Anchor Text Within PDF???? Anyone??

16 years ago

In Word, highlight the text you want to be the anchor text. Then go to the "Insert" tab and select hyperlink. Then just enter the destination url.

If you use Open Office rather than Word, all the links should remain clickable when you save it as a PDF. I think you have to use some sort of plugin to make it work with Word. Unless they've changed it.

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Tim Dixon

16 years ago

Originally Posted by Lance K

In Word, highlight the text you want to be the anchor text. Then go to the "Insert" tab and select hyperlink. Then just enter the destination url.

If you use Open Office rather than Word, all the links should remain clickable when you save it as a PDF. I think you have to use some sort of plugin to make it work with Word. Unless they've changed it.

I'm using Word 2007 and there is an add-in you can get for free from here:

Download details: 2007 Microsoft Office Add-in: Microsoft Save as PDF or XPS

which allows you to just do a 'Save As PDF' and it turns the document into a PDF file whilst retaining embedded hyperlinks, which I could never get to work before.

I now use it to create all my PDF documents.

Tim

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effendylie

16 years ago

Originally Posted by Tim Dixon

I'm using Word 2007 and there is an add-in you can get for free from here:

Download details: 2007 Microsoft Office Add-in: Microsoft Save as PDF or XPS

which allows you to just do a 'Save As PDF' and it turns the document into a PDF file whilst retaining embedded hyperlinks, which I could never get to work before.

I now use it to create all my PDF documents.

Tim

Thanks Tim, this one works Great!

Effendy Lie

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skydivedad

16 years ago

Originally Posted by Lance K

In Word, highlight the text you want to be the anchor text. Then go to the "Insert" tab and select hyperlink. Then just enter the destination url.

If you use Open Office rather than Word, all the links should remain clickable when you save it as a PDF. I think you have to use some sort of plugin to make it work with Word. Unless they've changed it.

Hi Lance
I've been converting Word to PDF with clickable links for over 10 years with never a problem. Use this. Here's a link to an awesome PDF maker Free (PrimoPDF) and totally compatible with Word and several other Microsoft apps. Spot on advice about using a redirect.
All The Best
Paul

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GoGetta

16 years ago

Ok Thanks, Hopefully it works!

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edlewis

16 years ago

Well, I'm not sure either Word or OpenOffice will show users a different link than the actual destination URL, I know OpenOffice won't. At least I can't get it to do so.

The BEST thing to do is run that affiliate link thru a redirect. That way you control the link. So you redirect the affiliate link thru your domain using something like www.mydomain.com/affiliatelink1

That way if an affiliate link goes bad you can still redirect that traffic to something else.

I just had this happen to me, but on a website. Now I've been having to go back and edit posts in WordPress and change all the links because the affiliate program I am promoting disappeared.....and then came back. But now all the links are different.

Had I been using a redirect that I control for all my links, I would have had to make like 1 change and been set instead of now going thru and changing HUNDREDS of links. Pain in the butt-isimo.[

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Tim Dixon

16 years ago

Originally Posted by edlewis

Well, I'm not sure either Word or OpenOffice will show users a different link than the actual destination URL, I know OpenOffice won't. At least I can't get it to do so.

The BEST thing to do is run that affiliate link thru a redirect. That way you control the link. So you redirect the affiliate link thru your domain using something like www.mydomain.com/affiliatelink1

That way if an affiliate link goes bad you can still redirect that traffic to something else.

I just had this happen to me, but on a website. Now I've been having to go back and edit posts in WordPress and change all the links because the affiliate program I am promoting disappeared.....and then came back. But now all the links are different.

Had I been using a redirect that I control for all my links, I would have had to make like 1 change and been set instead of now going thru and changing HUNDREDS of links. Pain in the butt-isimo.[

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Ed

Very, very good point.

Unless you're just linking direct to your own site (and you could argue about doing it even then) it is always a good idea to use your own redirect script as Ed points out.

Tim

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GeorgR.

16 years ago

U use MS word and save as PDF from work. There is a free plugin from MS called "saveAsPdf". This is the only way i know of where the links in a PDF always work.

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GoGetta

16 years ago

Ok, Thanks everyone for that advice. I will go the word route!

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Alex Sol

16 years ago

I use Google Docs

Write up my document in their editor, make my anchor text links and save as pdf

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Tim Russ

16 years ago

Hyperlinks in PDF files will easily display if you simply hover the mouse over the anchor text. The real way to disguise the affiliate links is to put in a link to something like TinyURL.com - shorten that long URL into a Tiny URL or some other redirection tool that will prevent users from seeing your affiliate link.

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twannahiga

16 years ago

I think with microsoft word you can highlight the text you want for anchoring and then select insert tab and press the hyperlink selection tool. Then all you have to do is enter the url that you need in dialog box. Then if you import to open office all of your word formatting should remain exactly the same when you save it as a PDF, by clicking the "pdf" button. Hope this assists...:-)