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Hyperlinks break in PDF when target Text Anchor moves to different page

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      Hi

      In my InDesign file I have a Contents page with 10 hyperlinks to the first page of my 10 chapters. I created Text Anchor Hyperlink destinations on all 10 target pages, and then created Hyperlinks to them from the Contents page. The document is 180 pages long and uses a Primary Text Frame, and all the text anchors are contained within this.

      In 9 of these cases, clicking the hyperlinks in the exported PDF jumps to the correct page, but in one of them, clicking jumps to the NEXT page following the text anchor.

      However, if I test the hyperlink within the Links panel, it jumps to the correct page.

      If I jump to the destination by clicking the anchor in the Hyperlinks panel, this problematic link does jump to the correct page, but something is breaking in the export process which is causing it to jump to the wrong page when clicked in the PDF

      I realise that this happens when new pages have been inserted and removed again as part of Smart Reflow, causing the text anchor to end up on a different page to the one it was created on.

      Does anyone know why this is happening and how to fix it or troubleshoot it?

      Working in Indesign 14.0.1 on Windows 7 and viewing the PDF in Acrobat DC.

      Thanks for your help!
      Richard

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