save Screen Tip when converting Word docx to PDF

[path1129]

In MS Word 2010, we can create a hyperlink and give it a 'Screentip' that appears on mouse-hover.

When I save my document as PDF ...... I am losing this screen-tip value ....... and the tool-tip is rather replaced by the actual hyper-link URL.

Is there any way to retain the screen-tip from Word and get the same behavior as how it is there in Word ?

Thanks,

Pat

[~graffiti]

What are you using to convert it to pdf? What steps?

[path1129]

I'm saving it as a PDF in Word. (Save as, Save as type: PDF)

[~graffiti]

Then you will want to ask your question in a Word support forum. The problem happens when the pdf is created and you are using the MS pdf generator rather than an Adobe product.

[path1129]

That's true. I trued using Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro and it loses the link altogether. 

When created in Word, the link still works but when you hover over it, it shows the path to the file.

When created in Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro, the link disappears. Shouldn't it retain the link?

[path1129]

P.S. I will also post in the Word support forum.

[~graffiti]

path1129  wrote

That's true. I trued using Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro and it loses the link altogether. 

Good to know. What exact steps did you take to create the pdf in Acrobat Pro?

path1129  wrote

When created in Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro, the link disappears. Shouldn't it retain the link?

That depends on how you created it but yes, it can retain the link. I'm gong to move this thread to the Acrobat forum.

[try67 · Accepted solution]

You can't do that with a Link object. It is possible with a button field, though.

You can set the button to have tooltip text that appears when you hover with the mouse over it, and to open a web-page when clicked.

I don't think you'll be able to automatically convert your existing hyperlinks to buttons, though. You'll probably have to re-do it after creating the PDF.

[Mr. KitCat Whiskers]

I use the Microsoft Office 365 Word (2020) and I managed to retain the screeptip of an object when I exported the docx into pdf. At first, it was in hyperlink, and the screentip but it showed different. So what I did was add alt-text to the object (the object here in my docx is a small logo picture [icon]) that was supposed for the sight-impaired but hey, it works. I exported it as pdf and I viewed it in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC and it's working. The alt-text of an object (in MS Word) is the screentip for pdf.

[Steffen5FEC]

I tried to built like explained by Mr. KitCat Whiskers but without success... Is there a special way to export from word to pdf? Or are special settings necessary inside Adobe Acrobat Reader to see the alt-text?