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May 14, 2013
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Links in PowerPoint 2010 Not Working in PDF

  • May 14, 2013
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My PowerPoint 2010 file has several internal links.  Some pages/slides have multiple links.  When I save the file as a PDF, some of the links work correctly, but most of them disappear.  Trouble-shooting experiments so far include grouping and ungrouping items that have links -- there doesn't seem to be a pattern for what's going to work or not in the PDF.  My other experiment was creating the links using PowerPoint's "Hyperlink" feature instead of the "Action" feature.  That doesn't appear to make a difference. 

I know how to recreate the links in the PDF file but that's not very efficient.

Anyone know the trick for telling Adobe Pro to retain all links?  Thanks!

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    rajashekars85478819
    Participant
    May 20, 2015

    There is an excellent software that converts and keeps hyperlinks intact. Please check and download the correct version.

    http://store.gaaiho.com/download/extenddown.aspx

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      Bill12
      Inspiring
      May 15, 2013

      It may depend on your version of Acrobat. To embed the links you need to set the prefrerences in PDF Maker (the Acrobat menu in PPT) and use that menu to create the PDF, not print to the Adobe PDF printer. However, you need at least AA X version 10.1 or so have this capability with PPT 2010.

      Fifi2u
      Fifi2uAuthor
      Participating Frequently
      May 15, 2013

      Hi Bill -- thanks so much for your reply! I'm using Adobe Acrobat Pro v. 9, so I'm going to upgrade today. When I create a PDF in PowerPoint 2010, I use the File -> Save As -> PDF option, which works well for everything except my current links issue.

      I added "PDF" to my PowerPoint 2010 ribbon. It has only one command -- "Save as PDF." I don't see any commands for setting preferences about how the links should work. I see the additional preference options for saving a PDF, but they don't include link options.

      Any additional clues? Thank you!

      Fifi

      Fifi2u
      Fifi2uAuthor
      Participating Frequently
      September 27, 2013

      I am glad you found the answer from Adobe, though it was not that positive for you. Providing the information to the rest of us is useful and I wanted to be sure you got our thanks. Hope that Adobe gets it fixed for you soon.


      A few moments ago I PDF'd a PPTX file containing links to a variety of slides -- not just next, last, previous or first. To my happy surprise, all of the links were maintained in the PDF! Maybe the PDF elves have been repairing things behind the scenes!

      Fifi

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