Can i add a clickable url to a comment

[AllanADL]

G'day all

Help please? Is there a way to add content to a word/term in a pdf which contains HTMl URL hot link  i.e. either a URL itself or make the word clickable and it takes thee reader to a website please.

This sort of functionality to help users learn more in education would be very useful in education

Regards

Allan

[AllanADL]

Sorry maybe I wasn't clear.  Not just a link but add a text comment e.g. explain the term and then a link for more info.  Useful to give reader/learner background information  Hope that helps

Allan

[try67]

Sure. You can create a (transparent) button over the word and then set its Tooltip text to the description, and as it's MouseUp action you can tell it to open a web-page.

[AllanADL]

Thanks this is great news.  Forgive my newbie questions.  I haven't had Acrobat PRO for years.  Just got back into it.  I am thrilled you can do this but I don't really understand the instructions on how to do it.  I need to figure it all out.  It is really important for some curriculum I am building so I will keep at it until I get it.

If anyone has any tutorials on how to do this I would really appreciate it.  As an educator I can tell you adding this level of interactivity to text comments in pop up windows in Acrobat adds a great deal of possibility to a PDF.

Now to figure out how to do what you said to make this happen and thanks again

Allan

[try67]

Use the Create Form command to switch to Form Edit mode on your file. Then select the Add New Field tool, and select Button.

Draw the button over the text. Then right-click the button you just created and go to Properties.

The tooltip property is located under the General tab. Set it to the popup text you want to display when someone hovers over it:

Then go to the Appearance tab and set the settings there. You can set it to be completely transparent, or to have a thin border, etc.

Now go to Actions and select the Mouse UP trigger, and the "Open a web link" action:

Click the "Add..." button and enter the URL you want the button to link to. It should now look like this:

That's it. You're done. Click on Close and exit the Form Edit mode. Hover with the mouse above the button and you'll see that the cursor changes to a hand with a pointing finger and that the tooltip text you entered appears. Click it and the URL you entered will open in your browser.

[AllanADL]

Thank you for your effort and help.

I am able to follow this and make it happen ... great!  I see how this works and I don't want to sound ungrateful but it seems limited in that you can only put one link per comment and the comment disappears immediately you move your cursor.

Maybe I should ask Adobe for a feature wish. i.e. For when you add a text comment which opens on the side of the document when you  click on it, the text content in that pop up window has the ability to add URL links.  This way teachers can add further references to content. It would be helpful to be able to add maybe multiple references (hotlinks) to different text.  Sort of like a short bibliography in a pop up window that stays open after a trigger is clicked on the document.

I live in hope but again I appreciate the help

Regards

Allan

[magical_walrus]

Wow, so this hasen't changed since at least 2017. It really seams this should be easy and intuitive. None the less, Abode is still unable to make it work, and you have to use tricks and tweeks to make it .... not really work... Well, I guess there are other options out there that just work out of the box... 

[S. S]

Hi @Vincent32320518wwsw,

Hope you are doing well. Thanks for writing in!

From the entire thread, it seems like the workflow worked for the original poster. If this is something you weren't looking for, please feel free to add your feedback here: https://adobe.ly/424qfvk to ensure it reaches the dev team for review and future implementation.

Regards,
Souvik.

[magical_walrus]

Hi Souvik,
I do think adding a link to a PDF should really be as easy as copy and paste or at least someting like an "insert link" button in the text propreties context menu. Actually, this contexte menu give very minimal possibilities. it does lack many options like vertical align,  link insertion, bullets and numbering, image insertion, etc. The "new interface" even position the menu right above the place where I am trying to write... This feals it just hasen't been really thought trough. I was really going to say, "I shure will follow you link!" but I realise the web site is althogether an other site where I should create a new username and password, and really, I feel these comments I made should juste be normal user interface standards, and I don't want to waste any more time. As an Adobe employee, please feel free to relay my comments and make your software easy to use, not alway having to find new ways to tweak and trick the interface that lacks these standard options.

Regards,

p.s.: Even this textbox I am writing in right now has more options than Adobe Acrobat's comment's text boxes!!! Seriously.