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Getting rid of red box around links

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2008-11-08 02:54:48
dmt
Registered: Nov 8 2008
Posts: 8
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Hi, in some of my pdf documents internal hyperlinks are surrounded by a red box. I would like to turn this feature off but I can't find the option to do so. Can someone help me with this?

Thanks.

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2008-11-08 07:06:35
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gkaiseril
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Registered: Feb 23 2006
Posts: 4308
You can not turn this off, but if you have a full version of Acrobat, [b]not[/b] Reader, and the PDF is not restricted for editing, you can us the link tool to change the link's ' border type and color of the border link.

George Kaiser

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2008-11-08 08:02:14
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dmt
Registered: Nov 8 2008
Posts: 8
Thanks. I do have the full version, and tried what you said and was able to change links one a time. Is there way to make this change globally without having to do each one by hand?
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2008-11-08 10:12:07
#3
George_Johnson
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Registered: Jul 6 2008
Posts: 1876
You can use JavaScript to set each link border width to zero:

var p, b, aLinks, l; // Loop through each pagefor (p = 0; p < numPages; p += 1) { // Get the current page's crop boxb = getPageBox("Crop", p); // Get all the links on the current pageaLinks = getLinks(p, b); // If there are any links on the current page...if (aLinks) { // Loop through all of the links on the current pagefor (l = 0; l < aLinks.length; l += 1) { // Set the link border to nothingaLinks[l].borderWidth = 0;}}} app.alert("All Done!", 3);

George
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2008-11-08 10:27:15
#4
dmt
Registered: Nov 8 2008
Posts: 8
The javascript is a great idea, thanks. But I'm not sure the best way to just run a simple script like this one time. how would i do that?

I found an annoying way to do it ... I added it as an automatic action when the document will save, but then I couldn't figure out how to get rid of having an action (I had to in the end change the javascript to just a single space, I couldn't figure out how to get rid of the action completely).

Is there an easier way to just run a script like this?
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2008-11-08 10:35:44
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George_Johnson
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Registered: Jul 6 2008
Posts: 1876
You would normally not include such a script in the document. You can run it from the JavaScript console. For more information, read Thom's article:
http://www.acrobatusers.com/tech_corners/javascript_corner/tips/2006/javascript_console/

If you need to do this a lot, consider setting up a custom menu item or toolbar button that executes the code. Thom has articles on this too.

George
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