Add hyperlink with French text does not create hyperlink correctly

I am attempting to create a hyperlink with this piece of French. When I highlight the entire text below and select "Add hyperlink" the dialog comes up correctly but the highlight get shortened to a single word. The word that is highlighted depends on whether I select the line from left to right or from right to left. When I highlight from right to left "les" is highlighted and "espèces" when I do it in the opposite direction.


Loi sur les espèces en péril (LEP)


If I continue with the hyperlink addition only the highlighted word becomes part of the hyperlink. I have had some success with hyperlinks in French but those hyperlinks have no apostrophes or accented letters. This is a minority of the hyperlinks I need to create. I see this occuring in Lectora X and Saba Publisher 9.


Has anybody seen this and have a work around? I have removed all the spaces, created the hyperlink and replaced the spaces. That of course is slow.


Is there anyway to edit the actual HTML behind the front end?


Gordo

Discussions have been disabled for this post