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Henry Jocky
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March 19, 2010
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How to open hyperlinks in a pdf with Adobe Reader 9?

  • March 19, 2010
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We publish a digital journal with hyperlinks to various sources. After installation of Adobe Reader version 9 we are not able anymore to open the hyperlinks. Looking to the discussion Fora we also followed the procedure to disable the PDF/A mode of view. Then the Reader mentions that it tries connecting the website of the source and asks permission to do so. I give that permission, but nothing happens then. This is really a problem for us and I cannot imagine that this is not soluble. We use internet explorer newest version.

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    Correct answer lrosenth

    We use Acrobat 6.0 PRO with all updates. OS is WINDOWS XP PRO.

    After installation of Reader 9, I could not open pdf's via IE browser and use Acrobat then to circumvent this problem. After some tests we concluded that a colleague with Reader 9 (with disabled PDF/A) can open the hyperlinks in my pdf docs. It looks that my use of Acrobat 6 for opening pdf's via the internet browser gives a conflict with Reader 9. My specific question is now: how can I organise that Reader 9 is used when I am opening pdf's via my internet browser instead of Acrobat 6. 


    Acrobat 6 is no longer supported by Adobe.  Even if it were supported, it would NOT be supported on the same computer as Reader 9.

    As to the PDF/A issue, the PDF/A standard recommends that conforming readers (such as Adobe Reader) not make hyperlinks actionable - which is why your hyperlinks don't work in PDF/A compliant documents.

    If you don't really need PDF/A - use standard PDF instead.

    Leonard

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    srikanthv24054957
    Participant
    January 29, 2018
    Reg:Hyperlinks in pdf reports not working.

    I have genereated the pdf file using java and ireports 5.0.1 with hyperlinks in it.But Unfortunately i was unable to open the hyperlink.the hyperlinks are clickable but not responding anymore those are not navigating to respective site.Could you Please provide the solution

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    Henry JockyAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    April 16, 2010

    I found a way to work with ACROBAT 6 and READER 9. As I am not an expert and because ACROBAT 6 is a little old, I won't explain myway in this forum. Thanks for all replies.

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    wattscott
    Participating Frequently
    April 7, 2010

    Actually you can open the link using Adobe Reader 9.0. It works.

    I don't why you cannot do that. Try do right click the link, then copy and paste it to you web broswer. Hope that helps.

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    Henry JockyAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    April 16, 2010

    Thanks, I found a way to overcome the problem.

    370H55V
    370H55V
    Inspiring
    March 19, 2010

    If you hold Ctrl and click the link(s), what happens?


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    Henry JockyAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    March 22, 2010

    Thanks much for your reply. Strange enough, it worked one time and then never again. I see the "hand" changing in a website sign and I see the correct website address appearing on the pdf screen, but nothing happens. I use an older Acrobat version for managing contents of pdf's and for opening pdf's via the internet explorer. Can that interact with Reader 9 not able to open hyperlinks in my pdf's even when PDF/A mode of view is disabled?

    Claudio González
    Claudio González
    Legend
    March 22, 2010

    What versions of Acrobat and your OS are you using?

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