MS Word Hyperlinks not working after Converting to PDF.
2010-05-28 09:13:08
#52
Since this is such a popular forum post, I wanted to make sure that I noted an issue I've seen crop up recently. If you're using a version of Acrobat and/or Reader 9 that has been custom packaged by your IT department, it is possible to disable weblinks. This may have been done inadvertently during the packaging process if enhanced security was used. So, if you're having difficulty with weblinks that you know should work, you might want to investigate this possibility.
2010-05-31 09:09:16
#53
I think I have this figured out. Hyperlinks were not working when I converted to PDF (acrobat 9) from MS word 2007. Here's how I got them to work.Instead of doing "Print to PDF" I simply did "Save As" and chose the PDF option. Links working fine now.
Big hugs for you howdougdoesit, your solution is THE solution. Words for me! :D THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1. Write the text you want to become hyperlinks as normal blue and underlined words in your Word document, so that they look like hyperlinks.
2. Convert the document to PDF and open it.
3. Select (in Acrobat) Tools -> Advanced editing -> Link tool
4. Mark the section/word(s) in the PDF document that you want to convert into a hyperlink.
5. Select "Invisible rectangle" under Link type, and select "Open a web page" under Link action.
6. Click next and enter the hyperlink destination/Internet address.
7. Click on the Hand icon/symbol button in the Adobe menu (top of page), which removes the colour marking around the rectangle.
8. Save the document, File -> Save as.This works OK for me, to an extent, but is only really suitable for documents with a small number of hyperlinks and/or a document that doesn't require updating at a later date. If I make any amendments to the original Word file and re-covert it to PDF I lose all the hyperlinks I had previously set up manually in the PDF and they have to be done all over again.
ps. using Mac 10.6.3 with Office Word 2008 and Acrobat 9.
2010-06-02 02:54:45
#54
Has anyone noted the file size/number of pages of the Word doc that is being converted? It maybe that if the file size of the word doc is too large hyperlinks won't convert, pointing to issues with the Acrobat application. This is what I did recently, using MS Office 2003 Pro and Acrobat 8 Pro, OS is Win XP Pro.
Upon convertion to pdf, hyperlinks, i.e. TOC, internet/intranet, did not work. Edited one or two through Adobe, too time consuming, so tried the following:
1. Split the word doc into two parts. File size before split was 38 Mb, after split 157Kb and 38Mb respectively.
2. The 157Kb part had 10 pages, and had the TOC and all the hyperlinks. The second part had 4 pages and NO hyperlinks, the four pages were full of images hence the large file size.
3. Converted the two parts into [2] separate .pdf files, hyperlinks in first file worked OK. Then combined the files into one .pdf file, all hyperlinks still worked OK.
Hope this helps.
PS: Suggested solution above assumes that all settings in Adobe re enabling hyperlinks, etc. are set correctly (see prev posts how to do this)
Upon convertion to pdf, hyperlinks, i.e. TOC, internet/intranet, did not work. Edited one or two through Adobe, too time consuming, so tried the following:
1. Split the word doc into two parts. File size before split was 38 Mb, after split 157Kb and 38Mb respectively.
2. The 157Kb part had 10 pages, and had the TOC and all the hyperlinks. The second part had 4 pages and NO hyperlinks, the four pages were full of images hence the large file size.
3. Converted the two parts into [2] separate .pdf files, hyperlinks in first file worked OK. Then combined the files into one .pdf file, all hyperlinks still worked OK.
Hope this helps.
PS: Suggested solution above assumes that all settings in Adobe re enabling hyperlinks, etc. are set correctly (see prev posts how to do this)
2010-06-02 03:01:16
#55
Nenko - that is an interesting theory. I have just created a single page Word file with some text and a single hyperlink, coverted it to PDF and lo and behold the link is there! I shall have to look at some of my troublesome files and experiment further. Bottom line though, even if your theory works, it is a total PITA that the initial problem exists at all.
2010-06-02 03:55:20
#56
Oddly enough I noticed that if the displayed text is a URL then the link would work, but that's pretty useless when I don't want the displayed text to be a URL. Also oddly, the URL of the displayed text is used for the link... not what is listed as the destination URL. Boo.
Not odd at all - it's how it's supposed to work.As well as hyperlinks actually written into the PDF content stream, Reader and Acrobat both recognize patterns in the text that look like a web or email address, and make them [b]temporarily[/b] clickable. You can turn the feature off via the preferences panel under General/Basic Tools/"Create links from URLs". It's enabled by default as there are far more PDFs with plaintext addresses than ones where the hyperlinks were created by the author, and folks kinda expect to click stuff they see on screen. Other brands of PDF reader don't auto-detect, so it's important to check your documents with the feature disabled to ensure the links are [i]really there[/i].
As to the overall issue with hyperlinks in Word, please post as much info as you can about what combinations of document, content, Office version etc. you're having difficulties with, so we can investigate what's going on.
2010-06-02 04:29:30
#57
UVSAR - If it is any help, I am using the following systems ......
O/S - Windows XP Professional (version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600)
MS Word 2000
Acrobat Professional v9.2.0
Generally speaking I have problems when converting Word documents to PDF and losing hyperlinks. I have noticed that email addresses tend to work fine after the conversion but only if the full email address is typed directly on the page. Website URLs need to be done manually inside the PDF using the Advanced Editing Link Tool.
