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PedroSaraiva
PedroSaraiva
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September 14, 2023
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How to change all links' appearance in "Highlight Style"

  • September 14, 2023
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Hi!

 

After I converted my Master's dissertation to PDF all links are working fine. However, while I'm pressing the linked word/field there's a black rectangle that appears... I know how to disable it one by one, but that's not an easy job when you have a document with thousands of links... 😅

 

Is there a away of selecting them all and change their appearance to "None" (in the "Highlight Style" field)?

 

Thanks,

 

Pedro

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    Correct answer Amal.

    Hi @PedroSaraiva 

     

    Hope you are doing well and thanks for reaching out.

     

    Please go through the correct anwer marked in the similar discussion https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat-discussions/how-do-i-batch-edit-links-in-a-pdf-need-to-update-the-base-url-for-multiple-links/m-p/8791289#M34635 and see if that works.

     

    For more information about editing the link appearance, please checkout the help page https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/links-attachments-pdfs.html

     

    Regards

    Amal

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    Amal.
    Community Manager
    Amal.Community ManagerCorrect answer
    Community Manager
    September 14, 2023

    Hi @PedroSaraiva 

     

    Hope you are doing well and thanks for reaching out.

     

    Please go through the correct anwer marked in the similar discussion https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat-discussions/how-do-i-batch-edit-links-in-a-pdf-need-to-update-the-base-url-for-multiple-links/m-p/8791289#M34635 and see if that works.

     

    For more information about editing the link appearance, please checkout the help page https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/links-attachments-pdfs.html

     

    Regards

    Amal

      PedroSaraiva
      PedroSaraivaAuthor
      Participating Frequently
      September 14, 2023

      Thanks @Amal.

       

      I'll check them out.

      Btw, do you know if it's possible to highlight a specific reference after clicking the link to it?

       

      For example:

      I've a lot of bibliographical references in my document. It would be helpful if readers after clicking a link they're not only redirected to that reference's page, but could also have that specific reference temporarily highlighted among all others on the same page.

       

      Pedro

      Amal.
      Community Manager
      Amal.Community Manager
      Community Manager
      September 19, 2023

      Hi there,

       

      The workflow you are trying to achieve is might be possible using JavaScript. For more information, please check the help pages listed below:
      https://acrobatusers.com/tutorials/javascript_console/
      https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/applying-actions-scripts-pdfs.html

      Hope it will help

      Regards
      Amal

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