[Tex/LaTex] pdfTeX warning: has been referenced but does not exist, replaced by a fixed one, with German Umlaut

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I'm new to LaTeX, and have been given a LaTeX draft for writing a thesis. Everything works fine except for this warning:

see the transcript file for additional information)pdfTeX warning (dest): name{ehrenw\366rtliche\040erkl\344rung.1} has been referenced but does not exist, replaced by a fixed one

Here is the position in the code:

\refstepcounter{dummy}  
\pdfbookmark[1]{Ehrenwörtliche Erklärung}{ehrenwörtliche erklärung}  
\chapter*{Ehrenwörtliche Erklärung}  
\thispagestyle{empty}`

When I don't use German Umlauts(ä,ö,ü), i.e.

\pdfbookmark[1]{Ehrenwoertliche Erklaerung}{ehrenwoertliche erklaerung}

it works fine! I don't get any warnings and the link works.

I've been Googling for 2 weeks for similar warnings, and trying things out but none worked.
Any one with similar experience or ideas how to get this fixed.

I'm using MAC 10.8 with MacTeX-2012

Best Answer

I've had a similar problem, but I've "solved" it.

Online some people seemed to suggest this is to do with hyperref, but, I'm not convinced. Loading hyperref last had no effect whatsoever.

In the .tex file I had:

\begin{proposition}\label{prop:amG delta in amG delta K}
\begin{enumerate}
\item

This formats so that the 1. of the \item is right next to the "Proposition 3.6" header.

My log file told me:

pdfTeX warning (dest): name{theorem.3.6} has been referenced but does not exist
, replaced by a fixed one

Then, I inserted some space like this:

\begin{proposition}\label{prop:amG delta in amG delta K}
\hspace{2em}
\begin{enumerate}
\item

Now of course the 1. of the \item is below, not next to, the "Proposition 3.6" header, but also, miraculously, the referencing problem is solved!

Don't ask me why, though.

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