Adobe Acrobat Reader is a tool that allows you to view, create, manage and edit PDF files. Its functions even include the ability to insert links to documents.
This is a feature that will allow you to provide readers of your text or research paper with direct access to additional information, improving the navigability of the document and enriching the user experience with these complementary resources.
In this article, you will learn how to insert links easily, optimizing your PDF documents for a much more dynamic and efficient interaction.
Steps to insert links in a PDF file
The first thing you should keep in mind is that you can use Adobe Acrobat Reader from your iOS or Android phone or from your computer. Although this tool offers many free features, adding links is a premium feature that requires a subscription to the platform.
However, you can take advantage of the 7-day free trial offered by the tool to familiarize yourself with this feature and others that interest you. Thus, at the end of that trial week, you can decide whether to pay for a subscription to continue having these premium features.
That said, to put links in your document you just have to follow these steps:
-Open Adobe Acrobat Reader and log in with your username and password. It is very important that you make sure you are logged in.
-Once inside, a main panel will open with all the tools. Locate three lines at the top left and click there.
-Then, click on the option that says “Open” so you can access the document you intend to work on.
-Find the document in your files and open it with the tool.
-Once opened, you must press on the top bar where it says “Edit”.
-This will open a side tab with more features. Look for where it says “Link” and click there.
-Several options will be displayed and you must choose the one called “Add or edit a link.”
-Once this is done, the cursor will become a cross. You must drag it to cover the place where you want to apply the link or hyperlink.
-A new window will open so you can create the link.
-There you can configure the type of link, the style, the thickness of the lines, the color and, very importantly, the action that the link will have.
-Then choose whether it is “Go to a page view”, “Open a file”, “Open a web page”, or “Custom link”.
-Once you have made these settings, click “Next.”
-A field will open for you to enter the corresponding URL. Place it in that box and make sure it is the complete link.
-If you already have it ready, press “Accept” and you will see the box with your hyperlink already placed in the text.
-You can apply as many links as you need and, if you have already completed everything, click on the “Save” box located at the top right of the document and that’s it.
