I have embedded some URLs 'beneath' words in a Word 2010 document. The blue links show up nicely. When I export the .docx document to Acrobat 9.4.1 Pro, the blue underlines are still there, but the links themselves don't work. I don't recall having this problem before, and I'm baffled about what to do about it. Searching AcrobatUsers.com was an exercise in futility. I'm sure this cannot be as hard as I'm trying to make it. Can anyone help me, please? Thanks in advance.
URLs from Word into Acrobat Pro
2011-01-16 10:22:03
My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 9.4, Windows
Acrobat Pro 9.4, Windows
2011-01-16 15:13:13
#2
Thanks very much. We're halfway there - I now know that printing to the PDF printer is wrong.
Unfortunately, the person you're dealing with at my end is utterly incompetent when it comes to speaking IT. Now, few folks would probably think that the phrase "PDF Plugin" is high-level IT, but it is to me. I have searched the Word 2010 Help screens for "plug-in" and for "plugin." No hits either time. Then I searched on "PDF." Got several hits, none of which told me where the "plugin" is. Heck, I don't even know what a "plugin" is. Add-ins, yes; plugins, no.
I then went to "Add-Ins" on the Toolbar. There were a couple of Adobe icons there. However, they connected to ScanSoft, etc.
I then went back to the PDF search in Word 2010 Help. Lo and behold, I discovered that I could SAVE a Word document to PDF format by simply executing Save As and selecting the PDF format. I did that and now see that the links in Adobe are now 'live,' which I was struggling with before. So, problem solved. Thank you.
A question, though, if you don't mind: Had I not stumbled over the Save As thing, is there another way I could have found the plugin since Word Help screens had nothing to say on either "plug-in" or "plugin"??
Of course, I'm assuming that what I found is the plugin. Maybe it's not. Maybe it just has the same or similar functionality as a plugin. I'd appreciate any add'l light you can shed on this for me. Sorry I'm such a dunce about the IT vernacular.
Unfortunately, the person you're dealing with at my end is utterly incompetent when it comes to speaking IT. Now, few folks would probably think that the phrase "PDF Plugin" is high-level IT, but it is to me. I have searched the Word 2010 Help screens for "plug-in" and for "plugin." No hits either time. Then I searched on "PDF." Got several hits, none of which told me where the "plugin" is. Heck, I don't even know what a "plugin" is. Add-ins, yes; plugins, no.
I then went to "Add-Ins" on the Toolbar. There were a couple of Adobe icons there. However, they connected to ScanSoft, etc.
I then went back to the PDF search in Word 2010 Help. Lo and behold, I discovered that I could SAVE a Word document to PDF format by simply executing Save As and selecting the PDF format. I did that and now see that the links in Adobe are now 'live,' which I was struggling with before. So, problem solved. Thank you.
A question, though, if you don't mind: Had I not stumbled over the Save As thing, is there another way I could have found the plugin since Word Help screens had nothing to say on either "plug-in" or "plugin"??
Of course, I'm assuming that what I found is the plugin. Maybe it's not. Maybe it just has the same or similar functionality as a plugin. I'd appreciate any add'l light you can shed on this for me. Sorry I'm such a dunce about the IT vernacular.
2011-01-16 16:27:27
#3
Acrobat Standard, Professional, and Suite or 3D all add an Acrobat macro to MS Office that can perform a conversion to PDF with a number of conversion options. One step needed to be done is is to set the Macro security options in MS Office to accept the Adobe macro.
2011-01-16 17:02:28
#4
Warren,
Step back to your original post. You wrote "Word 2010" and "Acrobat 9.4.1 Pro" which are seminal to understanding the issue.
Acrobat X provides the only PDFMaker that supports MS Word 2010 (or Office 2010 applications) IFF the apps are 32-bit. Note that no Adobe Reader release provides PDFMaker.
If Acrobat X is installed with an install of Office 2010 (or an associated application) that is 32-bit then the Office application's ribbon should have an entry for "Acrobat". In Acrobat PDFMaker Preferences, tick the add links selection to obtain links in the output PDF.
A useful reference:
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Compatibility Information
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.
An addendum: With the appropriate Acrobat version installed, check Word's "Add-Ins" off the ribbon.
Step back to your original post. You wrote "Word 2010" and "Acrobat 9.4.1 Pro" which are seminal to understanding the issue.
Acrobat X provides the only PDFMaker that supports MS Word 2010 (or Office 2010 applications) IFF the apps are 32-bit. Note that no Adobe Reader release provides PDFMaker.
If Acrobat X is installed with an install of Office 2010 (or an associated application) that is 32-bit then the Office application's ribbon should have an entry for "Acrobat". In Acrobat PDFMaker Preferences, tick the add links selection to obtain links in the output PDF.
A useful reference:
--|
Compatibility Information
.
.
An addendum: With the appropriate Acrobat version installed, check Word's "Add-Ins" off the ribbon.
2011-01-16 17:25:15
#5
@gkaiseril - Sorry, George. I could get only through the Trust Settings. I've Enabled Macros. Now what?
