Extract / export object from Pages, convert to an image and add a web link (URL)

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Extract / export object from Pages, convert to an image and add a web link (URL)

Asking a similar question as previous: Extract / export image from Pages - Apple Community, but with two twists. I have created an object in Pages with a link in the object. When I follow the instructions from the previous request, it deals with images in a Pages files, but I wondered if I could do this with a shape (object) I created in Pages. When you copy the object and open Preview (macOS Sequoia) you can't do a "New from clipboard" (it's grayed out). How could I make an image from this object and either maintain the link or add a lin after it's converted to an image file?

What's the goal? To make an image that when you click on it opens a web page.

iMac 24″

Posted on Sep 22, 2024 5:34 PM

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etresoft

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Sep 22, 2024 6:42 PM in response to JELWk

You can export the Pages document as PDF. This will retain any embedded links.

I'm not sure why "New from Clipboard" isn't working for it. It seems to work here. However, it only seems to get a rasterized version of the shape and no link is included. I wouldn't recommend this option.

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etresoft

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Sep 22, 2024 7:45 PM in response to JELWk

That’s not going to work. In the e-mail, the signature is HTML. The link is outside the image. You’ll have to add the link in Mail.

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JELWk Author

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Sep 22, 2024 6:54 PM in response to etresoft

Hello and thank you! However, I need the final object to become an image file, not a PDF. I need to insert the image (which would be only the object I created in Pages) into an Apple e-mail signature block. Imagine you create a rectangle in Pages and add text in it that is a URL. Then I want only this rectangle to become an image file (.png) for example.

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JELWk Author

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Sep 22, 2024 8:19 PM in response to etresoft

Thanks! I understand. Makes since. What’s odd is that when you structure your signature one way in the e-mail, you can’t copy and paste it in the Signatures function in order to not have to repeat it each time. I finally just made a template.

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