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Hyperlink conversion: Word = PDF
I have tried a half-dozen converters, and can't solve this problem. All will
pick up a URL in the text of a document and make it a hyperlink in the PDF, but I want to embed the URL as a hyperlink in the text of the Word document. I only found one that would do this, but it would not render the complex page formatting properly. Most products preserve the text formatting -- underlined and blue -- but there's no hyperlink attached to the text in the PDF. I have tried Neevio, Nuance (ScanSoft), PDF-Xchange, and others. Even Adobe's online conversion failed at this. Does anyone know of a product that will do this? |
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Hyperlink conversion: Word = PDF
Might help if you explained the problem first.
"apoor" wrote in message ... I have tried a half-dozen converters, and can't solve this problem. All will pick up a URL in the text of a document and make it a hyperlink in the PDF, but I want to embed the URL as a hyperlink in the text of the Word document. I only found one that would do this, but it would not render the complex page formatting properly. Most products preserve the text formatting -- underlined and blue -- but there's no hyperlink attached to the text in the PDF. I have tried Neevio, Nuance (ScanSoft), PDF-Xchange, and others. Even Adobe's online conversion failed at this. Does anyone know of a product that will do this? |
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Hyperlink conversion: Word = PDF
I apologize -- let me try again.
If I type a URL in the body of a Word document -- http://www.fubar.com -- Word will automatically identify this as a link, and by default, will underline it, change the text to blue, and make it a hyperlink. If I run a document with such a link through almost all PDF converters, they will correctly identify this text as a hyperlink, and will make the link available when the resulting PDF is viewed in Adobe Acrobat Reader. On the other hand, if I right-click on some text in Word -- such as Fubar Company -- and choose the Create Hyperlink option, I can associate a URL -- such as http://www.fubar.com -- and the text in the Word document -- Fubar Company in this case -- will become underlined, blue, and available as a hyperlink when the document is viewed within Word. However -- and here's the whole problem -- when I run this second document through almost all the PDF converters that I have tried, the converted text for Fubar Company will show up underlined and blue, but it will NOT be a hyperlink in the PDF document when viewed in Adobe Acrobat Reader. (There was just one converter that did preserve the embedded hyperlink, but it failed to render rest of the complex formatting of the document.) Even Adobe's own online conversion service failed to preserve the embedded hyperlink in the final PDF document. I'm willing to pay for a converter that will do the job, but so far I have not found a single one that appears to be able to do this. Does anyone know of a product that will do this? If this still is not clear, please let me know. Alfred "Jezebel" wrote: Might help if you explained the problem first. "apoor" wrote in message ... I have tried a half-dozen converters, and can't solve this problem. All will pick up a URL in the text of a document and make it a hyperlink in the PDF, but I want to embed the URL as a hyperlink in the text of the Word document. I only found one that would do this, but it would not render the complex page formatting properly. Most products preserve the text formatting -- underlined and blue -- but there's no hyperlink attached to the text in the PDF. I have tried Neevio, Nuance (ScanSoft), PDF-Xchange, and others. Even Adobe's online conversion failed at this. Does anyone know of a product that will do this? |
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Hyperlink conversion: Word = PDF
It works when I try it: I create a Word document. I select a word in the
middle then use Insert Hyperlink to associate a web address with that word. The word is displayed in hyperlink style and, when clicked, opens the web page. I convert the document to PDF using Acrobat 7. In the resulting PDF that word is still a hyperlink, exactly as expected. As you'll see if you press Alt-F9 in your document, all hyperlinks are {HYPERLINK ...} fields. The only difference between a literal web address and a word with an associated web address is the display text itself; as fields they are the same. So your problem must lie, I think, somewhere else. "apoor" wrote in message ... I apologize -- let me try again. If I type a URL in the body of a Word document -- http://www.fubar.com -- Word will automatically identify this as a link, and by default, will underline it, change the text to blue, and make it a hyperlink. If I run a document with such a link through almost all PDF converters, they will correctly identify this text as a hyperlink, and will make the link available when the resulting PDF is viewed in Adobe Acrobat Reader. On the other hand, if I right-click on some text in Word -- such as Fubar Company -- and choose the Create Hyperlink option, I can associate a URL -- such as http://www.fubar.com -- and the text in the Word document -- Fubar Company in this case -- will become underlined, blue, and available as a hyperlink when the document is viewed within Word. However -- and here's the whole problem -- when I run this second document through almost all the PDF converters that I have tried, the converted text for Fubar Company will show up underlined and blue, but it will NOT be a hyperlink in the PDF document when viewed in Adobe Acrobat Reader. (There was just one converter that did preserve the embedded hyperlink, but it failed to render rest of the complex formatting of the document.) Even Adobe's own online