How to Create External Links in PDFs with Adobe Acrobat

UPDATED version of this tutorial available: youtu.be/kEHBvvGNA6Y. This tutorial explains how to create external links in PDFs with Adobe Acrobat using the older interface available prior to 2024.

External links can be anything from websites and social media profiles to other PDFs stored on web-accessible servers. At the end of this tutorial, I’ll also show how to delete external links in PDFs, just in case you change your mind.

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:03 Create External Links in PDFs
3:08 Delete External Links in PDFs

📝 Corresponding Blog Post: erinwrightwriting.com/how-to-create-external-li…

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