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Is there a way to list all URLs in Acrobat file?

Engaged ,
Apr 27, 2016 Apr 27, 2016

I would like to produce a list of all the hyperlinks in a PDF file.

I'm trying to verify the URLs in an Acrobat file are accurate.  It's not just a matter of checking if they are "valid" i.e., do not result in a 404 or other error. 

In this case, I need to check what filename they are referencing without clicking each one. I would like to do this on a batch of files, so I can see which files are linking to outdated files which may still be on the server.

Thanks.

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LEGEND , Apr 27, 2016 Apr 27, 2016

Acrobat doesn't have a built-in feature for this, but check out the AutoBookmark plug-in, which has a number of features for reporting on and validating links: https://www.evermap.com/abm_lnk_summary.asp#Fixing File Link Errors In Document Sets

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LEGEND ,
Apr 27, 2016 Apr 27, 2016

Acrobat doesn't have a built-in feature for this, but check out the AutoBookmark plug-in, which has a number of features for reporting on and validating links: https://www.evermap.com/abm_lnk_summary.asp#Fixing File Link Errors In Document Sets

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Engaged ,
Apr 27, 2016 Apr 27, 2016
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This looks like a solution, thanks!

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Apr 27, 2016 Apr 27, 2016

You're talking about two different things here: One is URLs that lead to web-pages, the other is links that open local files. Both can be broken, of course, but they are quite different from one another. At any rate, neither can be validated using the built-in functions of Acrobat. You would need a plugin or a stand-alone tool to do it.

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Engaged ,
Apr 27, 2016 Apr 27, 2016

Thanks.  The tool doesn't need to validate, I just need a list of the links.  URLs can also open files, and that's the case here.

I will  manually inspect them. I'm not looking for broken links I'm looking at the names of the files in the URL. For example, in one version the first letter in a name might be capitalized, in another not it would be lowercase.  Both could be valid in the sense that they are working links, but one goes to an older version of the file.  I want to scan a list of links, so I can tell at a glance if there's a problem.

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