Is it possible to create a hyperlink with any name and linking to any place?

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Is it possible to create hyperlinks in LaTeX that will show up as arbitrarily defined strings in the output (PDF/DVI)?

For example, something like to appear in the output file:

Text text text text text text text text text text.

Here, would direct the reader to a position in the document that would be chosen arbitrarily by the user, e.g. to the end of the 45th paragragh.

score 6 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:35

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I think you're looking for the hypertarget and hyperlink commands from the hyperref pacakge.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{hyperref}

\begin{document}

In the beginning \hyperlink{linkanchorname}{Text text text text text text text text text text.}

\lipsum
\lipsum
\lipsum
\lipsum
\lipsum

\hypertarget{linkanchorname}{Here's our anchor!}
\end{document}

The example I've demonstrated above is very simplistic, but you can do a lot with this idea. For example, you can link questions and answers to and from each other which has been demonstrated in a lot of questions- Adding another answer hyperlinked to the question itself is one such example.

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:35

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answered Sep 01 '12 at 16:57

cmhughes

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Or \hyperref[<label>]{text} and \phantomsection\label{<label>}. – Werner Sep 01 '12 at 17:01
Nice! It's times like these that remind you why you use (La)TeX. – User 17670 Sep 01 '12 at 17:09

Is it possible to create a hyperlink with any name and linking to any place?

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