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From: Ilana Gordon
Date: Dec 18, 2020 8:25AM

Thanks Steve.

We've also tried another option which is to create proper links in Word and
when exported to PDF we get similar results but the proviso is to make sure
the user is in scroll view.

We have axesPDF. Are you saying that if we do it the way you suggest the
reading will start from that point?

Thanks,
Ilana

On Fri, Dec 18, 2020 at 10:09 AM Steve Green < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> The "Open a PDF file to a set destination" section of the link that Daniel
> provided does do what you want, but you need to set your TOC links to point
> to the destinations rather than pages.
>
> However, it is very time consuming to set up all the destinations one at a
> time, so we use axesPDF QuickFix to automatically create them from the
> headings all at once. You still need to fix all the TOC links, but that
> takes no time at all.
>
> Steve Green
> Managing Director
> Test Partners Ltd
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: WebAIM-Forum < <EMAIL REMOVED> > On Behalf Of
> Ilana Gordon
> Sent: 18 December 2020 15:01
> To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] TOC Hyperlinks question
>
> Thanks but that's not it. The request is a link in the table of contents
> that takes the reader to the beginning of the specific section or subhead
> within a section and begins to read. This particular TOC doesn't have page
> numbers but the list of the many sections within the document. Some pages
> have multiple subheads on the same page. They want the reading to start
> when taken to the link to a specific subhead within a specific page.
>
> Ilana
>
> On Fri, Dec 18, 2020 at 9:55 AM Swift, Daniel P. < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> > Is this what you are looking for:
> >
> > https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/link-html-pdf-page-acrobat.html
> >
> > Example:
> > http://www.example.com/myfile.pdf#page=4
> >
> > Daniel Swift, MBA
> > Senior Web Specialist
> > University Communications and Marketing West Chester University
> > 610.738.0589
> >
> > From: WebAIM-Forum < <EMAIL REMOVED> > On Behalf Of
> > Ilana Gordon
> > Sent: Friday, December 18, 2020 9:49 AM
> > To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> > Subject: [WebAIM] TOC Hyperlinks question
> >
> > Hello All,
> >
> > A government client is complaining about hyperlinks not going to the
> > specific place on a page in a PDF. In other words, they want the
> > reading to begin at a specific place. As far as I know that is not
> possible.
> >
> > If anyone has had this request and has some way to carry it out, I'd
> > love to know how to fulfill their request.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Ilana
> >
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