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Peter2
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Modified web-links in PDF

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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?
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Willy Van Nuffel
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Re: Modified web-links in PDF

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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.
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Re: Modified web-links in PDF

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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 ..
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Re: Modified web-links in PDF

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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
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Re: Modified web-links in PDF

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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!

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Stefan
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Re: Modified web-links in PDF

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Willy Van Nuffel wrote: Wed Mar 19, 2025 9:20 am .. The problem is related to "ligatures" in the font. ..
Crazy :shock:

Thanks, Willy, I will inform the author .
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Modified web-links in PDF

Post by 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