RE: Converting Word Hyperlinks into Acrobat

Fred,

I was not using the Adobe PDF print driver. I was using the Adobe PDF
toolbar in Word 2003. I tried a conversion through the “Create PDF from
file” within Acrobat as you suggested, but the results were the same. The
table of contents links work as they should, but the links I created using
the "Edit/Copy/Paste as Hyperlink" functions within Word did not convert
correctly to PDF. Within the Acrobat PDF conversion, when I click on those
links created in Word with the “Edit/Copy/Paste as Hyperlink”, the little
hand shows up, but every one of those links goes back to the first page of
the document instead of to the location I assigned them to in Word. A friend
told me that it sounds to him like the “anchor tags” of the links created
using the “Edit/Copy/Paste as Hyperlink” within Word are not converting
correctly within the Acrobat document. When another friend of mine converted
my document using Acrobat 7.0, he had the same flawed results. Got any other
ideas?

Chuck


"Idaho Word Man" wrote:

I hope my advice will be accurate in Acrobat 8.0 (I still use 7.0).

There's more than one way to create a PDF from a Word file. On my machine,
I have a toolbar in Word and I also have an Adobe PDF print driver.

If I use the print driver, all I get is a picture of the file. No TOC, no
bookmarks, no hyperlinks, nothing. Just a picture of the pages. If I use
the toolbar icon, or if I create the PDF from within Acrobat (Create PDF from
file), everything works.

It sounds to me like you're printing to the Adobe PDF print driver if your
hyperlinks don't work.

I hope this helps.

Fred

"CEB" wrote:

Can anyone tell me how to get my Word links to convert in Adobe Acrobat? I
am using Acrobat 8.0 Standard, Microsoft Word 2003, and Windows XP Home
Edition. When I converted an e-book (363 pages) I wrote in Microsoft Word
2003 to a .PDF file using Acrobat 8.0 Standard, I had a problem with the
conversion of hyperlinks. The hyperlinks in the table of contents converted
just fine. Those hyperlinks were generated in Word using the
"Insert/Reference/Index and Tables/Table of Contents" tabs. However, I
inserted many other hyperlinks throughout the Word document using the "Copy"
and "Paste as Hyperlink" functions under the "Edit" tab. Those hyperlinks
link words to the glossary, appendices, and other sections of the document.
After the conversion to .PDF, all those "Copy/Paste as Hyperlink" hyperlinks
link back to page 1 of the Acrobat document instead of linking to the
sections of the document I assigned them to in Word.

Thanks,

Chuck Bagby
San Antonio, TX

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