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Creating Links on your PDF with Nitro PDF Pro

The Links feature in Nitro PDF Pro enables users to embed Links to web pages or files on a computer within a PDF document. Below is a breakdown of all the Link features in Nitro PDF Pro:



Adding a link

  1. Click on the Page Layout tab > Link > click and drag on the document to make a link.
  2. In the dialogue box, one can edit the appearance, properties, and action of the link (destination of the link).
  3. One can then click and drag the link on the document to move it 
 

Editing a link

  1. Click on the Page Layout tab > click the drop arrow under Link > Edit Links.  
  2. Right-click on the link you want to edit > Properties.
 

Note that you can apply the properties of one link to be the default for others that you create.  To do this:

  1. Right-click the link that has the properties you want to be used as the default > click Use Current Appearance as Default. 
 
 

Automatic page number links

This feature allows you to automatically turn all numbers on an area of a page into active hyperlinks that will link each number to the corresponding page in the document.  Can be used on a table of contents or an index.  To use this:

  1. Click on the Page Layout tab > click the drop arrow under Link > Auto Page Links.
  2. To specify the area of the page or page range to do the process:
    • To scan only an area of the page, click and drag the cursor to select it and then specify the pages to scan.
    • To scan the whole page, or a range of whole pages, select the Range option and then enter the pages to include.
  3. Click the options to set the appearance of the links and then Create to generate the links.
 

Create web links from URLs

  1. Click on the Page Layout tab > click the drop arrow under Link > Create Weblinks. 
  2. Click the option to specify the range of pages to scan for links.
 
 

Create keyword links automatically

  1. Click on the Page Layout tab > click the drop arrow under Link > Auto Keyword Links.
  2. In the Find box, enter the word or phrase you want to turn into an active link.
  3. In the Action type list, click the action to use and then specify the action to perform.  Click the options to set the appearance of the links.
  4. To create the links, do one of the following:
  • Convert all keywords to hyperlinks by clicking the Create All button
  • To review each instance of a keyword before applying the link, click Find Next and then Create to turn it into a link.
 

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