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April 27, 2025
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Does Acrobat have a 'return from link' button?

My many PDFs (which are about linguistics) have a great many links to example sentences that had been mentioned at earlier points in the PDF. As far as I am aware, though, Acrobat has no button for users to press when they want to return to where they were when they pressed the link to see a sentence illustrated elsewhere. So I have to tell them to remember to always press ALT + LEFT-ARROW. when they want to go back. But if they forget this instruction, they will be lost. Could I be missing a 'Go badk' button provided by Acrobat to simply go back to where they were before?

 

JR Boulay
JR BoulayCorrect answer
Community Expert
April 27, 2025

You must create a button using "Execute a menu item" action or using "Run a JavaScript" action.

 

 

Execute menu item:

 

 

Run a Javascript

app.execMenuItem("GoBack");

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JR Boulay
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April 28, 2025

It's also available as a button in the toolbar (right-clic to customize it).

 

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try67
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April 27, 2025

It does exist, but only in Acrobat, not the free Reader, unfortunately.

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try67
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April 29, 2025

(I stand corrected... It is available in Reader, if you use the old UI)

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JR Boulay
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JR BoulayCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
April 27, 2025

You must create a button using "Execute a menu item" action or using "Run a JavaScript" action.

 

 

Execute menu item:

 

 

Run a Javascript

app.execMenuItem("GoBack");

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