Displaying Tooltips in PDF Files Created From .docx Files

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April 17, 2022
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When I open the following sample .docx file in Microsoft Word on the computer, tooltips are displayed when the cursor hovers over the links. (The text appears saying “Click to go to …”)

But after I convert this sample file into a PDF document (by going to Save as > PDF) and then open the created PDF file, the tooltips do not appear when the cursor is put over the links.

Does anyone know how to display tooltips in PDF files created from .docx files? If this cannot be done with the use of Microsoft Word, can a text be selected in Adobe Acrobat and then a tooltip added to it?

sample.docx

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Correct answer try67

To add a tooltip to arbitrary text in a PDF file you can create a transparent (but not hidden or read-only) button field over it and then set its tooltip property.

try67

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To add a tooltip to arbitrary text in a PDF file you can create a transparent (but not hidden or read-only) button field over it and then set its tooltip property.

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If I want a tooltip to be displayed over a hyperlink, will the hyperlink still work when clicked after the transparent button field has been created over it?

try67

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In the following sample PDF file, can you add transparent button fields over the links (pointing to the different headings “Chapter” withing the file), so that I may see how they look like? I do not know how to do this on my own.

Here you go. I replaced the links to Chapter 1 with a button that has a tooltip, and which does the same action.

sample(1)_edited1.pdf

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