Topic awaiting preservation: PDFs with hyperlinks? (Page 1 of 1)

I know this is a little off topic for a 'print' forum but figure that you folks use acrobat more than others.

I'm curious if there is a way to put a hyperlink into a pdf file. So that when using acrobat viewer you can click on a link and go to a web page.

Thanks,

Depends with which programm are you working, remember that there are several programs which you can make a .PDF


Edit> Stupid answer, I know, but I can do it in Free Hand, but i don't remember now how, and i thought that maybe the people who knows more than one way, would be interested in knowing which programm are you using!!



[This message has been edited by Wakkos (edited 09-21-2001).]

From the help menu in Adobe Acrobat 5.0:

Creating and editing Weblinks
Acrobat allows you to open a site on the World Wide Web as easily as you open another
PDF document.When you click a link to the Web embedded in a PDF document, the linked
Web page opens in a Web browser. If the PDF document was created by downloading
Web pages, however, clicking a link in it may add the target page to the PDF document.
(See ?Converting a link?s Web pages? on page 72).

To create and edit a link to the World Wide Web:
1 Select the link tool , and create a link rectangle.
2 Select Visible Rectangle or Invisible Rectangle as the type. If you select Visible, set the
appearance for the link rectangle.
3 Choose an option for highlighting the link when it is selected.
4 Choose World Wide Web Link as the action type, and click Edit URL. For more infor-
mation on action types, see ?Using actions for special effects? on page 179.
5 Enter the URL, or select one from the list of previously used URLs.You can edit a URL
once you select it from the list.
6 Click OK to accept the URL, and then click Set Link.
7 Check the link by clicking the link with the hand tool . The hand tool changes to a
pointing finger with a small w when it is over the link.You can choose to view the link
inside Acrobat or a Web browser.
8 To edit a link, select the link tool , and double-click the link you want to modify.
9 Click Edit URL, and make the desired changes in the text box.You can also select a URL
from the menu list of previously used URLs and edit it once selected.
10 Click OK on the Weblink Edit URL dialog box, and click OK on the Link Properties
dialog box.

BeeKay
Murphy's 50 Laws of Combat Operations
15. Teamwork is essential -- it gives the enemy other people to shoot at.
19. Make it too tough for the enemy to get in and you can't get out.

Thanks BeeKay, I hope that works in verson 3 Otherwise I have to do the unthinkable...