I have run a test, as per Nenko's theory above. I took an existing Word document with a file size of 467Kb. It contains 11 URL hyperlinks and 2 email hyperlinks (one of the email hyperlinks has been typed in the format joe [dot] bloggs [at] webaddress [dot] com and the other was typed in the format Joe Bloggs with the email address set up in the background.After conversion, none of the 11 URL links are working in the PDF and neither is the email typed as Joe Bloggs. The only successful link is the joe [dot] bloggs [at] webaddress [dot] com (as it appears typed on the page). It appears the latter has worked as Acrobat presumably recognises the @ as an email address.The filseize of 467Kb is not particularly large so Nenko's theory doesn't seem to have worked in my situation although it may well work for others.
Hope this helps.
O/S - Windows XP Professional (version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600)
MS Word 2000
Acrobat Professional v9.2.0
Generally speaking I have problems when converting Word documents to PDF and losing hyperlinks. I have noticed that email addresses tend to work fine after the conversion but only if the full email address is typed directly on the page. Website URLs need to be done manually inside the PDF using the Advanced Editing Link Tool.
I have run a test, as per Nenko's theory above. I took an existing Word document with a file size of 467Kb. It contains 11 URL hyperlinks and 2 email hyperlinks (one of the email hyperlinks has been typed in the format joe [dot] bloggs [at] webaddress [dot] com and the other was typed in the format Joe Bloggs with the email address set up in the background.After conversion, none of the 11 URL links are working in the PDF and neither is the email typed as Joe Bloggs. The only successful link is the joe [dot] bloggs [at] webaddress [dot] com (as it appears typed on the page). It appears the latter has worked as Acrobat presumably recognises the @ as an email address.The filseize of 467Kb is not particularly large so Nenko's theory doesn't seem to have worked in my situation although it may well work for others.
Hope this helps.
2010-06-02 05:38:34
#58
UVSAR - If it is any help, I am using the following systems ......O/S - Windows XP Professional (version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600)
MS Word 2000
Acrobat Professional v9.2.0
Generally speaking I have problems when converting Word documents to PDF and losing hyperlinks. I have noticed that email addresses tend to work fine after the conversion but only if the full email address is typed directly on the page. Website URLs need to be done manually inside the PDF using the Advanced Editing Link Tool.
I have run a test, as per Nenko's theory above. I took an existing Word document with a file size of 467Kb. It contains 11 URL hyperlinks and 2 email hyperlinks (one of the email hyperlinks has been typed in the format joe [dot] bloggs [at] webaddress [dot] com and the other was typed in the format Joe Bloggs with the email address set up in the background.After conversion, none of the 11 URL links are working in the PDF and neither is the email typed as Joe Bloggs. The only successful link is the joe [dot] bloggs [at] webaddress [dot] com (as it appears typed on the page). It appears the latter has worked as Acrobat presumably recognises the @ as an email address.The filseize of 467Kb is not particularly large so Nenko's theory doesn't seem to have worked in my situation although it may well work for others.
Hope this helps.
Jalfrezi - thanks for this, I presume all your Adobe settings re hyperlinks, TOC links, etc. are set correctly?MS Word 2000
Acrobat Professional v9.2.0
Generally speaking I have problems when converting Word documents to PDF and losing hyperlinks. I have noticed that email addresses tend to work fine after the conversion but only if the full email address is typed directly on the page. Website URLs need to be done manually inside the PDF using the Advanced Editing Link Tool.
I have run a test, as per Nenko's theory above. I took an existing Word document with a file size of 467Kb. It contains 11 URL hyperlinks and 2 email hyperlinks (one of the email hyperlinks has been typed in the format joe [dot] bloggs [at] webaddress [dot] com and the other was typed in the format Joe Bloggs with the email address set up in the background.After conversion, none of the 11 URL links are working in the PDF and neither is the email typed as Joe Bloggs. The only successful link is the joe [dot] bloggs [at] webaddress [dot] com (as it appears typed on the page). It appears the latter has worked as Acrobat presumably recognises the @ as an email address.The filseize of 467Kb is not particularly large so Nenko's theory doesn't seem to have worked in my situation although it may well work for others.
Hope this helps.
I just got round doing several tests with a Word doc (size 1.2Mb) with 11 URL links and two e-mail addresses set in the same way as per your post above. In the resulting .pdf file of 292Kb, all links worked fine. And they ALL WORKED when the Word/Adobe files were of the following sizes:
30,305Kb/503Kb
32,945Kb/712Kb
47,361Kb/740Kb
So it would appear that my theory re file size is not holding water. I am not aware of any changes to my system over the past week, when I had the problem with the hyperlinks mentioned in my earlier/first post. Back to the drawing board I am afraid.
2010-06-02 05:53:48
#59
Hi Nenko
I'm not quite sure what you mean by "I presume all your Adobe settings re hyperlinks, TOC links, etc. are set correctly?" Can you suggest how I might check this? I assume that my settings must be OK if links to email addresses are working during the conversion.
Something I should have stressed in my earlier post is that I never used to have this problem at all when using Word 2000 and Acrobat 7 Professional, it only appeared after upgrading to Acrobat v9.
