Edit a link in a Visual Studio printout
Add a clickable link to text in a PDF, change where it points, or remove it. This works on the PDF Visual Studio printed, even when its letters are only drawn shapes.
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How to do it
- 1.Drop your Microsoft Print to PDF file into MythosPDF. Drawn letters are turned back into text in a few seconds.
- 2.Select the words and press ⌘K or Ctrl+K.
- 3.Paste the web address, email or phone link and press Apply, then Export PDF.
How Visual Studio prints
- • Visual Studio 2022 uses Cascadia Mono by default; older versions use Consolas.
- • Printed code can include line numbers and a page header.
- • Every letter has the same width.
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 Visual Studio?
If you still have the Visual Studio 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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