MS Word does not maintain hyperlinks when a pdf is made

Following up on the previous thread - when will this basic functionality be fixed on Mac? It's worked seamlessly on PCs for years. Please help! I have a new mac with a current OS and MS Office suite. This glitch brings me back 25 yrs when PC and Macs didn't yet have a seamless interface.

MacBook Pro 15″, OS X 10.10

Posted on Apr 11, 2023 11:08 AM

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VikingOSX

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Apr 11, 2023 11:26 AM in response to CharlieM20Purple

When you save that Word (e.g. 16.71) document as a PDF, you must select the following to preserve the hyperlink in the PDF:

If you choose Best for printing, no hyperlink is created and you have just underlined text where the hyperlink was expected.

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