My own personal feeling is that my version of Word is too old and is somehow in conflict with Acrobat 9. I have put in a formal request to my IT department at work to upgrade me to a newer version. Their policy is that all normal office PCs have Office 2000 installed although I know that some of their managers and tech people have Office 2007 but this is not available for rollout to general users. I am trying to use the fact I cannot do my job properly with the combination I have to persuede them to upgrade me! Moving to Word 2007 may not fix the problem but at least it is part of a process of elimination.
I'm not quite sure what you mean by "I presume all your Adobe settings re hyperlinks, TOC links, etc. are set correctly?" Can you suggest how I might check this? I assume that my settings must be OK if links to email addresses are working during the conversion.
Something I should have stressed in my earlier post is that I never used to have this problem at all when using Word 2000 and Acrobat 7 Professional, it only appeared after upgrading to Acrobat v9.
My own personal feeling is that my version of Word is too old and is somehow in conflict with Acrobat 9. I have put in a formal request to my IT department at work to upgrade me to a newer version. Their policy is that all normal office PCs have Office 2000 installed although I know that some of their managers and tech people have Office 2007 but this is not available for rollout to general users. I am trying to use the fact I cannot do my job properly with the combination I have to persuede them to upgrade me! Moving to Word 2007 may not fix the problem but at least it is part of a process of elimination.
2010-06-02 07:54:54
#60
Jalfrezi,
Reference the information at the link below to your IT organization.
As you will note, Acrobat 9.x does not support Office 2000.
TechNote ID: 333504
"[b]Acrobat PDF-capable web browsers and PDFMaker-compatible applications (Acrobat 6.x - 9.x on Windows and Mac OS)[/b]"
[url]http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/333/333504.php[/url]
Be well...
Reference the information at the link below to your IT organization.
As you will note, Acrobat 9.x does not support Office 2000.
TechNote ID: 333504
"[b]Acrobat PDF-capable web browsers and PDFMaker-compatible applications (Acrobat 6.x - 9.x on Windows and Mac OS)[/b]"
[url]http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/333/333504.php[/url]
Be well...
2010-06-02 08:20:57
#61
Thanks a lot for that link, which I think proves my point. I shall use this to twist their arm!!
:-)
:-)
2010-06-24 00:34:49
#62
Hi Everyone,
I am a newbie here - first forum, first post.
Until recently, I was able to simply open Adobe Pro 9 and use either create (from a Word 2007 doc) a PDF from a single file or combine into a single file and have all the hyperlinks in word work in the PDF - that is, imight in a word doc say "I would like everyone to go to the online survey to fill xyz out" - where 'online survey' has a url from a 'create hyperlink'.
I was happy everything worked UNTIL Word 2010 was thrust onto my team and now the drn thing wont work.
You can see the blue link and the underline, but there is no accessibility, no live link etc - its like the PDF ismerely a jpg foto and not interactive.
For the time being we work around by doing a file Save As > PDF but that is clumsy as.Any ideas ? it must be a simple issue and simple resolve.
It is like a check box to "keep links live" haas been unticked.
HELP :)
I am a newbie here - first forum, first post.
Until recently, I was able to simply open Adobe Pro 9 and use either create (from a Word 2007 doc) a PDF from a single file or combine into a single file and have all the hyperlinks in word work in the PDF - that is, imight in a word doc say "I would like everyone to go to the online survey to fill xyz out" - where 'online survey' has a url from a 'create hyperlink'.
I was happy everything worked UNTIL Word 2010 was thrust onto my team and now the drn thing wont work.
You can see the blue link and the underline, but there is no accessibility, no live link etc - its like the PDF ismerely a jpg foto and not interactive.
For the time being we work around by doing a file Save As > PDF but that is clumsy as.Any ideas ? it must be a simple issue and simple resolve.
It is like a check box to "keep links live" haas been unticked.
HELP :)
2010-06-24 00:37:26
#63
My own situation has improved - our IT people turned up last week and installed Office 2003 on my PC and I no longer have an issue with hyperlinks being lost during conversion to PDF. Thanks for all the suggestions from forum members.
2010-07-15 02:38:33
#64
Hi, I'm using Windows XP Pro Version 2002, Word 2003 and Acrobat 9 Pro.
I have a word doc that contains both text hyperlinks and image hyperlinks. It is found that in the conversion settings, even if I've ticked the "Add Links" checkbox, if the "Enable Accessibility and Reflow with tagged Adobe PDF" checkbox is not ticked, only the text hyperlinks would be retained, and the hyperlinks in the images would be gone.
However, it is the standard of my company that all PDF should not be tagged.
May I know if there's any experts here that can help me find a way to retain the image hyperlinks while need not convert the word doc as a tagged PDF?
I have a word doc that contains both text hyperlinks and image hyperlinks. It is found that in the conversion settings, even if I've ticked the "Add Links" checkbox, if the "Enable Accessibility and Reflow with tagged Adobe PDF" checkbox is not ticked, only the text hyperlinks would be retained, and the hyperlinks in the images would be gone.
However, it is the standard of my company that all PDF should not be tagged.
May I know if there's any experts here that can help me find a way to retain the image hyperlinks while need not convert the word doc as a tagged PDF?
