Yes, it seems to be either/or, not both. If you have one object you want to link to per page, the Export Lists as Hyperlinks works just fine.

Hey! I guess I taught you somethin’! :D

Jay, you messed me up! ;) If you’re creating anchored links, you can’t check the box for the option to export Lists as Hyperlinks when exporting to PDF! If you do, it overwrites your anchors and goes to the top of the text box.

And I bet that’s why Bookmarks only take you to the top of the page and not the exact spot!

I hope you don’t feel bad about this. It’s rather difficult to troubleshoot when you can’t see somebody’s screen. There are so many other things I could’ve done wrong. Besides, I haven’t had so much fun problem-solving in a long time! Woohoo!!!

Ooooh, reading your tutorial above more closely, you say to place the cursor in “a text box.” All of my text boxes are linked and I don’t have each section I’m linking to in a separate text box on the same page. I believe this is the issue. I would have needed to create a separate text box for each anchor? There’s gotta be a work around for this…

What if I create a small white box as an inline item next to the text where the anchor should be. Then I put the anchor on that box instead of the text. Do you think that would work? I’m sure inline objects are possible in Quark (they are called Anchored Objects in ID).

It seems that once you add a hyperlink to text, you can’t change it, even if you delete it. I’ve been trying to modify a link and to test my inline object anchor theory and it won’t link to anywhere but the original anchor point. I’m truly coming to understand the nickname Quirk!

Oh yikes, and we’re talking about the PDF links here, right? If I’m using the links from the Links Palette within Quark it works properly.

The Anchor problem is interesting. The way it’s SUPPOSED to work is that you create a named Anchor for your destination, then assign that anchor to the place where you want your user to click. When the user clicks the hyperlink, it takes them to that exact spot on the page.

But in my quick testing here, one anchor went to the right place, but the other one went to the same place as the first one. Odd. Perhaps your results will be better.

But Bookmarks never seem to take you to a place on a page. They just take you to the page. At least, that’s what we’ve seen at Design Tools Monthly. If someone else has an idea, I’m eager to hear it!

The text anchors for the hyperlinks were super easy to add, too. Jay, you made this project a million times easier for me. Thank you!!

I do have one more question, though: Is there a way to make the hyperlink jump to the precise location on the page where the anchor is? Right now, the links are only going to the top of the page where the anchored text is, but I have several anchors on the same page and want it to go to, say, the anchor in the bottom third of the page. Bookmarks are acting the same way.

Oh, and unfortunately those shortcuts for the tools don’t work with Windows :(

At least there is a sort-of shortcut for the tools. I only ever use those top two anyway. I just have to get out of my Adobe shortcut mode. T, V and Spacebar just don’t do the same things! Frustrating switching between Alt and Spacebar for the hand tool, though. At least Zoom is the same!

If any of my questions inspired a post, you are most welcome to use them! And if you’re ever lacking for ideas for resources/how-tos for beginning Quark users or ID->Quark users, you know who to ask!

It’s also included in their $199 ProPack, along with about a dozen other incredibly clever XTensions.

Shortcuts for tools: Nope. Version 8 adds this feature, but in previous versions you need to Command/Ctrl-Tab to go DOWN the tools in the toolbox, and Shift-Command/Ctrl-Tab to go UP the toolbox. So, it’s a finger dance of Ctrl-Tab, Shift-Ctrl-Tab to toggle between them.

I agree that the lack of a shortcut for this is a real time-sucker. I assume that there were at least two reasons for Quark not including them (originally): first, everyone was using 15-inch displays with a resolution of 640×480 pixels, so you didn’t have to travel very far to snag the tool you wanted. Second, QuarkXPress was developed for Macintosh, which has/had far superior mouse tracking. It just wasn’t/isn’t as painful to position your mouse on a Mac.

I only ever took up InDesign (with CS in 2004) and with the three times that Quark inexplicably crashed on me just today, I don’t think I’d use it if I had a choice. Still, it’s good to expand my repertoire of programs, so I’m glad to have the chance to learn it. I suppose Quark vs. InDesign is like PC vs. Mac (yes, I’m with the anti-designers on a PC, too).

Is there a good post around here on setting up bulleted and numbered lists? It seems that I have to manually create the bullets and numbers (it is not automatic if I hit enter for a new list item). As you can guess, ID can do this as a paragraph option, which can then be set to a style.

Oh, and is there a shortcut for the two tools at the top of the tools palette? The Object Tool (equivalent of the Move Tool in Adobe products) and the Content Tool I think they are called. I’m constantly switching between the two and having to go click the buttons. So slooooooow! They are divided into the Move Tool (V), the Direct Selection Tool (A) and the Text Tool (T) in ID. I love my shortcuts!!!