How do I create a hyperlink in Acrobat Pro DC?

[courtneymarkham]

I could have sworn this was once a feature. All I am seeing is the ability to add a box around an area of content, however I want it to look cleaner, can someone please advise?

[Steve Cordero · Accepted solution]

It IS a feature. The steps are here:  https://helpx.adobe.com/pdf/acrobat_reference.pdf#page=150

I also sent you a private message.

[ChrisMooreKerridgeGroup]

I have the same problem - I have Adobe Acrobat Reader DC and I go into the Tools Menu > Edit PDF and it doesn't give me the option to add links

[Sara_Forsberg]

Hi LeshRitsonCarriageGroup,

Adobe Acrobat Reader doesn't allow you to edit PDF files, as Acrobat Pro/Standard does. You are welcome to download a free 30-day trial of Acrobat from this page: Download Adobe Acrobat free trial | Acrobat Pro DC.

Best,

Sara

[DeMarketing]

did you ever get an answer on this...it won't allow me to paste the link anywhere!

[DeMarketing]

found it you have to choose "open a webpage"

[nmshea]

I am able to create hyperlinks following your instructions, but they appear in a black rectabgle even when I've chosen options to make the hyperlink invisible (rectanble type: none). What am I doing wrong?

[dr_nuke]

In the Create Link dialog box you can select Link Type.  This will allow you to create an "invisible" box.

[jessicaf38970738]

That does not work even if its selected. This is why we are all posting it as an issue

[Bernd Alheit]

nmshea wrote:

I am able to create hyperlinks following your instructions, but they appear in a black rectabgle even when I've chosen options to make the hyperlink invisible (rectanble type: none). What am I doing wrong?

Where can you see "rectanble type" ?

[drotar]

adobe sucks. there is now web link tool for acrobatProDC  if there is they've hidden it well. you guys need some competition because right now you really suck.

[vicevirtue]

Compared to older versions of Acrobat Pro, the hyperlinking process is now counter-intuitive. Talk about user unfriendly. Every time I need to create a hyperlink or make a document interactive. I have to do research to remember where this feature is located. I guess I'm not the only one.

To the developers: please consider making the interactive tools easier to find.

[Bernd Alheit]

Mouse click on Tools. There search for the tool.

[curseicon_mark]

is there a way to create the Link-OBJR tag when creating a link this way?

[jessicaf38970738]

Adobe Acrobat Pro DC 2017 does not have an "link"/"add or edit" option within the View/Tools/Edit PDF. It just provides "open", "remove shortcut" or "learn more". ???

[Bernd Alheit]

Choose "open".

[jessicaf38970738]

I did. Its Ok, I deleted that shortcut altogether and figured it out trying it in a different way. Thanks for the reply.

[Create-Manage-Produce]

To enable single-key shortcuts, open the Preferences dialog box:

Edit > Preferences), and under General, select the Use Single-Key Accelerators To Access Tools option

The shortcut is "L" (why not "K" like everyone else? ..sigh)

From https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/keyboard-shortcuts.html

[ChrisLeicester]

I have exactly the same issue - it's completely counter-intuitive. I have a PDF that is text only (it was originally created from a Word document, I think), and I can edit the text no problem at all in Adobe Acrobat Pro DC. However, what I've just added is a URL - and I'd like to highlight that URL and turn it into a hyperlink.

The official documentation tells me to use "Add link" to get a crosshair, and then draw a box round the bit I want to highlight. That's fine for an image, but for a text, that's just crazy - my URL wraps round a line, so I can't "draw a box" round it. I just want to highlight the text and turn it into a hyperlink. Is there really no way to do this?

I tried, in desperation, using the option to generate links from the entire document - when I did that, it told me it had added 5 links. Great. I've no idea where - none of these mysterious 5 links were highlighted or clickable.