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April 17, 2022
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Displaying Tooltips in PDF Files Created From .docx Files

  • 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?

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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.

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April 17, 2022

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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April 17, 2022

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?

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April 18, 2022

In the sample file which you edited earlier, you added the command Go to a page in this document. When I create a button field, I do not see this command among the listed actions. Can you explain how you added the command Go to a page in this document?

 


It's called "Go to a page view" in the drop-down menu of available Actions:

 

 

 

Once you set it to a destination in the same file it will appear as "Go to a page in this document". If you use it to link to a different file (which is also possible) it will appear as "Go to a page in another document".

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