Creating Links

The Link tool allows you to designate an area within the PDF that can be linked to a web page, pages in a PDF document, or even have custom actions.

  1. Select the Link tool by clicking the on the toolbar
  2. Click and drag to select the area that you wish to make a link (Note: Hold the Shift key while drawing to create a perfect square.)
    • You can also select the desired text area and right-click on the selected text (CTRL + Click on Mac), choose "Create Link" in the context menu.
  3. After the link annotation is added, the Link Properties dialog is displayed.
  4. Set the options for the link:
    • Appearance
      • Border Width - Sets the width of the border line
      • Border Color - Sets the color of the border line
    • Action
      • Open a web link. Examples of valid links:
        • http://www.qoppa.com
        • ftp://ftp.site.com
        • file:c:\qoppa\temp.txt
        • mailto:johndoe@gmail.com
      • Go to a page in this document
        • Page Number - the page number of the document to link to
        • Zoom - Set the page fit when navigating to the page
        • Percent - The zoom level for Custom zoom setting
        • Set Visually - Allows you to set the location of the link visually
      • Go to a page in another document
        • Page Number - the page number of the document to link to
        • Document - The full path to the file to open. Click on the "..." button to open a file chooser and navigate to the file you wish to select.
      • Custom link - Allows you to add custom Link Actions from a list of available actions.
  5. Once complete, click OK to create the link

Link Properties

To access the Link properties right click (Mac: Ctrl + Click) on the annotation and choose Properties in the mouse menu or click on the edit button on the Mini Toolbar. Links contain the following property settings.

Locked - When checked prevents the following on the annotation: being moved or resized, editing appearance properties, & deleting the annotation.

Appearance

Border Width - Sets the width of the border line

Border Color - Sets the color of the border line

Style - Sets the border style for the link

Action

The Action Panel displays a list of the current actions associated with the link. Actions can be added, edited, or deleted using the buttons below the actions list.

Add - Adds a custom Link Action from a list of available actions.

Edit - Edits the currently selected action from the list

Remove -  Removes the currently selected action from the list


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