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Edit a link in a Adobe Illustrator PDF

Add a clickable link to text in a PDF, change where it points, or remove it. This works on the PDF Adobe Illustrator exported, so you do not need the original file.

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How to do it

  1. 1.Open the PDF exported from Adobe Illustrator in MythosPDF.
  2. 2.Select the words and press ⌘K or Ctrl+K.
  3. 3.Paste the web address, email or phone link and press Apply, then Export PDF.

How Adobe Illustrator writes PDFs

  • • Text may be live text or outlines.
  • • Artwork is layered around the text.

What that means when you edit a link

  • • Live text can be edited; text converted to outlines is drawing, not text, and cannot be edited.

What happens to the rest of the page

  • • Web addresses, email addresses (mailto) and phone numbers (tel) are accepted.
  • • New links are shown in blue and underlined, as readers expect.

Questions people ask

+Can I remove a link but keep the text?

Yes. Select the linked text and use Remove link.

+Is it better to edit in Adobe Illustrator?

If you have the original Adobe Illustrator file and a lot to change, yes. For quick changes to the PDF itself, editing the PDF is faster and keeps it exactly as sent.

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