Using hyperlinks within a document

[TheDoc]

I am using Affinity Publisher. I have written a 240 page cookbook with about 200 recipes. Each recipe name has been made as Header 1.    Unfortunately the Recipes are not in alphabetical order.  It seems that the Table of Contents will automatically be clickable once converted to PDF.   However, the Table of Contents is not sortable (meaning I cannot alphabetize it.   The Index is alphabetized but cannot be clickable. (At least I do not know how to do it.)    Is there any procedure to create a list that is both alphabetizable and clickable.  Also how do you create a link from a list to a specific heading in the same  document.   All the YouTube videos show how to link to outside webpages and even anchors within the document. I want the link to go from a list of words to headings in the document. Please help! 

[DWright]

You can copy the table of contents into a new text frame and then you can rearrange the order and then insert hyperlinks into the entries.

[walt.farrell]

12 minutes ago, DWright said:

You can copy the table of contents into a new text frame and then you can rearrange the order and then insert hyperlinks into the entries.

Wouldn't the copied TOC have the hyperlinks automatically?

[Old Bruce]

Just a proof of concept here

On 9/25/2021 at 7:59 PM, TheDoc said:

Unfortunately the Recipes are not in alphabetical order.  It seems that the Table of Contents will automatically be clickable once converted to PDF.   However, the Table of Contents is not sortable (meaning I cannot alphabetize it.   The Index is alphabetized but cannot be clickable.

I did an export with the For Export preset and the Index page numbers are 'clickable' but not the whole line as is the ToC.

two ToCs.afpub

two ToCs for export.pdf

[TheDoc]

So what I am in the process of doing is creating the hyperlinks manually. First I created the Table of contents. I then copied the entire TOC and put it into the Excel spreadsheet. Then I sorted the list, copied it and placed it on another page in Publisher.  I, of course, ended up with a list of 220 recipes.  So far I have created hyperlinks for 125 of those entries, 95 to go.   I was hoping for an easier solution, possibly to use in the future. But, I guess there is no known option at this time.  Next time I create a cookbook for an eBook I will try to alphabetize the entries first!

[TheDoc]

My son also suggested that possibly I could more easily just move pages around in my book to alphabetic order.  Unfortunately there does not appear to be a "Page move" or "Page Cut and Paste" directive in Publisher.   I was looking to highlight the one or two pages of a recipe. Then shift select the two pages and then Cut and Paste in another area. But there does not appear to be a cut and paste feature.  The only way is apparently to drag the page to the correct spot.   Too much work.

[Old Bruce]

1 minute ago, TheDoc said:

The only way is apparently to drag the page to the correct spot.   

Correct.

[walt.farrell]

2 hours ago, TheDoc said:

First I created the Table of contents. I then copied the entire TOC and put it into the Excel spreadsheet. Then I sorted the list, copied it and placed it on another page in Publisher.

I think it might be faster to simply copy/paste the TOC onto a new page or pages in Publisher, then cut/paste each line to make it alphabetical. That way you would not need to create any links, as they would already be there.