Add hyperlinks to pdf file using Adobe Acrobat pro

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Ok, this was an interesting challenge. There has been a discussion on having hyperlinks in word files before, but not on hyperlinks in PDFs.

This is possible. Here is my suggestion - attached are sample files with a main.xaml as a wrapper. ProductCatalog.zip (8.4 KB)

  • Step 1. Open your editable pdf file in word using word activity / scope (yes, its automagic word supports pdfs :smiley:)
  • Step 2. Use the excellent answer from @vvaidya to put hyperlinks to word text you are interested in
  • Step 3. Covert the output .docx file from Step 2 back to .pdf using word activity “Save as pdf”

Challenge is surely the formatting of your PDF might be affected really badly if word cannot render it in a similar to the original catalog PDF (both while reading and saving as pdf).

Dependencies
You will need to install word activities from manage packages. Offcourse, you will need a for loop as you have a lot of products to update. But that you can figure out. I have shown a single iteration in the sample code.
Hope this helps.

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