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marnimoo
Explorer | Level 3
5 years ago

Hyperlink in PDF not working in Dropbox

Hi - I have imported a pdf into my Dropbox that has a hyperlink to a url (the hyperlink is attached to a logo within the pdf). The hyperlink was working fine prior to importing to Dropbox but once in...
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Mark
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2 years ago
LaurieD wrote:

Just commiserating...I'm having the same issue. Links don't work when I download the file either, even though they did work on the original pdf I uploaded. Not finding much help...

If they dont work when you've downloaded make sure you have not used Rational Links - as they will be based upon the machine they were created for only. 

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kschil
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

Hello,

I am running into this same issue with DropBox PDFs. Can you explain what Rational Links are please?

Thanks!

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    Jay
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    2 years ago

    Hi kschil, I believe they're referring to relative or absolute links. A relative link refer to a local link to a file or computer, and doesn't show the full directory. If the file is moved the link won't work.

     

    An absolute link contains the full URL to a file, and should work if the URL is a shared link available for anyone to access. For instance, this article describes how it works in an Excel sheet.

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