hyperlinks don't work in Preview

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hyperlinks don't work in Preview

I created a PDF file from a PowerPoint presentation using Mac OS X. My PDF file has hyperlinks in it that work fine when viewed in Acrobat Reader. But I'm unable to get any of the hyperlinks to work when viewing the file with the built in program "Preview" that is part of the Mac OS X operating system.

There are plenty of PDF files on the Internet with hyperlinks that work in both Apple Preview and Acrobat Reader. But the PDF files I create using Mac OS X, don't seem to function properly in Preview.

Any suggestions?

iMac 20" 233 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on Jan 27, 2009 9:32 PM

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Answer 1

Limnos

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Jan 27, 2009 10:16 PM in response to quietleader

I'll hazard to guess that although the pdf generator included with OSX is very handy it is not up to the capabilities that a full-blown generator has.

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Answer 2

Mar 19, 2009 7:56 AM in response to Limnos

I have a file created with LaTeX and it doesn't show hyperlinks in preview, although they are there.
Its not the generator, its Preview, I think.

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Answer 3

Mar 19, 2009 8:04 AM in response to chueewowee

I found this bit of information here ( http://www.cs.wright.edu/~jslater/mac-tex/mac-tex-intro/mactexintro.html):

Adobe Reader (I wouldn’t)
Adobe Acrobat (Not this either)
Preview (Maybe better)
Skim (Awesome, my pick)
TEXShop - Works well as a viewer-only with extra tools
iTEXMac - Also works well as a viewer-only with extra tools
OzTEX (if not using PDFLaTEX)
CMacTEX(if not using PDFLaTEX)
MacDVIX (if not using PDFLaTEX)

If PDFTEX is used, any PDF(R) viewer can be used, but hyperlinks don’t work in viewers using Apple’s(R) PDF code (e.g. Preview, iTEXMac, TEXShop, Skim...), so you may want to have Adobe Reader(R) or Acrobat installed to test your hyperlinks.

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