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: Add text after hyperlink without including it in the hyperlink In InDesign, when you add a hyperlink to a text while writing and then continue writing after the hyperlink, everything you add

@Eichhorn212

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In InDesign, when you add a hyperlink to a text while writing and then continue writing after the hyperlink, everything you add will be included in the hyperlink. Here are two pictures for illustration:





As you can see, I added a hyperlink to the word 'hyperlink'. Then I wrote ' more text', which got unintentionally added to the hyperlink.

Now the only thing I can do to stop any subsequent text from getting added to the hyperlink is to delete it, mark the word 'hyperlink' again and add the hyperlink a second time. As a workaround, I try to type in the next space character after the word and then only mark the word itself before adding the hyperlink. This way, everything I write after the space won't be included in the hyperlink. But sometimes I forget to do that and the only thing I can do is delete the hyperlink and then add it again, which is somewhat frustrating.

Is there a better way? That is, either have new text not added to the hyperlink text or remove ' more text' from the hyperlink text without deleting the hyperlink entirely? I would be happy with a way to do either of those things. Thank you!

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@Dunderdale640

There are 2 methods I have found, 1 of which is a workaround and not a solution.

1) Change the character style for the text you do not want to be hyperlinked.

When you first create a hyperlink, InDesign will create a new hyperlink character style called "Hyperlink". Select the text you do not want to be hyperlinked and change the character style.

2) This is a workaround and not a solution. Add a space after the text you want hyperlinked. After you add the space select only the text you want to link and create the hyperlink.

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