Excel 2007 Hyperlinking to Specific Page in PDF Documents

The open parameters only work with hyperlinks on a web page and not a link within MS Office or any other program.

Are you talking about linking the data to a specific field? Then you need to use the ADBC on an ODBC connection to an SQL database. Excel can be setup to appear as an SQL database, but the configuration and coding is not simple.

Thank you for your reply.

I want to have the ability for staff to open a spreadsheet, and populate excel cells manually by reviewing PDF documents. The staff would then hyperlink the data in the given cell to the specific source page within adobe thereby saving hours of time for someone having to page back to that specific source page.

For example, I find 15,0000.00 on p. 45 of an Adobe PDF documents. I type 15,0000.00 into Excel. I wan to hyperlink the 15,0000.00 so that within a click I am back at the Adobe page.

If this isn't possible, do you have ideas for another solutions using varous software, and when you speak of time to resolve, how much time and generally what might be the issues? Frankly, I don't understand the root of the problem. I presume it that to do w/ the way the request is queried?

I'm hoping for a clean and efficient solution or alternatives.

Thank you again.

Just nattering here; one user to another.

Microsoft Office applications interpret the "#" differently than does Adobe Reader/Acrobat.
See: [url=http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/pdfs/pdf_open_parameters_v9.pdf]PDF Open Parameters[/url]

Perhaps it is Microsoft's particular usage of this character that is the issue; I suppose a "feature request" could be submitted to Microsoft to have Office be more supportive of Acrobat/PDF. (?)Now, if you were to delve into the Acrobat SDK, IAC, and Acrobat Javascript along with VB or dot Net after awhile you might have something (as George alluded to).
Or, dust off C/C++ and construct an Acrobat Plug-In.
Regardless, I suspect it would be a non-trivial coding task.
If the skill set is not available "in-house" there are certainly a many capable developers available for hire.

An aside here:
imo, what seems to be often overlooked is that Microsoft and Adobe are separate software houses.
One is not the vassel of the other.
So, something slick in one environment may not be doable in the other.
Similar issues arise for Apple/Microsoft & Adobe/Apple.Be well...

I appreciate your response. I had actually read an earlier post from you regarding the same question so was happy to see your response. I actually had reviewed the open parameters document after reading yoru prior post.

I admit, I don't understand the technology issue that are preventing the link, but it seems to me quite odd that there is no straight forward solution given thousands of others problems have the same need. I will follow up with Microsoft today to see if they have any ideas.

If anyone else has any feedback on this issue from a different angle, I would appreciate hearing so I can get a solution worked out.

Thanks again.

Did anyone find a solution to cduke's problem with excel hyperlink to pdf page? I also have a requirement to link them. Microsoft and adobe may not use the same code definitions but it looks as if they should create better links. There seem to be many programs to convert pdf files to excel.

Just a thought
windjim