2010-08-09 07:08:57
#65
OS : XP pro 2002 sp3 / Word : 2002 sp3 / Acrobat : 9.1.2 pro
- same issue with numerous hyperlinks in word document remains even if the original word document is sliced into 3 parts, the first part (4Mo) with few links had operational links, whereas the two other parts are smaller in size and with a lot more hyperlinks but a lot of the hyperlinks are not operational.
=> Workaround :
1/ if you don't have Word 2007 and if the document is not so much confidential and less than 6Mo, convert it via the website :
http://www.conv2pdf.com/
2/or if you don't want workaround (1), ask someone who has Word 2007 with the add-in "SaveAsPDFandXPS.exe" installed and do "save as" in .pdf format.
- same issue with numerous hyperlinks in word document remains even if the original word document is sliced into 3 parts, the first part (4Mo) with few links had operational links, whereas the two other parts are smaller in size and with a lot more hyperlinks but a lot of the hyperlinks are not operational.
=> Workaround :
1/ if you don't have Word 2007 and if the document is not so much confidential and less than 6Mo, convert it via the website :
http://www.conv2pdf.com/
2/or if you don't want workaround (1), ask someone who has Word 2007 with the add-in "SaveAsPDFandXPS.exe" installed and do "save as" in .pdf format.
2010-08-25 14:00:48
#66
Hi we are having the a similar issue here but with hidden links not being converted. (eg: 'click here' to visit http://www.google.com, where 'click here' is the link) Full urls work but not these. It converts ok if you use the Adobe Menu to create the pdf (pdfmaker), but not when using File > Print. We need to use the file>print option, as we run a macro to mailmerge etc many files.Word 2003, Win XP, Acrobat 8 Pro. I have tried all the options lists in this thread. Is there a way to set the pdfmaker as the printer?
Thanks!
Thanks!
2010-08-28 07:56:01
#67
"File > Print" does not support creation of an output PDF that has links, bookmarks, etc.
PDFMaker provides this functionality for supported applications such as Office applications, AutoCAD etc. It is not available from "within" Acrobat.
See: [url]http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/333/333504.php[/url]
When File > Print is used and links are desired in the output PDF you must use the Link tool to lay down the link annotation over the desired location on a PDF page's content and provide the desired "link path".
If you need 'web links' remember to enter the fully formed URL (http://....).
n.b., Both Adobe Reader and Acrobat will, on the fly, provide "faux links" for text content that starts with http or www for the convenience of users.
Viewing PDF page content while the Link tool is active will display all link annotations.
Be well...
PDFMaker provides this functionality for supported applications such as Office applications, AutoCAD etc. It is not available from "within" Acrobat.
See: [url]http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/333/333504.php[/url]
When File > Print is used and links are desired in the output PDF you must use the Link tool to lay down the link annotation over the desired location on a PDF page's content and provide the desired "link path".
If you need 'web links' remember to enter the fully formed URL (http://....).
n.b., Both Adobe Reader and Acrobat will, on the fly, provide "faux links" for text content that starts with http or www for the convenience of users.
Viewing PDF page content while the Link tool is active will display all link annotations.
Be well...
2011-01-09 09:33:19
#68
I think I have this figured out. Hyperlinks were not working when I converted to PDF (acrobat 9) from MS word 2007. Here's how I got them to work.Instead of doing "Print to PDF" I simply did "Save As" and chose the PDF option. Links working fine now.
I, too, have had problems trying to get hyperlinks to work properly in Acrobat 9, from a Word 2010 document. When I tried to change the text displayed (instead of the actual weblink, I wanted to substitute simpler text)the link wouldn't work when "Print to PDF" was used.This solution is simple and wonderful. Thanks for a great post.
2011-03-11 18:50:42
#69
Hi -- I have the reverse issue. I'm on a Mac. I created (printed) a PDF file which I want to have black hyperlinks. They come out black when I look at the pdf. The fonts are embedded. The links are still active. But when I send the file (a book) to Lightning Source for printing, the links show up blue. When I sent it to a friend, on a PC, the links were black. I do not want them blue -- they will print lighter than the text. How do I make them stay black? --Prahas
PS -- Another issue. I used (in Word) a special character -- a long dash -- thruout the doc. When I created the PDF, the dashes were fine. But after being emailed (in some cases) with Entourage, the dashes disappeared, leaving a blank space. Any thoughts, or are we in the Twilight Zone?
PS -- Another issue. I used (in Word) a special character -- a long dash -- thruout the doc. When I created the PDF, the dashes were fine. But after being emailed (in some cases) with Entourage, the dashes disappeared, leaving a blank space. Any thoughts, or are we in the Twilight Zone?
2011-03-28 19:19:05
#70
Had the same problem with internal links not converting from Word 2007 to Acrobat 9-- solved the problem by saving the document as a 97-2003 document in Word 2007 program. Went into Acrobat 9 -- created pdf from this file and it worked like a charm.
2011-04-14 05:04:39
#71
Hi,
I've had the same problem - my TOC links are lost when converting .doc files to PDF from Word 2007 to Acrobat 9 Standard. using tne Save As PDF feature (PDF Maker).
