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Subject:RE: Clickable Links in a PDF From:"Ron Hearn" <RHearn -at- cucbc -dot- com> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:40:19 -0800
I tried it again using the PDFMaker tool bar and it worked! Something
that didn't happen before was a pop-up dialogue box asking if I wanted
to open in a web browser or something else. I chose the browser and
voila!
Thanks so much for your help folks!
Ron Hearn
Documentation Specialist
MemberDirect(r) Product Development
phone: 604 730 6391
email: rhearn -at- memberdirect -dot- ca
website: memberdirect.ca
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Of Dan Goldstein
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 2:13 PM
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: RE: Clickable Links in a PDF
How did you create the PDF? I created mine by clicking the Convert to
Adobe PDF button in the PDFMaker toolbar.
Thanks,
Dan
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ron Hearn
> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 5:08 PM
> To: Dan Goldstein; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Cc: Carol Patton
> Subject: RE: Clickable Links in a PDF
>
> Thanks Dan
>
> I tried doing that - the link opens in Word but not in the PDF. In the
> PDF, when I put the hand cursor over the link and click, nothing
> happens. I have no idea why it's not working.
>
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