The only drawback is that of course, any fancy schmancy formatting you had, will be lost. How to retain hyperlinks when converting word docx to pdf. Open the desired word document in microsoft word and click on the file menu heading at the topleft corner of the menu bar. 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. How to convert word document to pdf without losing your hyperlinks. Links lost from word to pdf adobe support community 8999921.
Below file format you then need to select best for electronic distribution and accessibility and that will retain all the links. Habe gerade eben mit office fur mac 2011 eine einfache word datei mit hyperlink erstellt. When i convert this file to a pdf, the hyperlinks still dont work. I jus started noticing that when i save a word doc 2011 for mac to a pdf, the links in. How to print a web page as a pdf with links that work. You need to generate the pdf by going to save as and choosing pdf from the file formats menu at the bottom. Pdf file was all fine but a strange problem crept in.
Pdf will only retain the existing hyperlinks if the original document is in the open xml. How to ensure hyperlinks save when converting to pdf from a mac. Convert your word document to pdf, without losing your hyperlinks. I have found since researching, finding this thread, and experimentation, that it seems the resulting pdf from word save as. Something you and i will just have to cope with when converting to pdf from a mac. Funktionierende links in pdfdatei nach druck aus word software. Converting from ms word to pdf keeping hyperlinks live 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.
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. Converting word file to pdf without losing hyperlinks. But it will not preserve your word document hyperlinks in pdf file. How to save as a pdf with hyperlinks it still works. Typos frequently cause broken links or may direct users to the wrong website. Go to print select microsoft print to pdf option at the printer name select ok. As anyone that is a seasoned pro with ms word 2011 in a windows environment. Hyperlinks given in the ms word document were not working in the newly created pdf. Ive searched online for an answer, but cant find anything.