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Edit a link in a Microsoft Excel printout

Add a clickable link to text in a PDF, change where it points, or remove it. This works on the PDF Microsoft Excel printed, even when its letters are only drawn shapes.

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How to do it

  1. 1.Drop your Microsoft Print to PDF file into MythosPDF. Drawn letters are turned back into text in a few seconds.
  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 Microsoft Excel prints

  • • Each print area becomes one or more pages, with cell text placed on the page.
  • • Numbers stay right aligned in their cells.
  • • Newer Excel uses Aptos Narrow; older sheets use Calibri 11.

What that means when you edit a link

  • • Printed pages carry no links. After recovery you can add one to any text with Ctrl+K.
  • • After export, the recovered text can be selected, copied and searched, which the printout could not do.

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.

+Why can't I select text in my Microsoft Print to PDF file?

The driver often draws every letter as a shape instead of writing text. MythosPDF reads those shapes and turns them back into real text before you edit.

+Is it better to reprint from Microsoft Excel?

If you still have the Microsoft Excel file and a lot to change, yes. For a quick fix to the PDF you already have, editing it is faster.

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