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JC5577
JC5577

Reputation: 1169

How can I include a clickable (hyperlinks) table of contents when generating documents in Enterprise Architect?

I have a data dictionary report in Enterprise Architect (same as in this question: How can I exclude a "report.specification" from a Report in Enterprise Architect?) and I would like a table of contents that is clickable (has links).

The current report does generate bookmarks, but if it is possible, I'd like to have a "live" Table of Contents in the output PDF.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 675

Answers (1)

Mart10
Mart10

Reputation: 794

This isn't possible in EA right now
Closest developper response I could get for this issue is this forum post:

I talked with Sparx on this topic as I had the same question.

Their response...

"The 3rd party add-in we use for generating these documents does not support the TOC hyperlinking - so unfortunately the only alternative is to open the document in another application like Open Office or Word and simply right-click and update the TOC."

You can always open the Document in Word or Adobe Reader and use the Navigation Pane:
(Word 2013)
1. Click View on the ribbon
2. In the show Section, click Navigation Pane

(Acrobat Reader)
Use the Bookmarks Pane

Also, I find that when generated as a .rtf or .pdf report, the Table of Contents generates with the wrong Style, messing with the Navigation Pane. Generating the Document in Word format solves this issue

Another Solution:

You can generate the report without the table of contents with Word, create the table of contents when generated and then export it to whatever format you need

Edit: After some digging, I found that in Word, you can update the TOC and then ctrl+click the numbers to jump pages.

You cannot do this with a pdf

Upvotes: 1

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