How to Create Internal Links in PDFs with Adobe Acrobat

👉Please watch the UPDATED version of this tutorial if you are using a newer version of Adobe Acrobat: • How to Create Internal... . This tutorial explains how to create internal links in PDFs with Adobe Acrobat Pro DC. At the end of this tutorial, I’ll also show how to ensure your new internal link is working correctly.
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:56 Create Internal Links
3:12 Check Internal Links
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This is terrifically helpful. I had no idea how to do this, and it was a no-nonsense way to get links into my document at first attempt! I also discovered that in order to go to the page you want to link to, you can type in the page number and press enter, rather than scrolling down, and the target will appear. You can then click "Set Link" and continue as usual.

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How cool is that. Worked like a charm. 🤙

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[@markkeene3038]

Your style of teaching is very helpful...speaking slower and succinctly is very helpful when learning. Do you have a tutorial on how to split a PDF document and retain previously created hyperlinks?

[@erinwrightwriting]

I appreciate your kind words! I do have a tutorial about splitting PDFs: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYHCqaZuh9N0bqM. External links should be retained. However, internal links will need to be recreated if they are connected to content disconnected by the split. Thank you for watching!

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[@avadhtractors1772]

Dear Erin Thank you so much for your above tutorial explained video it really helps us to create a link my question is in which adobe reader version you made this tutorial video.

[@erinwrightwriting]

Thank you for watching! This tutorial was recorded with Adobe Acrobat Pro DC. Unfortunately, it's not possible to create internal links with Acrobat Reader. However, you can create links with other versions of Adobe Acrobat such as 2017, 2020, and 2021.

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How do we add text to the link versus a rectangular option, thank you very informative

[@erinwrightwriting]

Thank you so much for watching! Acrobat doesn't currently provide another way to add internal links other than creating the rectangle around existing text. Perhaps Adobe will add additional options in the future.

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