CtDave wrote:

 

In Windows Acrobat's PDFMaker migrates Office hyperlinks to PDF Link annotations.

This involves a Windows OS - Office application - Acrobat interaction that is not available for the Mac.

 

Be well...

Finally after 15 years of this issue we Mac users have been begging to get this fixed, someone from from adobe has admitted its their fault. I put in a Bug report to get this fixed once a year.  And it goes in one ear and out the other.

There is a work around That involves the use of Apple's Pages.

1. create your links in word.
2. Save document.
3. Close Word.
4. Open Pages and import the document.
5. Verify the links are still live if not (usually they are) , if they are not add them.
6. Save as a Pages Document first.
7. Then reopen the pages Document.
8. Choose Export document as either .doc or .docx (can do either).
9. Close Pages.
10. reopen the Document in Word.
11. Immediately Save As... PDF.
12. Or go to Print menu choose PDF the choose Adobe PDF and go through the windows to create PDF.
13. The PDF will have live hyperlinks

We really shouldn't be mistreated like this. Adobe has had 15 years to fix this problem (been an issue since Acrobat 3) And they have just blown off Mac Users for 15 years.

There is no excuse In years Past Apple was but blip on the Map everyone considered (may still do) Toys so Mac issues were laughed off.

Now at least on WllStree Apple is worth more than Adobe and Microsoft combined. MS has come around and putting more R&D . Adobe should too, Since if not for Apple Adobe would still be known as Type House.

All Products such as Acrobat, Reader, and Photoshop were first rolled out for Mac. Mac Users were not as timid about trying new Products.

Yes its easier to do the way you suggest "If" and it's big "If" you remember all the items you need to create the lines and what they are supposed to link to. But we as Mac Users should have to do either.  They should simply work. After 15 years there are no excuses.

It all Adobe. The word file created with links  can be transported to a PC and a PDF Created and the links are their.

There are difference in feature between Mac and PC for Office. Until Offce2o11 there was Entourage Because Oulook was considered Business /networking application and not until 2011 did the have enough businesses/Networking to warrant adding OutLook. The last time outlook was on a Mac was about 12 years ago.  So Outlook is a Version one in Mac.

The solutions above all require additional software. I discovered tonight that resumes and cover letters I've been sending out in pdf format since I bought my Mac don't have live links!!! Arghhh!!! My solution? I uploaded the original file (doc or docx) to Google Drive. Right click on the file and open with Google Docs. Under file menu, select download as pdf. It works like a charm.

Another 3rd party solution I've found (using free software) is to use Open Office (http://www.openoffice.org). Either open your Word doc in Open Office or create it from scratch there. Personally, I am more comfortable using Word to create the document. Although you do have to watch for formatting changes, I haven't had much problem there.