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Creating an open link to an Attachment

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2007-10-05 11:18:40
GlennMorris
Registered: Oct 5 2007
Posts: 2

I am using Acrobat Professional 7.0. I would like to create a link to open a Word document I have added as an attachment.
 
I can link to, and open, external files - but it is not apparent to me how to launch an attachment thought the "Create Link" Dialog Box. I've checked Help, but it didn't "help" ;-)Anything I am missing here.
Thanks, Glenn

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 7.0.9, Windows
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2007-10-08 14:19:31
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tplumer
Expert
Registered: Dec 1 2005
Posts: 122
You have a couple of options.

You can use the attachment annotation tool to place an icon on the page that acts essentially as a link for the file. The icons are somewhat limited, but they work.

Second, there is probably a JavaScript you could attach to a Link Action that to do thist. I am not certain, but if it can be done Thom Parker in the JavaScript corner of this site can help.

Tim

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