@daka630 - Thanks very much. I don't know enough about Adobe X to be able to make an intelligent decision. What you said about PDFMaker is interesting. I'm probably not understand what Adobe says here, http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Acrobat/9.0/Professional/WSE3BEDD06-4BA5-4a55-9BCE-C94D237278D4.html--which to me indicates that there's PDFMaker hiding somewhere in Acrobat Pro IX--but then, I understand precious little about Adobe. And it's not for lack of trying. Unless I'm missing something--which is always a possibility--Adobe Corp. just doesn't seem interested in providing tutorials and even 'lesson books' that would help dumbos like me learn this stuff. Except for help provided to me on two occasions in this Forum--including tonight--everything I've ever learned in Adobe has been purely by accident.
@daka630 - Thanks very much. I don't know enough about Adobe X to be able to make an intelligent decision. What you said about PDFMaker is interesting. I'm probably not understand what Adobe says here, http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Acrobat/9.0/Professional/WSE3BEDD06-4BA5-4a55-9BCE-C94D237278D4.html--which to me indicates that there's PDFMaker hiding somewhere in Acrobat Pro IX--but then, I understand precious little about Adobe. And it's not for lack of trying. Unless I'm missing something--which is always a possibility--Adobe Corp. just doesn't seem interested in providing tutorials and even 'lesson books' that would help dumbos like me learn this stuff. Except for help provided to me on two occasions in this Forum--including tonight--everything I've ever learned in Adobe has been purely by accident.
2011-01-16 17:34:16
#6
It means because of changes MS made in Office 2010 and Windows 7, you need Acrobat X and Acrobat X will only fully work in the 32 bit OS mode.
2011-01-17 08:04:01
#7
An install of Acrobat Standard or Professional will provide the PDFMaker.
It becomes an available "Add-in" to supported applications. The link I'd put above provides a compatibility listing that identifies what applications are supported by the PDFMaker installed by specific Acrobat versions. Your install of Acrobat 9 Professional provided a PDFMaker. As the compatibility list shows, this is not compatible with Office 2010 applications. For Office 2010 applications (only those that are 32-bit & not those that are 64-bit) the PDFMaker installed by Acrobat X is the only one that supports these Office applications. Your choices are:
--| Keep Acrobat 9 Pro and go back to Office 2007.
--| Use Office 2010, 32-bit and upgrade to Acrobat X.
For Tutorials/Lessons:
Oh my but there is a plethora of tutorials and lessons available from Adobe.
Of course, there is Acrobat Help; but there is much, much more.
.
.
Here at the Acrobat User Community (AUC) you have the Learning Center.
Videos, Articles, Tutorials, on demand eSeminars, a schedule of pending eSeminars (attend live or view the recording later).
Start here and browse:
.
.
AUC Learning Center
.
.
Visit Adobe TV for additional learning opportunities. Start with the link below:
.
.
Adobe TV :: Adobe Acrobat
.
.
For recorded seminars that encompass more Adobe products:
OnDemand Seminars
.
.
Another bountiful learning resource is over in Adobe's Education webspace.
.
.
Instructional resources
.
.
.
Dig deeper with a visit to the Adobe's "Devnet" at
.
.
Acrobat Developer Center
.
.
or, with a visit to the — PDF Technology Center
.
.
.
All the above are available at no cost. Should you desire fee based learning there are books, tutorials available on CD/DVD, on line learning, and so forth available.
Just a few of these —
--| Adobe's Classroom-in-a Book
--| Books by Ted Padova and Donna Baker
--| VTC or Lynda.com
It becomes an available "Add-in" to supported applications. The link I'd put above provides a compatibility listing that identifies what applications are supported by the PDFMaker installed by specific Acrobat versions. Your install of Acrobat 9 Professional provided a PDFMaker. As the compatibility list shows, this is not compatible with Office 2010 applications. For Office 2010 applications (only those that are 32-bit & not those that are 64-bit) the PDFMaker installed by Acrobat X is the only one that supports these Office applications. Your choices are:
--| Keep Acrobat 9 Pro and go back to Office 2007.
--| Use Office 2010, 32-bit and upgrade to Acrobat X.
For Tutorials/Lessons:
Oh my but there is a plethora of tutorials and lessons available from Adobe.
Of course, there is Acrobat Help; but there is much, much more.
.
.
Here at the Acrobat User Community (AUC) you have the Learning Center.
Videos, Articles, Tutorials, on demand eSeminars, a schedule of pending eSeminars (attend live or view the recording later).
Start here and browse:
.
.
AUC Learning Center
.
.
Visit Adobe TV for additional learning opportunities. Start with the link below:
.
.
Adobe TV :: Adobe Acrobat
.
.
For recorded seminars that encompass more Adobe products:
OnDemand Seminars
.
.
Another bountiful learning resource is over in Adobe's Education webspace.
.
.
Instructional resources
.
.
.
Dig deeper with a visit to the Adobe's "Devnet" at
.
.
Acrobat Developer Center
.
.
or, with a visit to the — PDF Technology Center
.
.
.
All the above are available at no cost. Should you desire fee based learning there are books, tutorials available on CD/DVD, on line learning, and so forth available.
Just a few of these —
--| Adobe's Classroom-in-a Book
--| Books by Ted Padova and Donna Baker
--| VTC or Lynda.com
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