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Hyperlinks to anchors at top of column target bottom of previous column


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When creating a hyperlink that goes to an anchor, and the anchor is at the top of a 2nd column on a page (presumably on any non-1st column), the link may go to the bottom of the previous column. This appears to be because it's targeting the end of the previous paragraph.

I've attached a Publisher file made in 1.9.2.1035 that demonstrates the issue, along with exports of spreads and pages. I've also attached exports from the same file with the current beta 1.9.4.1082. I got similar results for each.

In Publisher: You can see the issue by double-clicking on the anchors in the anchors panel and noting where the cursor goes. You can also see the same from the hyperlinks panel by clicking the button to go to the target.

In PDF Readers: I tried in SumatraPDF and Adobe Reader DC and got similar (but not identical) results in each.

Links A and C go to the previous column in the pages export in single page view mode, and links D and E go to an arbitrary spot in the column if you are zoomed in enough (so that it can't fit the whole page on the screen?). Link B goes to the last line of the previous paragraph, which is fine in this context but maybe not intended. Link F is correct.

In the spreads export in single page view mode, only link A is clearly wrong, and that's on the starting, single-page spread. However, links C, D, and E go bad if you're zoomed in a bit.

Workaround: Move anchors past the 1st character on their line. Links will no longer go to the end of the previous column or paragraph.

This issue affected me strongly because I added links in my word processor before importing into Publisher, since links to headings are much easier to make there. If you make anchors within publisher, it likes to select the whole word when you right-click and puts the anchor at the end of the selection instead of the beginning.

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