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cesard55679371
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April 8, 2016
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hyperlinks in a pdf document

  • April 8, 2016
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Hi everybody,

I did some research in the forum and I could not find an answer to my problem. Here it is :

I have an Excel sheet with hyperlinks (related to files in my company server). I saved the Excel sheet as PDF. So I am able to click on the hyperlinks from the PDF file. But it just opens my internet browser and nothing happens. When coworkers try on their computers, they receive an error message.

Does anybody know how to fix that ? Like I said I DID NOT print as pdf, I saved the xls as pdf.

Thanks,

Cesar

PS : Windows / Adobe Acrobat X

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Correct answer ms_baker

Hi Cesar -

Did you check the URL shown in the links in Acrobat? That's where you're likely to find the problem.

To check, open your spreadsheet PDF and follow these steps:

  1. Click the Edit PDF tools icon in the right hand pane.
  2. When the tools load, click the Link drop-down on the toolbar, and choose Add/Edit Web or Document Link to identify the links on the page.
  3. Double-click a link to open its properties and check the URL.

donna.

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ms_baker
ms_baker
Inspiring
April 21, 2016

Hi Cesar -

To be honest, I don't have an answer to your question. I wonder if you could configure something coded from Excel, or even adjust your system settings somewhere. It would take a lot of research to figure it out. The key seems to be how to make Excel produce the sort of links you need.

I wish I had a quick solution for you.

donna.

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cesard55679371Author
Participant
April 21, 2016

Hi Donna,

Thanks for your answer ! Yes I thought that too : the problem must come from the hyperlinks properties in Excel. I tried to find something in "Tools" after doing "File" - "Save As", but there's nothing.
I will ask on the Excel forum maybe.

Thanks again Donna !

Cesar

ms_baker
ms_bakerCorrect answer
Inspiring
April 8, 2016

Hi Cesar -

Did you check the URL shown in the links in Acrobat? That's where you're likely to find the problem.

To check, open your spreadsheet PDF and follow these steps:

  1. Click the Edit PDF tools icon in the right hand pane.
  2. When the tools load, click the Link drop-down on the toolbar, and choose Add/Edit Web or Document Link to identify the links on the page.
  3. Double-click a link to open its properties and check the URL.

donna.

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cesard55679371Author
Participant
April 8, 2016

Hi Donna,

Thanks a lot ! I am sorry I did not know that tool.

In the actions tab of the hyperlinks properties, it was set up as "open as a web link" instead of "open a file". I will have to change this for every hyperlink but it works now !

Thanks again, have a good weekend.

Cesar

ms_baker
ms_baker
Inspiring
April 8, 2016

Hi Cesar -

Great! You will have to change the links, but at least you'll have a consistently working document at the end!

You have a good weekend as well.

donna.

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