Embed PDF in InDesign catalog

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April 16, 2024
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Hello!

I'm working on a product catalog for the company I work for. It's a catalog with pictures of the products and some text underneath. I've made hyperlinks for each product that appear when you click on the pictures, taking you to a product sheet in the form of a PDF. I export the catalog as an interactive PDF and have the rest of the files I've linked on my computer. When I open the catalog and click on the pictures, I get through to my product sheet just as I should.

When I send my catalog forward (only the PDF), you can still click on the products, but it doesn't lead to any PDF. Is there a way to embed the files so that I don't have to send each product sheet alongside it?

Thanks!

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Robert at ID-Tasker

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@Jonatan6C14

Like @leo.r suggested, you need to make all files available publicly.

If you work for a company - the best option would be to put all the files on the company's website.

leo.r

Community Expert

If I understand your situation correctly, then it appears to me that you should simply put your "linked" PDFs online and make hyperlinks to them, which will be accessible from anywhere (provided the user has internet connection).

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Jonatan6C14Author

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Yea, looks like you understand the situation correctly. That's one way to do it for sure. I have made all my product sheets in Illustrator, is it possible to do all the PDFs online from there? Haven't made a PDF online before so I appreciate all the help! 🙂

leo.r

Community Expert

I have made all my product sheets in Illustrator, is it possible to do all the PDFs online from there? Haven't made a PDF online before so I appreciate all the help! 🙂

By @Jonatan6C14

One way to do this is, probably, to save your PDFs on a cloud service such as OneDrive, Google Drive etc. This way they can be also accessible online (although it may require some additional steps like setting access permissions and such; I'm not an expert on this.) Then you set up the appropriate hyperlinks in InDesign. Other users may provide some better guidance on this, or better solutions.

Also, these days PDF will be usually open directly in the browser (when you provide a web link to PDF). Which is probably the desired behavior in your case. But I also don't know if this behavior is guaranteed or if, in some cases, PDF will be simply downloaded instead of being open in the browser. Once again, I'm sure there are users with better knowledge on this.

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