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karan5FA9
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April 22, 2021
Question

Hyperlink not working

  • April 22, 2021
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Hi,

 

I have hyperlinked an image in indesign and when i open it as a pdf it is not opening the link it shows that it is "clickable" but when i click - nothing. Any help would be appreciated! need this for a deadline in a few days! 

 

The hyperlink is to another interactive pdf if that helps at all.

 

Karan

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Denis Mubiru
Inspiring
May 25, 2021

Are you sure you are Linking to File?

Diane Burns
Diane Burns
Inspiring
April 22, 2021

How did you create the hyperlink? It should be Link To: File. 

And it will always create an absolute, not relative path (meaning, it will always try to find the path on your hard drive) so if you want to move it to a server, the link will not work. 

But it should be linking locally if that's what you're going for. 

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    karan5FA9Author
    Participant
    April 23, 2021

    Hi Diane, thank you for replying. It is currently link to file. Even then it does not work on my hard drive. Is there a way i can link to open a pdf online?

     

    Karan

    Diane Burns
    Diane Burns
    Inspiring
    April 23, 2021

    Hmmm... I just tried it. Created a hyperlink to File, then located the PDF on my hard drive. 

    Make sure your source PDF is exported as Interactive PDF. 

    As I say, this will work on your hard drive, but if you want it on a web site, it's not that easy. You need extra tools, or to use a trick like this one: https://creativepro.com/creating-relative-hyperlinks-in-indesign/. There are caveats, however, as mentioned in the article (uses a button, not supported on most mobile devices, can't open PDF in new window).

    I wonder if you could use Publish Online instead. That would make it easy to link from one document to the other (both would be Publish Onine documents). Here are several examples of interactive documents created using InDesign and Publish Online: http://bit.ly/PubOnCollection

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      karan5FA9Author
      Participant
      April 22, 2021

      Also, the status circle in hyperlinks isn't showing at all in red or green  

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