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1. Re: Disable Links in PDF?
Bernd Alheit May 1, 2009 12:35 PM (in response to fotojunkie67)Why want you disable the links?
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2. Re: Disable Links in PDF?
Laura_M.May 1, 2009 12:57 PM (in response to fotojunkie67)
1 person found this helpfulUnder Advanced > Document Processing there is a "Remove all links" option which will remove all links in the document or on a specified page range. But that's going to remove all links. If there are links you'll want to maintain you'd have to recreate them or (if it would work) select only a page range.
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3. Re: Disable Links in PDF?
~graffiti May 1, 2009 1:04 PM (in response to Laura_M.)1 person found this helpfulKeep in mind that if the links are spelled out (start with http:// or the like) they may be recognized as links on the users end unless they have disabled that function (it's on by defaut) in Reader or Acrobat.
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4. Re: Disable Links in PDF?
Laura_M.May 1, 2009 3:03 PM (in response to ~graffiti)
Good point, files generated by applications such as Word will have links created automatically from URLs if (in Preferences > General tab) "Create Links from URLs" is ON, and which is ON by default. This doesn't seem to happen with files created in InDesign or Illustrator.
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5. Re: Disable Links in PDF?
fotojunkie67 May 4, 2009 5:09 AM (in response to Bernd Alheit)For security reasons.
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6. Re: Disable Links in PDF?
fotojunkie67 May 4, 2009 5:18 AM (in response to Laura_M.)OK, this was extremely helpful and made my job, on one level, much easier. Thank you.
However, I am working with emails that appear to originate from Outlook and there are links within the doc that appear as text yet when you position your cursor over them, they are actually links. There is nothing to indicate that they are links, no http at the beginning, nothing.
An example, from an email:
------Original Message-------
From: Doe, John < john.doe @ nodomain.com > (sans the spaces, of course)
Now, when you look at it, it does not appear to be a link, but when you position your cursor over it, a little window pops up that says "mailto:john.doe @ nodomain.com." This is what I want to get rid of.
I don't want anyone to be able to position their cursor over the email area and be able to obtain the full email address. I am redacting the first part, but must leave the domain part so this is my dilemma.
Anyone have any good ideas? How can I avoid this in the future? Or is there even a way to avoid this? Is this something that just can't be done?
I welcome any suggestions. Thanks.
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7. Re: Disable Links in PDF?
fotojunkie67 May 4, 2009 5:22 AM (in response to Laura_M.)I am creating from emails originating from Outlook.
This is a bit of a nightmare. Many, many (email address) links that look like innocent text, but are actually links to folks' personal email.
Maybe I should have clarified that in my first post, that it is email address links. I apologize, I was just pretty frustrated and fired off the post without giving all of the details. Sorry.
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8. Re: Disable Links in PDF?
fotojunkie67 May 4, 2009 5:23 AM (in response to ~graffiti)Yes, thank you. I have figured out how to disable those. However, the email address links are the ones giving me trouble.
Any ideas???
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9. Re: Disable Links in PDF?
Bernd Alheit May 4, 2009 6:32 AM (in response to fotojunkie67)Remove the links with the Redaction Tool.
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10. Re: Disable Links in PDF?
fotojunkie67 May 4, 2009 6:49 AM (in response to Bernd Alheit)Well, I am redacting the first part of the email address, but I have to leave the domain part.
Even when part of the address is redacted, you can still view the full email address (link) by hovering your cursor over the domain name.
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11. Re: Disable Links in PDF?
AnnaD13 Feb 15, 2010 2:02 PM (in response to fotojunkie67)Hello fotojunkie67
Were you able to resolve this? We're running into the same problems.
We were able to come up with a work around by placing a link box over the 'url' text and having the url go nowhere.
The pdf allows a cursor or pointer to hover over and click on the text but it doesn't go anywhere.
We're thinking there is a better solution.
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12. Re: Disable Links in PDF?
Bernd Alheit Feb 16, 2010 2:11 AM (in response to AnnaD13)In the preferences you can disable the entry 'Create links from URLs'.