iWork Pages not saving hyperlinks in PDF

I'm working from a MacBook Pro

Software Mac OS X Lion 10.7.5 (11G63b)


I have a Pages document that looks awesome and the hyperlinks work perfectly in, but as soon as I export or print to PDF, all but one of the hyperlinks don't work.


iWork Pages Doc

http://healthylifestyleandspirit.com.s3.amazonaws.com/Juice_for_weight_loss_3_da y_cleanse_challenge/3 Day Juice Cleanse/outline.pages

PDF (that doesn't work)

http://healthylifestyleandspirit.com.s3.amazonaws.com/Juice_for_weight_loss_3_da y_cleanse_challenge/3 Day Juice Cleanse/outline copy.pdf


PLEASE HELP.

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.7)

Posted on Feb 18, 2013 8:29 AM

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Jan 6, 2014 6:08 AM in response to sharlapatrick

I don't have this issue when I use Pages on my Mac. Producing a pdf via (Print and then Save as pdf) everything works fine and the pdf contains the hyperlinks. However, when I use the same Pages document on my iPad and export it as pdf then the hyperlinks disappear and are not contained in the resulting document, no matter if I open it in Preview or Acrobat Professional.

Jan 14, 2014 8:08 PM in response to sharlapatrick

Exacly the same problem here, using Pages 5.0.1 & Mac OS 10.9.1: the links do work on the first page when I export. However, they do not work on any of the subsequent pages.


In fact, I even tried to do that on iCloud Pages. That behaved the same.


One way that worked for me: export to Word > open in Word > export to PDF from Word.

Feb 12, 2014 6:34 PM in response to sharlapatrick

I also cannot hold hyperlinks when exporting docs from Pages 5.0.1 & Mac OS 10.9.1. Oddly, the links do work on the first page when I export. However, they do not work on any of the subsequent pages.


The workaround discussed above: export to Word > open in Word > export to PDF from Word does not work because hyperlinks are lost in a Word export on the Mac OS.


This is a MAJOR bug. In effect, I now cannot produce any documents with hyperlinks in subsequent pages, which is of course a major requirement. Why is Apple not addressing this major bug? Can Apple chime in, please???????


Maddening. This is a necessary and basic function.

Feb 18, 2014 2:13 AM in response to sharlapatrick

Apple,


We create clients proposals using Pages.


We link all of our references. If we can't link, this negatively effects our pitches.


We all know that PDF is the defacto standard for sharing proposals, etc. If pages cannot export links to pdf this is a MAJOR problem, it's not a small glitch.


So far, no one from Apple has commented about this. This is not good.


As a very loyal customer who uses nearly all your product line in both my personal life and my business, I would very much appreaciate an answer.

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