How to create links within the document?

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Dr. Mindermast

Please forgive me if this is already answered somewhere, I haven't been able to find it...

For the document that I am working on, my goal for the end product is to have a PDF where some of the text links to other parts of the same document (e.g. if I write "see p25," you click and it jumps to the relevant section of page 25).  The closest I've been able to find is how to embed links to a URL somewhere outside of the document, but I don't need that.  How can I create links within the document itself?

Using version 1.6.1 if that makes a difference here.

Dr. Mindermast

I did some more experimenting and I figured out the basics.  Here's the answer in case anyone else is looking for the same thing:

1. Click the Link Annotation button in the PDF Tools section of the toolbar.
2. Click and drag to create a box around where you want the link to be.
3. Double click on the box to open up the Annotation Properties dialog.  The Type should already be set to Link, so leave it there.  Under Destination, enter the page number and coordinates for your target.
4. If you turn on Preview Mode you can test your link to make sure that it takes you to the right place.

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Now that I've got that down, can anyone tell me if there's an easier way to create an index that automatically links back to the main text, or do I have to just manually create links for every index entry?

a.l.e

I don't think that in the current Scribus version there is a better way to create an index.

Something might be coming with the next release.
Work has been done, but I had no chance to test it yet.