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Extra links in TOC in a PDF created with FrameMaker

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2010-01-19 09:25:43
DocuWars
Registered: Jan 19 2010
Posts: 3

Hello experts,

I have a problem with TOC links in a PDF created from FrameMaker 9 (using Adobe Distiller). On one of the TOC pages in the PDF, the automatically TOC heading links do not work because there seems to be a very large number of extra 'ghost' links created on top of them (visible when Link Tool is active). These unwanted extra links all link to one, completely random point in the document, they only appear on that one page of the TOC, and removing them manually using the Link Tool isn't really a solution because of their large number. I've no idea what might be causing this, and it's effectively messing up the usability of my document. Any ideas as to what might help?

I've tried readjusting my PDF creation settings and I've got the latest updates for my software.

Thank you!

My Product Information:
Acrobat Standard 9.2, Windows
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2010-01-23 17:26:38
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daka630
Expert
Registered: Mar 1 2007
Posts: 1420
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These unwanted extra links all link to one, completely random point in the document...
Looking for easter eggs here, but -
"One" point might be on a singe FM page?
Could you isolate the page, say with a page break above and below?
Remaster the content after purging the page. Pull the page breaks.
Update to regenerate the TOC. Output to PDF to check.

Maybe a close look at TOC file's reference page containing the TOC build parameters might show something?

Dump current TOC file. Make a new one.

I've not encounter what you describe (lucky me ); so, can only offer these natterings.Be well...

Be well...

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2010-01-25 04:51:56
#2
DocuWars
Registered: Jan 19 2010
Posts: 3
Thanks very much for your suggestions! Problem solved :)
The solution was indeed to examine the fm page to which all my ghost links were pointing to - there was an extraneous empty high-level heading row hiding on it, which must have been causing the problem as removing it from the fm page fixed my link issue in the pdf.
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