I've tried ALL the proposed solutions in this post and none worked, including creating a PDF from within Acrobat, using both .doc and .docx version of the Word file, completely reinstalling my Acrobat instance, adding /h to the TOC field code, etc. etc. etc.
Can anyone from Adobe please say if there is a generic solution to this issue? Or if it's being worked on? When it will be solved? Is it an issue with Acrobat of with MS Word?
I've been working with Word and Acrobat for 10+ years now and I've never had this type of an issue, including my current configuration (Word 2007/ Acrobat 9) that worked OK before.
Any info appreciated.
Cheers,
Vozd
P.S. The docs I work with are large in size with quite a number of links so creating links one by one in Acrobat does not make me happy. Besides, I publish the docs regularly and would not have the time to create links in PDF manually now that the links already exist in the .doc files.
I've had the same problem - my TOC links are lost when converting .doc files to PDF from Word 2007 to Acrobat 9 Standard. using tne Save As PDF feature (PDF Maker).
I've tried ALL the proposed solutions in this post and none worked, including creating a PDF from within Acrobat, using both .doc and .docx version of the Word file, completely reinstalling my Acrobat instance, adding /h to the TOC field code, etc. etc. etc.
Can anyone from Adobe please say if there is a generic solution to this issue? Or if it's being worked on? When it will be solved? Is it an issue with Acrobat of with MS Word?
I've been working with Word and Acrobat for 10+ years now and I've never had this type of an issue, including my current configuration (Word 2007/ Acrobat 9) that worked OK before.
Any info appreciated.
Cheers,
Vozd
P.S. The docs I work with are large in size with quite a number of links so creating links one by one in Acrobat does not make me happy. Besides, I publish the docs regularly and would not have the time to create links in PDF manually now that the links already exist in the .doc files.
2011-04-14 06:39:06
#72
Can anyone from Adobe please say if there is a generic solution to this issue?This is a U2U forum, very few Adobe employees respond here.
I've had the same problem - my TOC links are lost when converting .doc files to PDF from Word 2007 to Acrobat 9 Standard. using tne Save As PDF feature (PDF Maker)."Save as PDF..." is a Microsoft add-in and not the same as the Acrobat PDF Maker add-in.
If you have installed a compatible version of Acrobat for your version of Microsoft Office, you should have a menu bar option of "Adobe". This option will provide a drop down list of processing options. One of those options will be "Set Conversion Settings". This option will allow you to enable various Word structures to be used for creating links.
Note that in later version of MS Office, Microsoft requires adjusting the security of MS Office to run the PDF Maker add-in. You may also need to perform an optional installation of Acrobat to have the MS Office PDF Maker installed.
I've had the same problem - my TOC links are lost when converting .doc files to PDF from Word 2007 to Acrobat 9 Standard. using tne Save As PDF feature (PDF Maker)."Save as PDF..." is a Microsoft add-in and not the same as the Acrobat PDF Maker add-in.
If you have installed a compatible version of Acrobat for your version of Microsoft Office, you should have a menu bar option of "Adobe". This option will provide a drop down list of processing options. One of those options will be "Set Conversion Settings". This option will allow you to enable various Word structures to be used for creating links.
Note that in later version of MS Office, Microsoft requires adjusting the security of MS Office to run the PDF Maker add-in. You may also need to perform an optional installation of Acrobat to have the MS Office PDF Maker installed.
2011-04-15 06:11:22
#73
I'm afraid George it's no better with the latest version of Reader (X Version 10.0.1)!!
Basically, hyperlinks that work in Word don't work in Adobe Acrobat Reader. Period!
It is a scandalous BUG that has gone on for years and to add insult to injury, they don't offer support for Reader!
I challenge an Abobe employee to come on here and deny what I've said.
Adobe should be utterly ashamed of themselves!
Basically, hyperlinks that work in Word don't work in Adobe Acrobat Reader. Period!
It is a scandalous BUG that has gone on for years and to add insult to injury, they don't offer support for Reader!
I challenge an Abobe employee to come on here and deny what I've said.
Adobe should be utterly ashamed of themselves!
2011-04-15 07:42:39
#74
Adobe offers two products that can read PDF files.
First is the purchased product called Adobe Acrobat and this product includes as part of the purchase price includes the necessary programs, Acrobat Distiller, and the MS Office add-ins, PDF Maker, that can create PDF files.
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The second product is the free Adobe Reader. Reader is not only the products name but the best description of what this product does, it only reads, It does not include any ability except to read a PDF. If the PDF is created from MS Office without the correct setting to create the links or the author does not us Acrobat to create the links, then there will be no links.
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Microsoft offers for free may viewers for MS Office products, would you expect this products to allow editing of MS Office documents. Microsoft sells a product MS Office to create documents. Not much different than Adobe providing a free Reader and selling a product that can create the PDF. There are other products that can create PDFs from MS Office with links. Adobe also offers an on line service for creating PDFs.
First is the purchased product called Adobe Acrobat and this product includes as part of the purchase price includes the necessary programs, Acrobat Distiller, and the MS Office add-ins, PDF Maker, that can create PDF files.
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The second product is the free Adobe Reader. Reader is not only the products name but the best description of what this product does, it only reads, It does not include any ability except to read a PDF. If the PDF is created from MS Office without the correct setting to create the links or the author does not us Acrobat to create the links, then there will be no links.
