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saritaa1234
saritaa1234
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June 10, 2016
Question

Hyperlinks to open in new browser window

  • June 10, 2016
  • 3 replies
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Hi All,

I have created an interactive PDF using InDesign CC, The PDFs have hyperlinks to other webpages, when I open the PDF in the browser, the hyperlinks are getting accessed in the same current window, I want to open the hyperlinks in a new !window ! ! !.

Please suggest any solution over this issue.

Thanks.

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    Guttemberg Lopes
    Participant
    May 12, 2023

    Hi! I had the same problem and the option I used was to publish online (menu/file/publish online). This way the links open in a new page. When publishing, I kept selected the option "allow viewers to download the document as a PDF (print)", so that the client can download the PDF. Hope this helps.

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    Community Expert
    Jeffrey_SmithCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    June 10, 2016

    Here is a link that describes what you can do in Acrobat. I will say that this method does not work in all browsers.

    saritaa1234
    saritaa1234Author
    Participant
    June 13, 2016

    Thank you Jeffrey...

    Derek Cross
    Community Expert
    Derek CrossCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    June 13, 2016

    Bob has written an in-depth article about interactive PDFs with interesting follow-up comments from other users:

    It's okay to say no to interactive PDF

      BobLevine
      Community Expert
      BobLevineCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      June 10, 2016

      Stop opening them in a browser.

      saritaa1234
      saritaa1234Author
      Participant
      June 10, 2016

      Hi Bob,

      Actually, for certain reasons, I require to open and access the iPDF in a browser. In such a case, when I click on a hyperlink, I want the linked website to open in a new tab within the browser window. This is currently not happening. When I click on the hyperlink currently, the linked website opens in the same tab (and replaces the opened iPDF).

      Could you let me know if there is a way out here?

        BobLevine
        Community Expert
        BobLevineCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        June 10, 2016

        AFAIK, it can’t be done from within InDesign. Check in the Acrobat forum to see if they can help but the bottom line is that you may get it to work in some browsers but not others.

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