conversion service failed to preserve the embedded hyperlink in the final PDF document. I'm willing to pay for a converter that will do the job, but so far I have not found a single one that appears to be able to do this. Does anyone know of a product that will do this? If this still is not clear, please let me know. Alfred "Jezebel" wrote: Might help if you explained the problem first. "apoor" wrote in message ... I have tried a half-dozen converters, and can't solve this problem. All will pick up a URL in the text of a document and make it a hyperlink in the PDF, but I want to embed the URL as a hyperlink in the text of the Word document. I only found one that would do this, but it would not render the complex page formatting properly. Most products preserve the text formatting -- underlined and blue -- but there's no hyperlink attached to the text in the PDF. I have tried Neevio, Nuance (ScanSoft), PDF-Xchange, and others. Even Adobe's online conversion failed at this. Does anyone know of a product that will do this? |
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Hyperlink conversion: Word = PDF
Thanks. If I can't find a less-expensive program than Acrobat 7, I'll give it
a try. It's curious that they have support for this in the Acrobat program, but not in their online converter. Alfred "Jezebel" wrote: It works when I try it: I create a Word document. I select a word in the middle then use Insert Hyperlink to associate a web address with that word. The word is displayed in hyperlink style and, when clicked, opens the web page. I convert the document to PDF using Acrobat 7. In the resulting PDF that word is still a hyperlink, exactly as expected. As you'll see if you press Alt-F9 in your document, all hyperlinks are {HYPERLINK ...} fields. The only difference between a literal web address and a word with an associated web address is the display text itself; as fields they are the same. So your problem must lie, I think, somewhere else. "apoor" wrote in message ... I apologize -- let me try again. If I type a URL in the body of a Word document -- http://www.fubar.com -- Word will automatically identify this as a link, and by default, will underline it, change the text to blue, and make it a hyperlink. If I run a document with such a link through almost all PDF converters, they will correctly identify this text as a hyperlink, and will make the link available when the resulting PDF is viewed in Adobe Acrobat Reader. On the other hand, if I right-click on some text in Word -- such as Fubar Company -- and choose the Create Hyperlink option, I can associate a URL -- such as http://www.fubar.com -- and the text in the Word document -- Fubar Company in this case -- will become underlined, blue, and available as a hyperlink when the document is viewed within Word. However -- and here's the whole problem -- when I run this second document through almost all the PDF converters that I have tried, the converted text for Fubar Company will show up underlined and blue, but it will NOT be a hyperlink in the PDF document when viewed in Adobe Acrobat Reader. (There was just one converter that did preserve the embedded hyperlink, but it failed to render rest of the complex formatting of the document.) Even Adobe's own online conversion service failed to preserve the embedded hyperlink in the final PDF document. I'm willing to pay for a converter that will do the job, but so far I have not found a single one that appears to be able to do this. Does anyone know of a product that will do this? If this still is not clear, please let me know. Alfred "Jezebel" wrote: Might help if you explained the problem first. "apoor" wrote in message ... I have tried a half-dozen converters, and can't solve this problem. All will pick up a URL in the text of a document and make it a hyperlink in the PDF, but I want to embed the URL as a hyperlink in the text of the Word document. I only found one that would do this, but it would not render the complex page formatting properly. Most products preserve the text formatting -- underlined and blue -- but there's no hyperlink attached to the text in the PDF. I have tried Neevio, Nuance (ScanSoft), PDF-Xchange, and others. Even Adobe's online conversion failed at this. Does anyone know of a product that will do this? |
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Hyperlink conversion: Word = PDF
Hi Apoor,
You may want to try the online converter at GoHTM or their PDF Printer (under $10) that converts the hyperlinks http://www.gohtm.com/easypdf/index.htm and there is a demo trial you can download. There are quite a few others 'out there' as well Adobe's online PDF service can also preserve the hyperlinks but you'll need to specifically select the option http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/328556.html You may have encountered similar issues with other converter/printers if tagged PDF isn't a selected option. ======== "apoor" wrote in message ... I have tried a half-dozen converters, and can't solve this problem. All will pick up a URL in the text of a document and make it a hyperlink in the PDF, but I want to embed the URL as a hyperlink in the text of the Word document. I only found one that would do this, but it would not render the complex page formatting properly. Most products preserve the text formatting -- underlined and blue -- but there's no hyperlink attached to the text in the PDF. I have tried Neevio, Nuance (ScanSoft), PDF-Xchange, and others. Even Adobe's online conversion failed at this. Does anyone know of a product that will do this? -- Let us know if this helped you, Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* For Everyday MS Office tips to "use right away" - http://microsoft.com/events/series/a...andtricks.mspx |
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Hyperlink conversion: Word = PDF
It works fine with Acrobat 6 also.
-- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org apoor wrote: Thanks. If I can't find a less-expensive program than Acrobat 7, I'll give it a try. It's curious that they have support for this in the Acrobat program, but not in their online converter. Alfred "Jezebel" wrote: It works when I try it: I create a Word document. I select a word in the middle then use Insert Hyperlink to associate a web address with that word. The word is displayed in hyperlink style and, when clicked, opens the web page. I convert the document to PDF using Acrobat 7. In the resulting PDF that word is still a hyperlink, exactly as expected. As you'll see if you press Alt-F9 in your document, all hyperlinks are {HYPERLINK ...} fields. The only difference between a literal web address and a word with an associated web address is the display text itself; as fields they are the same. So your problem must lie, I think, somewhere else. "apoor" wrote in message ... I apologize -- let me try again. If I type a URL in the body of a Word document -- http://www.fubar.com -- Word will automatically identify this as a link, and by default, will underline it, change the text to blue, and make it a hyperlink. If I run a document with such a link through almost all PDF converters, they will correctly identify this text as a hyperlink, and will make the link available when the resulting PDF is viewed in Adobe Acrobat Reader. On the other hand, if I right-click on some text in Word -- such as Fubar Company -- and choose the Create Hyperlink option, I can associate a URL -- such as http://www.fubar.com -- and the text in the Word document -- Fubar Company in this case -- will become underlined, blue, and available as a hyperlink when the document is viewed within Word. However -- and here's the whole problem -- when I run this second document through almost all the PDF converters that I have tried, the converted text for Fubar Company will show up underlined and blue, but it will NOT be a hyperlink in the PDF document when viewed in Adobe Acrobat Reader. (There was just one converter that did preserve the embedded hyperlink, but it failed to render rest of the complex formatting of the document.) Even Adobe's own online conversion service failed to preserve the embedded hyperlink in the final PDF document. I'm willing to pay for a converter that will do the job, but so far I have not found a single one that appears to be able to do this. Does anyone know of a product that will do this? If this still is not clear, please let me know. Alfred "Jezebel" wrote: Might help if you explained the problem first. "apoor" wrote in message ... I have tried a half-dozen converters, and can't solve this problem. All will pick up a URL in the text of a document and make it a hyperlink in the PDF, but I want to embed the URL as a hyperlink in the text of the Word document. I only found one that would do this, but it would not render the complex page formatting properly. Most products preserve the text formatting -- underlined and blue -- but there's no hyperlink attached to the text in the PDF. I have tried Neevio, Nuance (ScanSoft), PDF-Xchange, and others. Even Adobe's online conversion failed at this. Does anyone know of a product that will do this? |
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Hyperlink conversion: Word = PDF
He's quite right that it does NOT work with the online conversion at
adobe.com. Strange. "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... It works fine with Acrobat 6 also. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org apoor wrote: Thanks. If I can't find a less-expensive program than Acrobat 7, I'll give it a try. It's curious that they have support for this in the Acrobat program, but not in their online converter. Alfred "Jezebel" wrote: It works when I try it: I create a Word document. I select a word in the middle then use Insert Hyperlink to associate a web address with that word. The word is displayed in hyperlink style and, when clicked, opens the web page. I convert the document to PDF using Acrobat 7. In the resulting PDF that word is still a hyperlink, exactly as expected. As you'll see if you press Alt-F9 in your document, all hyperlinks are {HYPERLINK ...} fields. The only difference between a literal web address and a word with an associated web address is the display text itself; as fields they are the same. So your problem must lie, I think, somewhere else. "apoor" wrote in message ... I apologize -- let me try again. If I type a URL in the body of a Word document -- http://www.fubar.com -- Word will automatically identify this as a link, and by default, will underline it, change the text to blue, and make it a hyperlink. If I run a document with such a link through almost all PDF converters, they will correctly identify this text as a hyperlink, and will make the link available when the resulting PDF is viewed in Adobe Acrobat Reader. On the other hand, if I right-click on some text in Word -- such as Fubar Company -- and choose the Create Hyperlink option, I can associate a URL -- such as http://www.fubar.com -- and the text in the Word document -- Fubar Company in this case -- will become underlined, blue, and available as a hyperlink when the document is viewed within Word. However -- and here's the whole problem -- when I run this second document through almost all the PDF converters that I have tried, the converted text for Fubar Company will show up underlined and blue, but it will NOT be a hyperlink in the PDF document when viewed in Adobe Acrobat Reader. (There was just one converter that did preserve the embedded hyperlink, but it failed to render rest of the complex formatting of the document.) Even Adobe's own online conversion service failed to preserve the embedded hyperlink in the final PDF document. I'm willing to pay for a converter that will do the job, but so far I have not found a single one that appears to be able to do this. Does anyone know of a product that will do this? If this still is not clear, please let me know. Alfred "Jezebel" wrote: Might help if you explained the problem first. "apoor" wrote in message ... I have tried a half-dozen converters, and can't solve this problem. All will pick up a URL in the text of a document and make it a hyperlink in the PDF, but I want to embed the URL as a hyperlink in the text of the Word document. I only found one that would do this, but it would not render the complex page formatting properly. Most products preserve the text formatting -- underlined and blue -- but there's no hyperlink attached to the text in the PDF. I have tried Neevio, Nuance (ScanSoft), PDF-Xchange, and others. Even Adobe's online conversion failed at this. Does anyone know of a product that will do this? |
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