Making text links clickable in pdf?

by AndrewStark

Posted: 13 years ago 9 replies

INTERNET MARKETING

Hi

I've written a report in Microsoft Word, but when I convert it to pdf the links don't work. It's just the text links that don't work as those where the full url is in the text work fine.

Any ideas on how to fix this are appreciated.

Thanks

#clickable #links #making #pdf #text

dave147 13 years ago

Andrew,
Have you used the full url? http://www ?
Try Open Office
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Rob Whisonant 13 years ago

Use open office and save as pdf. Works perfect. MS Word sucks.
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- johnyeo90 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Rob Whisonant
  
  Use open office and save as pdf. Works perfect. MS Word sucks.
  
  Yes! moreover,open office is free while MS word need license!
  
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  Sandor Benko 13 years ago
  
  I found that when exporting to PDF in MS Word 2010 the links break if they span over more than one line. I just set the font smaller for long links and now it's fine.
  
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Adie 13 years ago

It depends on what type of converter you are suing... Others does not activate hyperlinks....
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Ian Jackson 13 years ago

If I'm in MSWord doc (my edition of word is quite old now!) I go to the PDF option that I have in my "print" dropdown menu, and the "save (print) as"

If I'm using openoffice.org, then from the "file" dropdown menu, I simply choose "Export as PDF" and save accordingly

All links work fine in the PDF

hth
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AndrewStark 13 years ago

Thanks for all the tips, the article that Ryan found about the plug-in for word was just what I was looking for - problem solved in < 5 minutes.

Amazing how when I searched the microsoft help page they didn't show this, guess it's not in their interest for people to publish in pdf.
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