On Mar 24, 2012, at 19:10, Bob Champion wrote:

> I was attempting to activate a link using the "Select" pointer, which made
> sense to me. It is the "Text" tool that works.
> 
> Problem solved, although logically it seems it should be the Select tool,
> since activating a hyperlink is "selecting" it.

Uhm no, the Select tool selects areas. Moreover, I don't see how clicking a 
link is selecting, then you could call almost anything selecting (quite frankly 
the Text tool is more about selecting, as you can select text).

Also, the cursor should give you a strong hint.

> Maybe an addition to the
> FAQs:
> 
> "How do I click on a hyperlink to go to webpage"?  A. Use the "Text" tool.
> 
> Bob
> 

Not necessarily. Note tool and Move tool also work.

Christiaan

> 
>> From: Christiaan Hofman <[email protected]>
>> Reply-To: For general discussion about using Skim
>> <[email protected]>
>> Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2012 11:40:35 +0100
>> To: For general discussion about using Skim
>> <[email protected]>
>> Subject: Re: [Skim-app-users] Hyperlinks in Skim Are Inactive; Can't
>> Activate...
>> 
>> 
>> On Mar 24, 2012, at 8:49, Bob Champion wrote:
>> 
>>> As I said, I'm on 10.7.3. Might you be able to "alert" the developers? I'd
>>> like to use Skim, but if I lose hyperlinks, then I can't.
>>> 
>>> Bob
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 10.7.3 should not work differently from 10.7.1, especially on such a basic
>> thing. Links are basically handled by PDFKit.
>> 
>> The only thing I can think of, again, is that you're in the wrong tool mode.
>> 
>> Christiaan
>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> From: "Justin C. Walker" <[email protected]>
>>>> Reply-To: For general discussion about using Skim
>>>> <[email protected]>
>>>> Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2012 00:26:25 -0700
>>>> To: For general discussion about using Skim
>>>> <[email protected]>
>>>> Subject: Re: [Skim-app-users] Hyperlinks in Skim Are Inactive; Can't
>>>> Activate...
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Mar 23, 2012, at 23:48 , Bob Champion wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Maybe that's the problem, Justin. I'm on Lion, OS 10.7.3. And, I have the
>>>>> same version of Skim.
>>>>> 
>>>>> That's the only explanation I can think of now.
>>>> 
>>>> I just tried this on 10.7.1, and it worked w/o problems.  Could be an issue
>>>> in
>>>> the later releases of 10.7, but I can't check that here.
>>>> 
>>>> Justin
>>>> 
>>>> --
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