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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.
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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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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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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Doesnt work in Chrome
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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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Ask Google. It's their browser.
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