thinking that if it’s possible to create “by hand” an hyperlink reference to a “indesign filename page number” I could use the script, but it seems unlikely…
What can I do?
An example to try to simplify what I’m asking for:
Application Table
| ITEMS | Codes |
| Item name | xx.xxxx [165]|
[165] is just a number with no x-ref or anything
I want to link [165] to page N165 that is in the same indb but on a different indesign document.
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