Modified web-links in PDF

[Peter2]

Sometimes I have links where the text shows the correct address, but the link behind it - see the tooltip - is wrong. Like here - a PDF made from XChange 8.

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Any ideas what to do with it?

[Willy Van Nuffel]

Hi,

I suppose your question is about: how to correct it ?

Procedure:
- In the Home-ribbon, click "Add/Edit Links".
- Click on the link that needs to modified.
- Now, click "Properties", via right-mouse-click on the link itself, or via the "Link Tools/Format"-ribbon.
- In the "Link Properties"-pane, click on "Open a Web Link".
- This will show the "Edit Action List"-window, where you can click "Edit" in the toolbar and edit the link.
- Click OK and OK, then close the Properties-pane, and click the "Select Text"-icon in the Home-ribbon.

When you now put the mouse pointer over the link, the tooltip and the link itself should be working correctly.

Kind regards.

[Peter2]

Thanks Willy,

I tried to follow your instruction, but the document is signed and I can not edit the link. But when I copy the text and the link and paste it to word, then I get:

hƩps://d..

So it seems that in the source there is a wrong font which breaks the link creation ..

[Willy Van Nuffel]

Hi,

The problem is related to "ligatures" in the font.

See a similar topic about this in the past:
viewtopic.php?t=40523

There is nothing much you can do about it, except correct the text.
When you open the sample document in the topic here above and look into the Content-pane, you can see the text behind the hyperlink.
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PDF-XChange Editor - Ligatures.png

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PDF-XChange Editor tries to recognize the hyperlink, but it is still wrong (build 395).

@PDF-XChange Support
There was a promise to look into this problem...

Kind regards.

Willy

[Stefan - PDF-XChange]

Hello Willy Van Nuffel,

Thanks for the help! I've just asked our devs once again on the status of this and we will try to get this improved!

Kind regards,
Stefan

[Peter2]

.. The problem is related to "ligatures" in the font. ..

Crazy

Thanks, Willy, I will inform the author .

[Stefan - PDF-XChange]

Hi All,

Just a quick update that our devs asked me to make a ticket for this issue so here it is:
#7435: Text with ligatures incorrectly recognized for links

Cheers,
Stefan