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AllanADL
AllanADL
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March 24, 2017
Question

Can i add a clickable url to a comment

  • March 24, 2017
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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

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    AllanADL
    AllanADLAuthor
    New Participant
    March 24, 2017

    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
    try67
    Community Expert
    March 24, 2017

    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.

    try67
    try67
    Community Expert
    March 24, 2017

    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


    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.

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