Topic IDs are exported as named destinations in all lower case. Links to named destinations are case-sensitive, so you must also use the lower case format in all your links to named destinations in PDFs created by Help+Manual.

For example, if your topic ID is Index_Topic then the named destination in the PDF will be index_topic.

Anchors inserted in your topics are exported together with the topic IDs, also in all lower case letters, using the syntax topicid#anchorid. The topic ID is always part of the named destination for an anchor, with a pound character (#) between the two.

Links to anchors in PDF only work in PDF links:

Links to named destinations including anchors are a special case. They will only work in links in PDF files, not in links in WebHelp files. If you use a link with an anchor in WebHelp output the link will only open the PDF file at the first page.

The following named destinations are exported for the standard PDF template sections defined in your print manual template. These destinations are exported in all  lower case as shown below, and that is also how you must link to them. (The commas are not part of the destinations.)

cover, title1, title2, title3, foreword, toc, topics, endnote1, index, endnote2, backcover

Note that there are no destinations for repeating sections like Top Level Entry and Blank Pages.

User-defined PDF sections created in Manual Designer with the Insert Page option in the Pages menu are also exported as named destinations. The destinations generated for these sections are called custom1, custom2, custom3 and so on – i.e. the word "custom" in all lower case plus the sequential number of the custom page in the order in which the pages were created in the template.

Important note:
The named destinations for user-defined sections are fixed and are assigned in the order in which the user-defined sections are created. The first section you create gets the destination custom1, the second section gets custom2 and so on. The actual order of the custom sections in your template is irrelevant.

You need to create a file link with the destination added to it to link to a destination in a PDF document. Internet links will not work correctly, not even in WebHelp.The syntax is the same for links that are going to be in PDF files and WebHelp files. The links to the PDF files will also work in CHM files, but they will only open the PDF document; they will not jump to the destination in the PDF from a link in a CHM.

Procedure:

1.Follow the instructions for inserting a file link and enter the name of the PDF file you want to link to.

2.Add #nameddest= after the file name, followed by the name of the named destination in all lower case characters. See this topic for details of the named destinations you can jump to.

Examples:

myfile.pdf#nameddest=toc (jumps to the Table of Contents in the PDF)
myfile.pdf#nameddest=welcome_topic (jumps to the topic with the ID Welcome_Topic)
myfile.pdf#nameddest=custom1 (jumps to user-defined template section 1)

Special case: anchors:

Links to named destinations including anchors are a special case. They will only work in links in PDF files, not in links in WebHelp files. If you use a link with an anchor in WebHelp output the link will only open the PDF file at the first page.

Example:

In a PDF file, the following file link will jump to the anchor testanchor in the topic with the ID Welcome_Topic. In a WebHelp file it will only open the PDF at the first page.

myfile.pdf#nameddest=welcome_topic#testanchor

You need to create a file link with the page number added to it do link to a page number in a PDF document. Internet links will not work correctly, not even in WebHelp.The syntax is the same for links that are going to be in PDF files and WebHelp files. The links to the PDF files will also work in CHM files, but they will only open the PDF document; they will not jump to the page number in the PDF from a link in a CHM.

Important: The page number destinations in PDFs created by Help+Manual start counting at 0, so you must jump to the actual page number minus one. If you are jumping to pages in PDFs created by other tools you can usually jump to the actual page numbers.

1.Follow the instructions for inserting a file link and enter the name of the PDF file you want to link to.

2.Add #page= after the file name, followed by the page number:

myfile.pdf#page=123 (jumps to page 124)
myfile.pdf#page=0 (jumps to page 1, same as just opening the PDF file without a target)
myfile.pdf#page=11 (jumps to page 12)