Links both web urls and email address links in pdf were formatted in blue color and underline the way they were in ms word but they were not clickable. Below file format you then need to select best for electronic distribution and accessibility and that will retain all the links. How to convert word document to pdf without losing your hyperlinks. It was important for me to make these links in pdf work. This is a standard feature for any large pdf to havea hyperlinked tocespecially when sharing a large document. Hyperlinks given in the ms word document were not working in the newly created pdf. Pdf will only retain the existing hyperlinks if the original document is in the open xml. You need to generate the pdf by going to save as and choosing pdf from the file formats menu at the bottom. Go to print select microsoft print to pdf option at the printer name select ok. Something you and i will just have to cope with when converting to pdf from a mac. Links lost from word to pdf adobe support community 8999921. How to save as a pdf with hyperlinks it still works. I jus started noticing that when i save a word doc 2011 for mac to a pdf, the links in.
The only drawback is that of course, any fancy schmancy formatting you had, will be lost. In my word for mac 2016 i have an acrobat tab on the right end of my word. But it will not preserve your word document hyperlinks in pdf file. How to ensure hyperlinks save when converting to pdf from a mac. So i saved as html, and then opened the html document in safari on my mac and then in the print dialog box, i chose save to pdf and made a nice pdf with working links. How to convert word to pdf and keep embedded links r. Pdf file was all fine but a strange problem crept in. The links within the document work in word and i have even selected lines of the toc and established a hyperlink using the anchor within the document. Converting word file to pdf without losing hyperlinks. Usually, you can convert word document to pdf from ms word itself. I have found since researching, finding this thread, and experimentation, that it seems the resulting pdf from word save as. Habe gerade eben mit office fur mac 2011 eine einfache word datei mit hyperlink erstellt. Save dont print go to filesave as and choose the destination where you want to save your file.
Convert your word document to pdf, without losing your hyperlinks. How to retain hyperlinks when converting word docx to pdf. Funktionierende links in pdfdatei nach druck aus word software. When i convert this file to a pdf, the hyperlinks still dont work. Ive searched online for an answer, but cant find anything. Although you can click print and then choose to output a pdf, doing so will not result in a file with clickable links even though theyll still look blue as if they are. Typos frequently cause broken links or may direct users to the wrong website. How to print a web page as a pdf with links that work. As anyone that is a seasoned pro with ms word 2011 in a windows environment.