Change the appearance of a link, Edit a link action, Delete a link – Adobe Acrobat XI User Manual
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Editing PDFs
Last updated 1/14/2015
Change the appearance of a link
1
Select the Add or Edit Link tool
(Tools > Content Editing > Add or Edit Link).
2
Double-click the link rectangle.
3
In the Appearance tab of the Link Properties dialog box, choose a color, line thickness, and line style for the link.
4
Select a highlight style for when the link is selected:
None
Doesn’t change the appearance of the link.
Invert
Changes the link’s color to its opposite.
Outline
Changes the link’s outline color to its opposite.
Inset
Creates the appearance of an embossed rectangle.
Note: The Link Type, Color, and Line Style options are not available if Invisible is selected for Appearance.
5
Select Invisible Rectangle for Link Type if you don’t want users to see the link in the PDF. An invisible link is useful
if the link is over an image.
6
Select the Locked option if you want to prevent users from accidentally changing your settings.
7
To test the link, select the Hand tool.
Note: The link properties in the Create Link dialog box apply to all new links that you create until you change the
properties. To reuse the appearance settings for a link, right-click the link whose properties you want to use as the
default, and choose Use Current Appearance As New Default.
Edit a link action
1
Select the Add or Edit Link tool
(Tools > Content Editing > Add or Edit Link).
2
Double-click the link rectangle.
3
In the Actions tab of the Link Properties dialog box, select the listed action you want to change, and click Edit.
Delete a link
1
Select the Add or Edit Link tool
(Tools > Content Editing > Add or Edit Link).
2
Select the link rectangle you want to delete.
Choose Edit > Delete, or press the Delete key.
Create web links from URLs
You can automatically create links in a PDF from all URLs or from URLs on selected pages. When selected, the Create
Links From URLs setting in the General preferences generates active links from text in all PDFs that you open.
Create web links
Choose Tools > Document Processing > Create Links From URLs.
1
In the Create Web Links dialog box, select All to create links from all URLs in the document, or select From and
enter a page range to create links on selected pages.
Remove all web links
Choose Tools > Document Processing > Remove All Links.