Hyperlink

Hyperlink panel option

The hyperlink panel enables you to insert an InDesign hyperlink into the document, either as text or an image. When the document is exported as an interactive PDF, these hyperlinks will remain functional, allowing users to click on them to navigate to the specified link. This feature is useful for creating interactive and user-friendly PDF documents. The hyperlink panel is split in two sections:

Text

When inserting a text-based hyperlink, the contents of this edit field will appear in the document. You can either use static text, or include the content of other fields.

This setting is ignored when inserting a hyperlink on an image box.

URL

The URL for the hyperlink is specified in this box. You can include values from other fields by placing the field name within {brackets}. For example, if you include {SKU}, the content of the SKU field will be appended to the end of the hyperlink. Additionally, you can use Custom Field commands to construct the URL, allowing for dynamic and customized hyperlink generation based on your data fields.

To cross-reference other pages in the document, use the command ECPAGE://{…} in the URL edit box, where {…} is the field containing the page numbers. Combine this with the Update panel with page numbers option to create an interactive index or cross references.