If, like me, you inserted links in a word document and then saved it as a PDF in Mac OS X expecting the links to be copied also, you’ll have realized they are, in fact, not transferred across. So you might be left wondering what to do as it’s not very obvious how to put the links back in to your lovely document.
To insert links into the PDF, its actually quite simple using the Preview app that’s included in Mac OS X.
If you highlight the text or picture you want to hyperlink, then in the Preview menu, go to Tools > Annotate > Add Link. Choose URL and insert the web address. Click save and you now have a pdf with links, Voila. Simple when you know how. And free too, which is good as there Adobe Acrobat Pro for the Mac is not cheap.
Hopefully this will save you some time scrambling to a windows machine when you need to linkify your pdf on the Mac.