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Microsoft offers for free may viewers for MS Office products, would you expect this products to allow editing of MS Office documents. Microsoft sells a product MS Office to create documents. Not much different than Adobe providing a free Reader and selling a product that can create the PDF. There are other products that can create PDFs from MS Office with links. Adobe also offers an on line service for creating PDFs.
2011-04-15 14:46:30
#75
Dear George,
My requirements are simple.
I need to create a PDF that my customers can read on their computers without having to pay anything. So they use Reader.
I have tried with both the free CutePDF and the paid for PDF Maker and NEITHER create a PDF with working hyperlinks!
Yes, if I have, say, "www.mywebsite.com" hyperlinked, it works but if I place the hyperlink on, say, "click here" it doesn't.
So, as I said before, it's an age-old howling BUG that should have been fixed years ago.
[I program business apps so I know about bug-fixing. :-)]
So I repeat, shame on Adobe.
My requirements are simple.
I need to create a PDF that my customers can read on their computers without having to pay anything. So they use Reader.
I have tried with both the free CutePDF and the paid for PDF Maker and NEITHER create a PDF with working hyperlinks!
Yes, if I have, say, "www.mywebsite.com" hyperlinked, it works but if I place the hyperlink on, say, "click here" it doesn't.
So, as I said before, it's an age-old howling BUG that should have been fixed years ago.
[I program business apps so I know about bug-fixing. :-)]
So I repeat, shame on Adobe.
2011-04-15 17:04:20
#76
Very carefully tell us what OS and version including bit depth you have. What version and update of MS Office and bit depth. What Acrobat product you have and version you have.
Do you have a menu option of "Acrobat" appear in Word's menu bar or on Word's Ribbon.
If you have Windows 7 64 bit and Office 2010 64 bit there are issues because Acrobat is a 32 bit application.
If you have added any macros to MS Office or other plug-ins you might try disabling them.
You could also try OpenOffice.org.
You can not buy PDF Maker separately from Adobe Acrobat and it is not included with Reader.
You might also need to disable or uninstall other programs that conflict with Acrobat. You also should try to fix the Acrobat install.
I have been converting MS Word documents to PDFs since 1998 and once I get the security set within MS Office have had no problems including producing TOC links, bookmark links and hyper links from one document to another and that includes moving the created and linked PDFs for a desktop drive to a network drive, to CDs & DVDs, and to Sharepoint and have not had the links break.
Do you have a menu option of "Acrobat" appear in Word's menu bar or on Word's Ribbon.
If you have Windows 7 64 bit and Office 2010 64 bit there are issues because Acrobat is a 32 bit application.
If you have added any macros to MS Office or other plug-ins you might try disabling them.
You could also try OpenOffice.org.
You can not buy PDF Maker separately from Adobe Acrobat and it is not included with Reader.
You might also need to disable or uninstall other programs that conflict with Acrobat. You also should try to fix the Acrobat install.
I have been converting MS Word documents to PDFs since 1998 and once I get the security set within MS Office have had no problems including producing TOC links, bookmark links and hyper links from one document to another and that includes moving the created and linked PDFs for a desktop drive to a network drive, to CDs & DVDs, and to Sharepoint and have not had the links break.
2011-04-29 20:24:46
#77
This worked for me: Word 2003 & Adobe Acrobat X ProI had a file where some of the hyperlinks worked and some did not. I noticed that all the hyperlinks before a certain link transferred OK. All the hyperlinks after the same like did not transfer to the PDF file.
I had text with link. If the link included the paragraph marker at the front of the link, then Acrobat would stop transfering links to the PDF file at that point. I removed the hyperlink. Selected just the text. Added the hyperlink back. And now all the links transfer to the PDF.Hopefully someone from adobe will read this and submit a bug report.
I had text with link. If the link included the paragraph marker at the front of the link, then Acrobat would stop transfering links to the PDF file at that point. I removed the hyperlink. Selected just the text. Added the hyperlink back. And now all the links transfer to the PDF.Hopefully someone from adobe will read this and submit a bug report.
2011-05-14 08:15:34
#78
I think I have this figured out. Hyperlinks were not working when I converted to PDF (acrobat 9) from MS word 2007. Here's how I got them to work.Instead of doing "Print to PDF" I simply did "Save As" and chose the PDF option. Links working fine now.
Can not believe that this issue has not been solved with Acrobat 10!! was having same issue, did not get the live hyperlinks when I converted from Word2007 to Acrobat10. The above tip did the trick, one has to SAVE AS in order for them to be active!!Come on Adobe--get it right will ya!!!
2011-05-15 12:50:37
#79
I'm with you on this rigo.
George,
> Very carefully tell us what OS and version including bit depth you have. What version and update of MS Office and bit depth. What Acrobat product you have and version you have.Windows Vista Home Premium Service Pack 2 32bit
MS Office Word 2007 (12.0.6545.5000) SP2 MSO (12.0.6554.5001)
Adobe Reader X 10.0.1
Adobe Acrobat 7 Professional 7.0.0
> Do you have a menu option of "Acrobat" appear in Word's menu bar or on Word's Ribbon.No.
> If you have added any macros to MS Office or other plug-ins you might try disabling them.I haven't added any.
