Links in PDF changing path when moved to new location, can I make absolute path?

[Guest]

Hello,

I’m hoping to maybe get some help on an issue I’m having when creating links in a PDF. When I create the links to another PDF while the original PDF is in location A, the links work fine and the linked file is displayed. However, when I copy the original PDF containing those links, paste it into a different location (location B), those links appear to be broken and the linked PDF does not display.

Upon further investigation, it appears that the links are appending part of the path of the new location (location B) on to the beginning of the path in the link, effectively breaking the link when the PDF is moved (because the path is now a mix of two different locations A and B, and does not exist).

Anyone viewing the PDF will have access to the path of the original link because it is on a shared drive, so I need it to remain exactly the same as I originally set in the link; an absolute path.

What is most peculiar about this is that it is that when the original PDF is copied, the new link pathways are not even a path that exists, they are just a mashup of the original pathway and the path of the new location that the PDF resides.

I should note that the PDFs that are being linked to are remaining in the same spot the whole time.

I’ve looked around online for possible solutions, but haven’t been able to find anything that is directly pertaining to this problem. I have seen people looking to create relative paths, but nothing to get the paths to remain completely absolute.

Any help would be appreciated.

[try67]

This standalone tool I've developed can help you do that: Custom-made Adobe Scripts: Batch Edit File Links in PDF Files

[svhk]

Hello MVP

would this tool also help me? Word field FILENAME (in footer) is changed to a series of digits/letters on conversion using Create PDF tool in Word (15.37). Thanks.