work around with "auto-create web links from URLs"

[KMuolo]

I am familiar in how to use this great tool to "Auto-Create Web Links from URLs". It finds any plain text that may look like a link and automatically creates it for you.

However, I've found that not having the "www" in front of a web link does not bring it up as needing a URL. Is there a work around or some "Action" or "Custom Command" I can do to make Acrobat learn that any websites without the full "www" address is in fact a link that needs to be created?

[Steve Cordero · Accepted solution]

No,  not out of the box.  If you knew how to write JavaScript, then you could conceivably create a JavaScript plug-in that could do something like that, but there are 3rd party C/C++ tools that can do this for you that are available from vendors (e.g. Evermap Autobookmark​ or Debenu Aerialist).  Note, these types of 3rd party solutions can be pricey.

[KMuolo]

Thanks for the response! I saw no need for the "www" extension in print but now I can see why keeping it in the copy can be helpful to me once I publish our digital edition. Too bad, thanks again though!

[try67]

Something like this, perhaps? Custom-made Adobe Scripts: Acrobat -- Create Links from Partial URLs

[KMuolo]

Exactly! But only if it were free...