Creating hyperlinks from word doc to pdf doc

[Guest]

I am preparing a brief in word in which I need to link to create hyperlinks
to other files. The hyperlinks to pdf documents that I have created are not
working. Is it possible to create a hyperlink from a word document to a pdf
document? If so, a brief direction on how would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.

 

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

It works fine here (using Word 2003). Highlight the word you Insert -
Hyperlink, type the display text the box provided, use Look in: to navigate
to the .pdf file, click on it, then click OK.

Use Ctrl+click to open the resulting hyperlink (unless that option isn't
checked in Tools - Options - Edit).

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the response, Herb. Followed your direction - with same result.
When I click on the resulting hyperlink, adobe opens (very briefly) and then
closes. The .pdf file never actually opens.

 

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

So, the question is... is this a Word problem, or is it an Adobe problem.

What happens if you save the file as html, then open it using your browser.
Does the .pdf link work from there?

If it works, a work-around (to at least get you through the presentation)
would be to set it up in html rather than as a Word document.

Another test would be to open the .doc file in Wordpad, and see if the links
work from there.

 

[Guest]

I appreciate your help, Herb.

The html work around was effective. Thank you. That will get me through
the presentation.

FYI, I opened the .doc file in Wordpad and the links did not work (the
hyperlinks were formatted as hyperlinks but did not work).

I'm curious about the original problem. I'm going to continue to try to
solve it and if I do, I'll post the solution.

Thanks, again.

 

[Guest]

Hi there Brad, we came across the same problem last week.

My colleague found that if you update your version to Adobe Acrobat Reader
7.0.8 the hyperlink will work. I hope this helps!

 

[Guest]

That, indeed, was the answer. Thank you for your response.