In my experience, links never work on adobe PDFs, no matter what they link to. I would suggest exporting your document to HTML instead, if you can, or even XHTML (though I tried that and it didn't work on Internet Explorer, so go figure). As to your other question, though, I have no idea.
--Benton Johnny wrote: >Using OpenOffice.org 1.1.5, I exported a SXW file (writer) to PDF. I >have >done this a couple of times before with great result, but this time the >original document contained a "mailto:"; link. I was very surprised that >this >link didn't work when I viewed the PDF with Adobe Reader. Isn't that >supposed to work or am I missing something? Nothing happens when I >click the >link. The link works perfectly in OpenOffice.org 1.1.5 when viewing the >SXW >file. Or at least it did before I reinstalled Windows last time. Now it >displays a message telling me that I can't send email since no email >program >was configured for sending >email by Internet shortcuts. Is this something I forgot to set in my >Windows system? I looked in Writer's Tools-Options dialog but found >nothing related to this. > >So, this seems to be two questions, sorry for that, originally I only >meant >to ask the first one... > >1. Doesn't "mailto:"; links work in PDF files created by OpenOffice.org >1.1.5 >? >2. What do I have to configure to make my default email client to open >when clicking an "mailto:"; link? > > > >Best regards > > >Johnny --------------------------------- Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1ยข/min.
