How to create a link to a different page of the same space without using a url

Question

If I write documentation in my space, and export it as a pdf, if I click any links I've created that link from one page to another page, it opens a new tab and opens the confluence page in my browser, instead of simply jumping to the other page directly in the pdf. My question is, how do I create a link such that when I export my space to a pdf, clicking the link will simply jump to the specified location within my pdf instead of opening a new page? Basically, I would like to have the same functionality as the links to sections generated in the pdf table of contents.

Barbara Szczesniak · Answer

@Enoch Huang I create all of my links either by:

* inserting # and pasting the anchor name to link to a heading on the same page
* selecting a page in the Recently Viewed list at the bottom of the link popup (I generally always look at the page and often add an anchor to it before creating my link, so it shows up in the list)
* selecting a page as in 2 above, and then doing 1 above to link to an anchor on that page

In my PDFs, I see that only links of type #1 above work to jump to another spot in the PDF. All the others want to open the Confluence site.

I'm not planning to produce PDFs of my content, though, so I haven't worried about this too much. I will be interested to see if anyone has a solution for this.

Ivan Lima · Answer

Welcome to the Atlassian Community.

These links will direct you to the browser rather than the PDF itself. I mainly export spaces as XML, so I have yet to test it, but I'm unsure if you can achieve it out of the box. A similar ticket, https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-76571, has been raised in the Atlassian public issue tracker. I'll dig around and come back here if I find anything else.  Otherwise, a marketplace app should do it.