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New Browser Window from Hyperlinks on PDF created in In Design

New Here ,
Oct 20, 2009 Oct 20, 2009

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I am creating PDF documents using In Design CS3.  The PDFs have hyperlinks to other PDFs as well as hyperlinks to webpages. The finalized PDF is being accessed through our website as a link on the webpage. The PDF is opening in a new browser window/tab and the hyperlinks are working great.  My problem is this: How do I get it so that the hyperlinks on the PDF open to a new browser window as well.  Currently, when I click a link, it changes the current browser window that the PDF is in.  I want to set this so that anyone, from any computer will have it so that the link opens a new window/tab.

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New Here , Feb 22, 2011 Feb 22, 2011

In Adobe Acrobat (the application, not the .pdf reader) use the Link Tool to edit the hyperlinked text object. Remove the “Open a web link” action assigned by default to handle the hyperlinked text when clicked. Assign a new action to the linked text that will open the hyperlink in a new window.

Note: The links have to be established each time you create a PDF – they do not carry over from In Design or any other software.

1.     Access the Link tool (Tools > Advanced Editing > Link Tool)

2.     R

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Engaged ,
Jun 20, 2017 Jun 20, 2017

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Wow. This Adobe Acrobat thingy is such a breeze to work with

Please be aware folks that relying on JavaScript to get new browser window links working in your PDFs relies on... well ... JavaScript, so some devices and configurations may cause the technique to fail.

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Engaged ,
Jun 20, 2017 Jun 20, 2017

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Typically, Edit Post is failing too (in Chrome, on Mac El Capitan), so I'd just like to say that the technique also fails in Safari, which is pretty good at handling PDFs.

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New Here ,
Dec 20, 2017 Dec 20, 2017

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Doesnt work in Chrome

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New Here ,
Oct 18, 2018 Oct 18, 2018

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This is great to find a solution--this works for IE. However, it does not work for PDFs opened in Chrome. Anyone have another solution?

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Community Expert ,
Oct 18, 2018 Oct 18, 2018

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Ask Google. It's their browser.

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