Need some quick advice on PDF creator problems (links are not clickable)

Ken Troyer · 08-12-2008, 12:34 PM

My partners and I are trying to create a PDF.

Normally very simple.

....BUT

We are having all kinds of problems trying to get our text links to remain "clickable"....it's the weirdest thing, never thought I'd have this problem.

We are writing our ebook in Word, then turning it into a PDF file.

We've tried PrimoPdf - Neevia software .....and 30 day Adobe Acrobat trial...NOTHING works. Our links are all dead.

However, when we view our document in MS Word, the links work just fine.

What are we doing wrong?

Anyone?

Jose Delgado · 08-12-2008, 12:35 PM

Try making the PDF with OpenOffice.org.

That should work just fine.

Premium Web Content · 08-12-2008, 12:47 PM

Hi Ken.

2 questions:

1. Are your links inside text boxes? If yes, then you'd really have a hard time making them clickable. Your best bet is to use a PDF creator software (not a mere PDF conversion software) and import the .doc file instead of straight up conversion. Once imported, you will have to delineate clickable areas around the links you wish to make clickable and manually introduce the destination URLs yourself.

2. Is your document less than 2MB? Maybe you can try online DOC to PDF converters like THIS ONE. As long as your links aren't in text boxes, they should be clickable. It may be possible that the PDF converters you have used have limitations when converting links from .doc to .pdf.

I hope this helps.

- Johnny

Ken Troyer · 08-12-2008, 01:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Premium Web Content

Hi Ken.

2 questions:

1. Are your links inside text boxes? If yes, then you'd really have a hard time making them clickable. Your best bet is to use a PDF creator software (not a mere PDF conversion software) and import the .doc file instead of straight up conversion. Once imported, you will have to delineate clickable areas around the links you wish to make clickable and manually introduce the destination URLs yourself.

Nope, no text box...just simple text links throughout the whole book.

Just normal stuff.

Quote:

2. Is your document less than 2MB? Maybe you can try online DOC to PDF converters like THIS ONE. As long as your links aren't in text boxes, they should be clickable. It may be possible that the PDF converters you have used have limitations when converting links from .doc to .pdf.

I hope this helps.
- Johnny

Thanks Johnny, I'll mention this to the others.

The whole think just seems a bit odd....it shouldn't be this hard to create a PDF with links inside.

tj · 08-12-2008, 01:28 PM

Ken, send the word file to me at timo AT filekit Dot com and I will convert it for you.

Timo

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Ken Troyer Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: , , USA. Posts: 1,107 Thanks: 15 Thanked 9 Times in 8 Posts Contact Info	Need some quick advice on PDF creator problems (links are not clickable) My partners and I are trying to create a PDF. Normally very simple. ....BUT We are having all kinds of problems trying to get our text links to remain "clickable"....it's the weirdest thing, never thought I'd have this problem. We are writing our ebook in Word, then turning it into a PDF file. We've tried PrimoPdf - Neevia software .....and 30 day Adobe Acrobat trial...NOTHING works. Our links are all dead. However, when we view our document in MS Word, the links work just fine. What are we doing wrong? Anyone?
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Premium Web Content HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: World Wide Web Posts: 228 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 134 Thanked 22 Times in 14 Posts Social Networking	Hi Ken. 2 questions: 1. Are your links inside text boxes? If yes, then you'd really have a hard time making them clickable. Your best bet is to use a PDF creator software (not a mere PDF conversion software) and import the .doc file instead of straight up conversion. Once imported, you will have to delineate clickable areas around the links you wish to make clickable and manually introduce the destination URLs yourself. 2. Is your document less than 2MB? Maybe you can try online DOC to PDF converters like THIS ONE. As long as your links aren't in text boxes, they should be clickable. It may be possible that the PDF converters you have used have limitations when converting links from .doc to .pdf. I hope this helps. - Johnny
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Jose Delgado ★★★★★ War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,319 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 25 Thanked 9 Times in 7 Posts	Try making the PDF with OpenOffice.org. That should work just fine.