momsthewordus Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 I am trying to add a hyperlink in Affinity Designer (I meant to say Publisher) to a file I will export as a pdf. I followed the directions to add a hyperlink, and it worked. When I click "Go to hyperlink target" to test the link, it works. When I export the file as a pdf, the hyperlink shows up, and it is clickable. Unfortunately, clicking the link does nothing. Here are my settings: File format: PDF Rasterize: everything Use document resolution Allow JPEG compression Compatibility PDF 1.7 (Acrobat 😎 Color Space As document ICC profile: Use Document profile Embed ICC profile Honor spot colors Overprint black Include Hyperlinks Allow advanced features Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 Which software are you using to read the PDF? Have you checked the settings of that software to make sure that links are clickable? Can you use the same software to click on links in other PDFs? Have you checked to see if the layer containing the link is not below another layer (thus making the link-layer unreachable)? What do you mean by “does nothing” – does the mouse change when you hover over the link, does it change when you click the link, have you checked to see if the linked document opens elsewhere? Why are you rasterising everything? (That could, but I don’t know, cause the links to be removed.) Can you share the document and/or PDF, or a cut-down version of the document? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PixelPest Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 How do you add Hyperlinks in Affinity Designer? I´m just using it in Affinity Publisher so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 7 minutes ago, PixelPest said: How do you add Hyperlinks in Affinity Designer? I´m just using it in Affinity Publisher so far. That’s a good point, Designer has no Hyperlink capabilities, other than those which have come over from a document created in Publisher (I missed that they said Designer). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 ... and what type of hyperlink? Internal or external? … if anchor or page: was the targetting area or page included in the exported pdf? Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 5 hours ago, PixelPest said: How do you add Hyperlinks in Affinity Designer? I´m just using it in Affinity Publisher so far. You can't create/add hyperlinks in AD, nor is there a "Go to hyperlink target" item in its UI, so I wonder if the OP really meant AD was being used for this. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.5.5 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 All 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momsthewordus Posted October 11, 2022 Author Share Posted October 11, 2022 (edited) I'm sorry. I did mean affinity publisher, not affinity designer. Edited October 11, 2022 by momsthewordus I got the programs backwards again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momsthewordus Posted October 11, 2022 Author Share Posted October 11, 2022 The reason why I rasterize everything is because I sell printable games. I don't want buyers to have the ability to easily lift images from my games. Sometimes I include images I purchased from others, and as part of their terms of use, anything I sell must be flattened. It's also so that my files will be smaller. The games I sell sometimes have 30-50 pages. (Bingo) I don't know what happened, but when I tried resaving the file with a new name and then adding they hyperlink again, everything worked. There may have been some sort of glitch with my original file. Thank you everyone for your quick answers. They were very helpful. I'm sorry it took me so long to reply that all was well. I have kids, got distracted, and didn't realize until today that I never came back to follow up and say thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 19 minutes ago, momsthewordus said: I'm sorry. I did mean affinity designer, not affinity publisher. As others have said, Designer does not have the Hyperlink functions, so if you need to use them you're in the wrong application. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momsthewordus Posted October 11, 2022 Author Share Posted October 11, 2022 Walt, I got that backwards again! Yes. I was using Affinity Publisher. Sorry about that! I fixed it in my reply. walt.farrell 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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