Link


The Link tool allows you to set text as a hyperlink. A hyperlink is a reference to data or a website that the user can quickly navigate to by clicking. When you move your mouse over a hyperlink, you'll see a tooltip telling you to Ctrl + Click to follow the link.

Adding a Link
To add a link, select the text that you want to turn into a hyperlink and click the Link button on the Home Tab. In the Link button dropdown, you can also select Set As Link. The Set As Link dialog will open where you enter the link address. There are two types of links that can be added:

URL
Designate the link to open a web page. Select this option to enter the URL of the web page (e.g. www.mysite.com or https://www.mysite.com). Click the 'Set As Link' button to confirm adding the hyperlink.
Note: Your link will not work if you do not include the full address, for example, mysite.com will not be a successful link.

File
Designate the link to open an external file. Select this option to enter the file path (e.g. /mysample.pdf) or use the 'Browse' button to select the target file. To confirm that it is a valid file path, using the ‘Browse’ button is recommended. Click the 'Set As Link' button to confirm adding the hyperlink.

Recommendation is to save your PDF before adding a file link so that the file path is added as a relative file path to the PDF, e.g. "../external_files/myfile.pdf". If a relative file path is not possible, e.g. external file is on another drive or PDF is a new file, then an absolute file path will be used, e.g. "D:/myfiles/external_files/myfile.pdf".

Edit Link
To edit a link, select the text with a hyperlink. Click the Link button dropdown on the Home tab, then click Edit Link. A dialog will open where you can edit the link.

Delete Link
To delete a link, select the text with a hyperlink. Click the Link button dropdown on the Home tab then click Delete Link. The hyperlink and text formatting for the link will be removed.