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If you have ever wanted to have the user click
a page, image, or button in a PDF form and have it bring up
a World Wide Web Link or prefilled, pre-addressed e-mail,
then read on.
Select the "Chain Link" button from
the Adobe left toolbar.
Now right mouse click-hold-drag-and release
in an area within the Adobe form area, to create a link area.
This will bring up the following of Action Menu: 'World Wide
Web Link' (see Fig 1.1) Now select the desired action from
the "Action Type" drop down menu. For a web link
or E-mail message, select the 'Edit URL...' button.
Fig 1.1
Fig 1.2
1) Creating a Internet Web Link
In the "Edit URL" entry area (see
Fig 1.2) type in an Internet web address. Note: make sure
you use the complete address, i.e.. http://www. preface. A
good tip is to actually visit the web site address, and then
copy and paste the web address from your browser. Click "OK",
and you are finished.
2) Creating a Pre-addresses E-mail Message
Link
In the "Edit URL" entry area (see
Fig 1.2) instead of typing an Internet address (i.e. http://www.anywhere.com)
type (see Fig 1.2): mailto:someone@anywhere.com When the link
is clicked it will activate users e-mail software and enter
the address automatically in a new e-mail message. Click "OK",
and you are finished.
3) Additional Pre-addresses E-mail Message
Options
In addition to just the Recipient's e-mail address
you can also add a Subject: mailto:someone@somewhere.com?Subject=Subject
If you want to add spaces, you will need to put the characters
'%20' in every time: mailto:someone@somewhere.com?Subject=Subject%20Field%20Is%20This%20One
You take it one step further and also add a small Body Message:
mailto:someone@somewhere.com?Subject=My%20Subject?Body=Message%20body
(%0A will insert a Carriage Return for you)
If you want to control how Web Links are opened,
click the Right Mouse Button on a Web Link and select one
of the three options:
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Open WebLink in Browser (Netscape, Internet Explorer
etc)
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Append To Document (Conversion of Web Page using Web
Capture, pages placed at the end of the current PDF)
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Open WebLink as New Document (Conversion of Web Page
using Web Capture in a new PDF document)
You can also extract the Uniform Resource Locator
(URL) for the Web Link by selecting the last option 'Copy
Link Location'.
 To repair
a bad Internet link, simply follow the same above directions
substituting the correct Internet web address in the "mailto"
section.
E-mail your PDF or ProForce Software
tips to support@proforce.net
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