> You could also try OpenOffice.org.I don't want to. I want to use Word and I want the conversion to work.
> You can not buy PDF Maker separately from Adobe Acrobat and it is not included with Reader.I know.
> You might also need to disable or uninstall other programs that conflict with Acrobat. You also should try to fix the Acrobat install.And which are those?
I don't think that's he problem as I have tried a third part converter CutePDF and it is the same problem.
The problem being a hyperlink which has text of that hyperlink, such as www.urlname.com, WILL convert to a working hyperlink whereas one with text that is not the hyperlink, such as "click here", doesn't convert.
I have spoken to the vendors of CutePDF and they say that is is a known bug with Acrobat and has been for years!!
> I have been converting MS Word documents to PDFs since 1998 and ... have not had the links break.Excellent but it doesn't work here, or with rigo or with users of CuteFTP or with .... :-(
P.S. I first put this problem up on 15th April and no-one from Adobe themselves have had the decency to talk to me about this or to say it is or is not a bug. Not impressed. :-(
George,
> Very carefully tell us what OS and version including bit depth you have. What version and update of MS Office and bit depth. What Acrobat product you have and version you have.Windows Vista Home Premium Service Pack 2 32bit
MS Office Word 2007 (12.0.6545.5000) SP2 MSO (12.0.6554.5001)
Adobe Reader X 10.0.1
Adobe Acrobat 7 Professional 7.0.0
> Do you have a menu option of "Acrobat" appear in Word's menu bar or on Word's Ribbon.No.
> If you have added any macros to MS Office or other plug-ins you might try disabling them.I haven't added any.
> You could also try OpenOffice.org.I don't want to. I want to use Word and I want the conversion to work.
> You can not buy PDF Maker separately from Adobe Acrobat and it is not included with Reader.I know.
> You might also need to disable or uninstall other programs that conflict with Acrobat. You also should try to fix the Acrobat install.And which are those?
I don't think that's he problem as I have tried a third part converter CutePDF and it is the same problem.
The problem being a hyperlink which has text of that hyperlink, such as www.urlname.com, WILL convert to a working hyperlink whereas one with text that is not the hyperlink, such as "click here", doesn't convert.
I have spoken to the vendors of CutePDF and they say that is is a known bug with Acrobat and has been for years!!
> I have been converting MS Word documents to PDFs since 1998 and ... have not had the links break.Excellent but it doesn't work here, or with rigo or with users of CuteFTP or with .... :-(
P.S. I first put this problem up on 15th April and no-one from Adobe themselves have had the decency to talk to me about this or to say it is or is not a bug. Not impressed. :-(
2011-06-13 05:59:39
#80
Hi Jimmy,
OK, I've downloaded Classic PDF Editor.
I converted my DOCX file to a PDF file.
Unfortunately, the links do not work :-(
I've searched the help files for "link" and found nothing.
Can you advise?
Warmest regards
james
OK, I've downloaded Classic PDF Editor.
I converted my DOCX file to a PDF file.
Unfortunately, the links do not work :-(
I've searched the help files for "link" and found nothing.
Can you advise?
Warmest regards
james
2011-09-30 07:46:46
#81
I am using Word 2003 and Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro. I do not have the PDF 'Save As' option. When PDFing my 250 page document with hyperlinks the normal way (Adobe PDF -> Convert to Adobe PDF)some of the hyperlinks work and some do not. The Adobe PDF print option also does not work. Any thoughts for a solution or easy workaround?deb
debra_s_bordsen [at] uhc [dot] com
debra_s_bordsen [at] uhc [dot] com
2011-10-11 09:05:23
#82
I am using Acrobat 8 for Mac. This work-around (posted as #7) worked perfectly. Thanks!!
Effective workaround:I tried all of the above, but still could not get Acrobat 9 to convert text hyperlinks in Word to working links in PDF. However, after some searching on the Internet I found a very effective workaround, using an Acrobat feature to manually add the links once the PDF file has been created.
1. Write the text you want to become hyperlinks as normal blue and underlined words in your Word document, so that they look like hyperlinks.
2. Convert the document to PDF and open it.
3. Select (in Acrobat) Tools -> Advanced editing -> Link tool
4. Mark the section/word(s) in the PDF document that you want to convert into a hyperlink.
5. Select "Invisible rectangle" under Link type, and select "Open a web page" under Link action.
6. Click next and enter the hyperlink destination/Internet address.
7. Click on the Hand icon/symbol button in the Adobe menu (top of page), which removes the colour marking around the rectangle.
8. Save the document, File -> Save as.If you want to view an 8 minutes video instruction, please see the following website where I personally found out how to do it:
http://www.flashpublishers.com/public/918.cfm
1. Write the text you want to become hyperlinks as normal blue and underlined words in your Word document, so that they look like hyperlinks.
2. Convert the document to PDF and open it.
3. Select (in Acrobat) Tools -> Advanced editing -> Link tool
4. Mark the section/word(s) in the PDF document that you want to convert into a hyperlink.
5. Select "Invisible rectangle" under Link type, and select "Open a web page" under Link action.
6. Click next and enter the hyperlink destination/Internet address.
7. Click on the Hand icon/symbol button in the Adobe menu (top of page), which removes the colour marking around the rectangle.
