Stefan, I didn't use any hyperlinks for the endnotes. I created them by clicking the "Insert Endnote" shortcut on my toolbar.

Robert, 7-PDF Maker works and it's unbelievably easy. Now I just need to decide if I need it bad enough to spend 24 bucks for it.

All kinds of cross-references are hyperlinked by default in Word, assuming that you are talking about cross-references (to endnotes in this case).

__________________
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

Microsoft 365 apps for business
Windows 11 Professional

Stefan I guess I'm not familiar with what you mean by "hyperlinked cross-reference to an endnote." Is that something that has to be done when you create an endnote?

No, creating a cross-reference is a separate step which must be done after you have created the endnote. Cross-references are never added automatically. To create a cross-reference, you can click References tab | Cross-reference.

But I guess you were just looking for a way to easily get to the endnote text from the endnote number, as I assumed in my initial reply? In that case, creating cross-references to endnotes isn't going to help. And, as you have probably noticed, although you can click an endnote reference (from within Word) to get to the endnote area, this doesn't work in PDFs.

Anyway, I'm glad you got this sorted by using a third-party converter.

__________________
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

Microsoft 365 apps for business
Windows 11 Professional

Ahh, thanks. I see what you mean now. You're right, I just wanted to be able to make the endnote numbers active in a PDF.

Well, I just wanted to make clear that we were talking about the same thing, which we were ... kind of. :-)

__________________
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

Microsoft 365 apps for business
Windows 11 Professional

As available from http://www.7-pdf.de/en/products/7-pdf-maker, 7-PDF Maker is freeware. Here is from that page:

When I ran the program it asked for a registration key. It says I can use for 30 days in evaluation mode, and it leaves a watermark on the converted document. I'll look at the page more closely, but I think it needs updating.

I found this in the Help file that comes with the program: "This program is Shareware, i.e. you can test this fully functional demo version for one month. After this trail period you must register or delete the program from your storage media."

Their web page is confusing.