Links in my PDF... I am losing my mind I think!

Hi Tracey,

Seems strange alright. You should be able to use a phrase as a link, and a normal phrase at that. In fact I have just created a quick pdf with the phrase 'find out more here' in word and converted it with pdf995 to make sure.

One of the problems I used to have sometimes is that the default size of my printer page was different from the default in pdfedit. Did you notice that sometimes a link works, but the finger pointer only becomes active in the general area of your link text and not exactly on it? Maybe even two or three lines above it or below it? This is usually a sign that the default pages were not set properly.

(Go to control panel
printers and faxes
select the pdf995 printer and right click
choose properties
printing preferences
Advanced
Page size - set to a4
Then click the Page tab in PDFedit and make sure it's set to a4 as well)

When you change something in PDFedit it retains those changes for future pdfs, so it's possible you changed some setting the last time you used it, which is causing you problems now.

Regarding other methods:
You don't have to link the words with hyphens, and though you can set individual text to link by using the 'convert links' button there is an easier way that will automatically convert them all using the 'batch print' option in pdfedit. So you won't have to go through each individual phrase you want to convert.

Better still, if you convert to pdf often, set up the pdf toolbar in word. This means that all you have to do is click on an icon on your toolbar each time you want to convert your word document. This is what I do and so far - never any problems.

Or, start using OpenOffice! I use both. pdf 995 works fine while I get used to the word features of openoffice (I'm quicker writing in word!)

Hope this helps,

Steve