Making Word Document in to .PDF (retaining hyperlinks to headings in document)

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    Alrite folks,

    I'm trying to make a .PDF out of an e-book I've put together in Word but I'm having trouble finding a converter that retains the hyperlinks in the 'contents' page that links to the different headings throughout the document.

    It works fine as a .DOC but the links aren't clickable once it's converted to a .PDF

    Any help appreciated.

    Cheers,

    Pete
     
    GADOOD, Jan 24, 2006 IP
  2. Edynas

    Edynas Peon

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  3. harshad83

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    instead try Open Office it has inbuilt pdf converter..which can "save as pdf" all your doc and other files..and its better than Microsoft office...
     
    harshad83, Feb 8, 2006 IP
  4. Edynas

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    That's a good tip too.

    The advantage of primopdf is that you can use it from any application where you can print. Instead of a printer select the primopdf and it makes a pdf.

    So for any MS office use Openoffice and for the rest try primo
     
    Edynas, Feb 10, 2006 IP
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    PrimoPDF does not keep links in word documents you convert to pdf.
    See this official Primo thread:
    http://forums.primopdf.com/showthread.php?t=34
    :mad:
     
    bailyrg, Apr 5, 2006 IP
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    The solution can be found at the SourceForge discussion forum.

    Essentially, you employ Word to PDF in conjunction with PDFCreator to maintain the links inside the document after it has been converted into PDF.
     
    pkchukiss, Apr 7, 2006 IP
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    You could try pdf995. It's free.
     
    uniqueasitis, Jun 16, 2007 IP
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    ansi Well-Known Member

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    adobe's acrobat distiller is what i use
     
    ansi, Jun 17, 2007 IP
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    You could make the pdf and then add the links using Acrobat.
     
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    Simpo Word to PDF Converter can helps you convert word to pdf while retaining hyperlinks to headings in document by check "Reserve word hyperlink in PDF files."

    set-hyperlink.jpg
     
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    sunderland2011, Jan 14, 2012 IP
  11. sam93

    sam93 Greenhorn

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    Yeah there are a load out there! I can't remember what I used but its really useful because you can just 'save as' PDF.
     
    sam93, Jan 14, 2012 IP
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    TIEro Active Member

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    No, it doesn't. Nor does PDFCreator. Nor does pdf995. Nor does... no, I won't list all the ones I tried, as it's depressing.

    Eventually, I found the Neevia Document Converter which does the job online (up to 2Mb file size). There's a downloadable doodah that does loads of conversions as well, but it costs money.
     
    TIEro, Dec 17, 2013 IP