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Hello,

 

When I open a pdf in Affininty Publisher (macOS) via File > Open... the resulting publisher document does not have any of the clickable hyperlinks in the original pdf. When I open the pdf normally on my mac I can click the links, but once it's opened in Publisher, they're gone. They don't appear in View > Studio > Hyperlinks, and export to pdf regardless of turning on "include hyperlinks" leads to a pdf with no clickable links. 

 

The pdfs I'm trying to open are originally html emails designed in mailchimp.com, converted from html to pdf using this converter, and then opened in affinity publisher. The forums does not allow me to upload a test pdf, but I've uploaded the html document which you could convert with the free converter and try to open the resulting document in your Publishers. I'm curious if anyone is experiencing the same thing. Test For Affinity Forums coverted from html to pdf.pdfTest For Affinity Forums coverted from html to pdf.pdf

 

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Publisher does not support reading the hyperlink information when opening a PDF. You need to re-add that information manually.

-- Walt
Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases
PC:
    Desktop:  Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 

    Laptop:  Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU.
iPad:  iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard 
Mac:  2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1

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29 minutes ago, Allenine said:

Does anybody know if this is a feature in Affinity Publisher 2?

No. That function has not been added (yet?) in V2.

-- Walt
Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases
PC:
    Desktop:  Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 

    Laptop:  Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU.
iPad:  iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard 
Mac:  2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1

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