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InDesign version 5.5 epub TOC and image hyperlink issues

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    • November 8, 2011 at 6:14 am #61022
      redbeecreative
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      I've upgraded InDesign with the latest patch and even reinstalled InDesign to try and start from scratch. I have two issues. Since in the end I'll be converting the epub for Kindle, I need the nav TOC and the internal TOC. For whatever reason, the TOC listing is not appearing in nav TOC listing but you can find it when scrolling through the pages of the book. The other issue is that the entries are not linking to any pages even though when you view in InDesign via the editor, the icons are there around each entry as if they are links. I've followed the steps via lynda.com for generating the TOC using the TOC styles menu and selecting it when exporting.

      Another issue going on is that images have been specified to be hyperlinks to urls. They work fine in InDesign, work fine in pdf format – everything links to the correct url but as an epub file, the image will not link to anything. It's as if the hyperlink was never created. Is it only possible to have text hyperlinks in epub format?

    • November 10, 2011 at 2:19 pm #61038
      Aaron Troia
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      Yes InDesign CS5.5 will generate the both TOC's but as far as I know it will not place the HTML TOC into the toc.ncx.

      Did you insert the guide reference to the HTML TOC into the content.opf file? when you test it on a Kindle are you able to pull up the HTML TOC from Menu>Go to..>Table of Contents? if so, you dont need to place the HTML TOC into the toc.ncx, the Kindle refers to the HTML TOC for your TOC (and not the toc.ncx) that should be referenced in the guide section of the content.opf.

      After you checked “Break Document at Paraph Style:” in the ePub export window, did you also select the style you wanted to break it at?

      It is possible to link images, I havent tried it in InDesign, I have hand coded HTML links around images after my ePub was exported from InDesign. check out some of the resources from the eBook Architects website.

      If you dont already have them, I would pick up a copy of Kindle Formatting by Joshua Tallent and also Epub: Straight to the Point by Elizabeth Castro

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