8. Save the document, File -> Save as.If you want to view an 8 minutes video instruction, please see the following website where I personally found out how to do it:
http://www.flashpublishers.com/public/918.cfm
2011-10-18 05:13:33
#83
Ok. I really need some help. I'm on a Mac - OSX 10.7.2 (but have had this problem on previous OS). In Word 2011 (but have had this problem on previous version of word. I create a Word doc and include links. I "save as" PDF and some of the links work and others don't it's crazy. I use the same process and when I go back to check the links they all look the same.... some even highlight on the Word doc (when I hover over them I get the little finger and can see the link) but when I save to PDF they're not clickable. I'd consider getting acrobat but reading the comments above it's not clear that is going to solve the problem. Can anyone help give me a workaround to get this "standard" feature to work reliably?
2011-10-28 11:17:00
#84
Hello All,
I am creating links in the word document via Matlab Report generator and then saving this document as PDF, but in this case my links are not working in PDF. If I manually add links in word and the Save AS PDF the links work. Is there anything I am missing when I crete links via Matlab.
Please let me know
I am creating links in the word document via Matlab Report generator and then saving this document as PDF, but in this case my links are not working in PDF. If I manually add links in word and the Save AS PDF the links work. Is there anything I am missing when I crete links via Matlab.
Please let me know
2011-12-05 12:22:45
#85
How I can add document links within a lengthy documment. I will have to add several different links within the document. How do I go about this? Do I do it as a word document or after I convert it to a PDF?
2011-12-05 13:13:05
#86
Ok, I figured it out and answered my own question. I have a new dilemma, when I click on the links I created, the link opens up ok, however once I close it/ X out, I have to go back and open up the original document containing the links all over again. This happens when I open each link. Is there a way that the document containing the links can remain open until I chose to close it?
2011-12-11 03:19:35
#87
I have been struggling with the same for some years ... (I use Word 2003 and Acrobat 6 & 10)Does anyone know if the save-as-PDF in OpenOffice creates the hyperlinks?
S.
PS: the "Create links from URLs" feature in the Acrobat Reader preferences panel under General/Basic Tools/ has fooled me often, as it creates "make-believe" hyperlinks that are not there in earlier and other PDF viewers... :-(
S.
PS: the "Create links from URLs" feature in the Acrobat Reader preferences panel under General/Basic Tools/ has fooled me often, as it creates "make-believe" hyperlinks that are not there in earlier and other PDF viewers... :-(
2011-12-11 08:34:45
#88
That will work for links, but the Acrobat Converter plug-in also allows for the controlled cration of bookmarks by Word Structure and control of how a PDF opens. The converter is a far more powerful tool than the simple save as Microdoft plug-in.
2011-12-13 14:57:00
#89
Thanks, that's helpful info. There is indeed a big difference between the print-as-PDF function and the save-as-PDF function!
Does anyboy know of any alternative products that can do "save-as-PDF"?
Thanks
S.
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Win 7, Word 2003, Acrobat 6 & 10
I edit for HL7 Systems & Services
Does anyboy know of any alternative products that can do "save-as-PDF"?
Thanks
S.
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Win 7, Word 2003, Acrobat 6 & 10
I edit for HL7 Systems & Services
2011-12-14 07:04:23
#90
Hello,
Here is my situation. I have created a document in Word 2003. I have added an org chart to the end of the document in which each box has an associated text box. I have manually hyperlinked the text in these boxes to existing bookmarks in the document. When I convert to pdf, the headings that I purposely created in the Word document, convert to bookmarks in my table of contents. Now, I want to hyperlink the text in the org chart text boxes to existing bookmarks in the document.
I have tried everything. Some work, some do not, some link to a totally wrong location. I have access to Word 2010 if need be. Will that help the conversion to Adobe X and retain my text box links?
Can anyone please help!
Thx much!
Here is my situation. I have created a document in Word 2003. I have added an org chart to the end of the document in which each box has an associated text box. I have manually hyperlinked the text in these boxes to existing bookmarks in the document. When I convert to pdf, the headings that I purposely created in the Word document, convert to bookmarks in my table of contents. Now, I want to hyperlink the text in the org chart text boxes to existing bookmarks in the document.
I have tried everything. Some work, some do not, some link to a totally wrong location. I have access to Word 2010 if need be. Will that help the conversion to Adobe X and retain my text box links?
Can anyone please help!
Thx much!
1. Write the text you want to become hyperlinks as normal blue and underlined words in your Word document, so that they look like hyperlinks.
2. Convert the document to PDF and open it.
3. Select (in Acrobat) Tools -> Advanced editing -> Link tool
4. Mark the section/word(s) in the PDF document that you want to convert into a hyperlink.
5. Select "Invisible rectangle" under Link type, and select "Open a web page" under Link action.
6. Click next and enter the hyperlink destination/Internet address.
7. Click on the Hand icon/symbol button in the Adobe menu (top of page), which removes the colour marking around the rectangle.
8. Save the document, File -> Save as.This works OK for me, to an extent, but is only really suitable for documents with a small number of hyperlinks and/or a document that doesn't require updating at a later date. If I make any amendments to the original Word file and re-covert it to PDF I lose all the hyperlinks I had previously set up manually in the PDF and they have to be done all over again.