jakob.joergensen
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Q: Hyperlinks in PDF files exported from Numbers 3.1

The new Numbers is slooowly starting to rock. The new ability to sort and rearrange ranged area is awesome.

 

I work with PR and we make reports to our clients. These reports are delivered in PDF files.

 

I have a serious problem with Numbers 3.1 and the hyperlinks included in my report - an exported PDF file. The hyperlinks seems to be randomly mixed up. If I press a certain link for a URL, the PDF might redirect me to the correct page or .. might redirect me another page from the report.

When I work in Numbers 3.1 sheet everything works just fine, all the hyperlinks are opened correctly. The problem only occours when it's exported as PDF.

 

My current procedure is to work in Numbers 3.1 and once a report is ready to be handed over to the client, I export it in Numbers 2.3 format and then export it as PDF - where all the hyperlinks work correctly.

 

But it would be sooo much more professionel and cool if everything just worked perfectly with Numbers 3.1.

 

- Has anyone experienced this as well?

 

- Does any one know if it's a bug - or if it me who's doing something silly?

 

Thanks for all ears.

 

Jakob

iMac, OS X Mountain Lion

Posted on Feb 19, 2014 12:00 AM

by Badunit,Solvedanswer
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Links in exported PDFs appears to be fixed in 3.2.

Posted on Apr 4, 2014 5:48 AM

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  • by SGIII,

    SGIII SGIII Mar 20, 2014 8:42 AM in response to Robson
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    Mar 20, 2014 8:42 AM in response to Robson

    Apple needs to fix this though. :-)

     

    Agreed. The handling of links (not just in pdfs) sure could use some attention.

     

    SG

  • by Yellowbox,

    Yellowbox Yellowbox Mar 20, 2014 9:12 AM in response to Dag Nabbit
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    Mar 20, 2014 9:12 AM in response to Dag Nabbit

    Hi Dag,

     

    I realize my complaint isn't as pressing as some of these others, but that little prompt that comes up in 3.1 when I click on a hyperlink:

     

    Welcome to this forum. No question is less or more important than any other question.

     

    I agree that the prompt can be annoying, but I do enjoy not having to cancel an automatic web link or email link when I click on a cell to edit the contents .

     

    Regards,

    Ian.

  • by Badunit,Solvedanswer

    Badunit Badunit Apr 4, 2014 5:48 AM in response to SGIII
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    Apr 4, 2014 5:48 AM in response to SGIII

    Links in exported PDFs appears to be fixed in 3.2.

  • by SGIII,

    SGIII SGIII Apr 4, 2014 9:16 AM in response to Badunit
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    Apr 4, 2014 9:16 AM in response to Badunit

    Badunit wrote:

     

    Links in exported PDFs appears to be fixed in 3.2.

     

    Thanks for pointing that out. And I no longer get that annoying "confirmation" dialog when after clicking a link in a cell. Clicking goes straight to the linked url.

     

    File:///path/to/file doesn't create an active link, though, so it's still hard (though possible with an Automator Service) to link to files.

     

    SG

  • by jakob.joergensen,

    jakob.joergensen jakob.joergensen Apr 4, 2014 10:58 AM in response to Badunit
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    Apr 4, 2014 10:58 AM in response to Badunit

    Jeps, it's super fantatic! No more Numbers '09

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