Adding links to PDF files

petelta · 11-21-2009, 12:50 PM

Hey guys. I am making a free 8 week program to for incentive to join my newsletter, but I only have a free version of PrimoPDF to make my pdf files. I am wondering how I make an external link in my pdf files. I am using word to make my original file which has the links going out to various articles on my site but when I make it a pdf, the link is underlined and blue but you can't click on it.

Can anyone point me in the right direction on how to do this? Ive never worked with PDFs before.

Thanks in advance.

ThomM · 11-21-2009, 01:04 PM

Use Open Office OpenOffice.org - The Free and Open Productivity Suite
It's free and will do what you want.
You can use it to open the Word file and it may convert the links when you convert or save it as a pdf file.
If not save it as an open office file first (.odt) and then convert it.

petelta · 11-21-2009, 01:06 PM

K i just opened with OpenOffice and then converted to PDF file...still the link is unclickable....I uploaded the draft pdf, and this is what it looks like. I just threw 1 link in there right now to test...its farther down called with keywords cheap dishes.

http://www.gohealthyfitness.com/pdf/4dayworkout.pdf

tjmiller · 11-21-2009, 01:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by petelta

K i just opened with OpenOffice and then converted to PDF file...still the link is unclickable....I uploaded the draft pdf, and this is what it looks like. I just threw 1 link in there right now to test...its farther down called with keywords cheap dishes.

http://www.gohealthyfitness.com/pdf/4dayworkout.pdf

Travis,
Did you make sure the link was clickable in Open Office before you converted it to PDF? If you only opened a Word document with OO, maybe the link didn't carry over. Try manually adding back your hyperlink in OO and then convert to PDF. I have never had a problem with my links when I use OO, but I usually create my files in OO instead of Word when I know that I plan to convert them.
Hope this helps.

petelta · 11-21-2009, 01:16 PM

yea i redid the hyperlink in OO, i have to push ctrl+click to open it in OO. but still no conversion in pdf form.

LynnM · 11-21-2009, 01:34 PM

Are you adding the links using the hyperlink button on the toolbar? It gives you a place to put the target site. Also, you need to convert it using Open Office rather than Primo. On the Open office document, it's File/Export as PDF/Export.

Lynn

petelta · 11-21-2009, 01:44 PM

ooh nice, thanks Lynn. Converting from OO did the job. I wasn't aware I could do that. Thanks a lot everyone for the help. Super excited now lol

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petelta Travis Petelle War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 1,349 Blog Entries: 4 Thanks: 451 Thanked 1,007 Times in 255 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Adding links to PDF files Hey guys. I am making a free 8 week program to for incentive to join my newsletter, but I only have a free version of PrimoPDF to make my pdf files. I am wondering how I make an external link in my pdf files. I am using word to make my original file which has the links going out to various articles on my site but when I make it a pdf, the link is underlined and blue but you can't click on it. Can anyone point me in the right direction on how to do this? Ive never worked with PDFs before. Thanks in advance.
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petelta Travis Petelle War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 1,349 Blog Entries: 4 Thanks: 451 Thanked 1,007 Times in 255 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Adding links to PDF files K i just opened with OpenOffice and then converted to PDF file...still the link is unclickable....I uploaded the draft pdf, and this is what it looks like. I just threw 1 link in there right now to test...its farther down called with keywords cheap dishes. http://www.gohealthyfitness.com/pdf/4dayworkout.pdf
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petelta Travis Petelle War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 1,349 Blog Entries: 4 Thanks: 451 Thanked 1,007 Times in 255 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Adding links to PDF files yea i redid the hyperlink in OO, i have to push ctrl+click to open it in OO. but still no conversion in pdf form.
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LynnM HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: NE Scotland Posts: 458 Thanks: 222 Thanked 157 Times in 128 Posts	Re: Adding links to PDF files Are you adding the links using the hyperlink button on the toolbar? It gives you a place to put the target site. Also, you need to convert it using Open Office rather than Primo. On the Open office document, it's File/Export as PDF/Export. Lynn

11-21-2009, 01:44 PM	#7
petelta Travis Petelle War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 1,349 Blog Entries: 4 Thanks: 451 Thanked 1,007 Times in 255 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Adding links to PDF files ooh nice, thanks Lynn. Converting from OO did the job. I wasn't aware I could do that. Thanks a lot everyone for the help. Super excited now lol
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