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1. Bill@VT,

Jul 25, 2012 10:34 PM in reply to Todd Abrams

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It depends on the version of Acrobat and of WORD. If you gave that information, then an answer should be available. You can also check the feature list in the Acrobat Store at Adobe.

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2. David Kastendick,

Jul 26, 2012 9:22 AM in reply to Todd Abrams

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Hi Todd,

If you convert your Word document to PDF using PDFMaker (which will install w/ Acro X Standard) to many versions of Word, hyperlinks will be active in the resulting PDF file.

As Bill said, what version of Acrobat Standard and what version of Office/Word do you have installed?

-David

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3. Todd Abrams,

Jul 26, 2012 1:07 PM in reply to David Kastendick

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David - Thank you for your reaponse. I am using The latest Word for Mac, don't have Acrobat - wanted to make sure it would work before I purchased. Who makes PDF Maker, and what is Acro X Standars?

Sent from my iPhone

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4. David Kastendick,

Jul 26, 2012 5:26 PM in reply to Todd Abrams

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Hi Todd,

PDFMaker is a Windows-only feature and unfortunately, there is no Acrobat Standard for Mac, only Acrobat Professional.

However, the attached document was authored in Word 2011 for Mac. I converted it to PDF via File > Print > PDF > Save as Adobe PDF (steps outlined here.). The full URL was recognized by Acrobat after the conversion and is live. The second line was a hyperlink setup in Word, but unfortunately was not recognized since that data was not included in the PDF conversion nor is it an obvious link. That said, you could use the 'Link' tool in Acrobat after the conversion to re-create that hyperlink.

Please let us know if you have any questions.

-David

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hyperlinktest.pdf (19.2 K)

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5. Todd Abrams,

Jul 26, 2012 7:37 PM in reply to David Kastendick

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Didn't see a document attached that you referenced.

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6. David Kastendick,

Jul 26, 2012 7:45 PM in reply to Todd Abrams

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It won't show up on the email notification, but if you go to the forum thread, you should see it there.

-David

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7. Todd Abrams,

Jul 26, 2012 7:48 PM in reply to David Kastendick

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I saw the document there - with two links on it - neither of them worked.

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8. David Kastendick,

Jul 26, 2012 7:52 PM in reply to Todd Abrams

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If you click on the top link in Adobe Reader, you'll be asked if you want to go to the destination. The reason there's no mouse-over change is due to Reader's Protected Mode.

-David

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9. Todd Abrams,

Jul 27, 2012 7:34 AM in reply to David Kastendick

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This is all too complicated. I just saved the document as a Word "Read

Only." It's discouraging to me that creating a PDF in Adobe Acrobat with

Windows for Mac doesn't simply preserve all hyperlinks - with the growth of

Macs in the market and popularity of the Microsoft Office suite for Mac,

there will be increasing demand for this.

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10. tabVlae,

Sep 19, 2012 2:01 PM in reply to Todd Abrams

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It is frustrating!

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11. ColinLeger,

Sep 26, 2012 7:00 AM in reply to David Kastendick

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So on a 79 page document, I have to find every link that was made in the Word document that Acrobat didn't recognize? Is this the only solution to _click here_ type of text?

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