Hyperlink problem - many links, but same URL

[John_Scarano@adobeforums.com]

I'm having a problem doing something that seems very simple. I'm using InDesign CS2.

I am trying to create a PDF document, built in InDesign and in the pages there are hyperlinks pointing to 10 different products on our website.

Please note, when doing ONE link, everything works fine.

But when I went ahead and finished the 9 other links, each hyperlink points to the last hyperlink I created? (Obviously they are supposed to point to different links) Does that make sense?

Anyone know the solution?

[Dave_Saunders@adobeforums.com]

Sounds like you're failing to select the destination from the drop-down list when you make the hyperlinks.

Dave

[John_Scarano@adobeforums.com]

Like I said, I have no problems if I only do ONE link. But when I make the rest of the links and set the destinations, all the links are the same.

[Eric_@_MCA@adobeforums.com]

I the concept of destinations vs hyperlinks is where the difficulty lies. (Assuming there's not something buggy with ID at least!)

In this case, hyperlink denotes the hot text in InDesign, rather than the URL/destination.

The destination is where you actually want to end up on the Intarweb. If you have 10 different web addresses (URLs) you're going to try and link to, you need 10 different destinations.

So make your 10 destinations (choosing URL as the type and naming them all something different).

Next, select each piece of text to link and make a new hyperlink. Choose the correct destination from the list you created before and you should be set.