On 01/09/2015 09:00 AM, Gregory Pittman wrote: > On 01/08/2015 02:14 PM, Gimp-Werkstatt wrote: >> Hi >> >> I First apologies for my bad English, and hope you understand my >> stammering. >> >> I do have a little problem with Scribus inserting links to a text. >> >> The members of Gimp-Werkstatt write a little newsletter. I get the text, >> screen shots and photos that I arrange with Scribus. Quite often the >> authors send a text with links that point to a page within our forum. >> >> So until now my work flow was: >> adding the link within the rest of the text and colour it >> orange/underline so it looks like a link >> than I open a little text field (Icon with two feet) and add the Link to >> the properties. >> >> When I want to export to PDF Scribus marks it as a mistake, because the >> box with the link is empty. >> >> >> Well, this work flow is not really good, because it always means a some >> fiddly work moving the link boxes, when I add some text to the text box >> or change some text. >> >> I have also tried to insert the link text to the link box, but when I >> export the work to PDF, the PDF doesn't show the link text. >> >> Perhaps - at least I hope so - somebody knows a better an easier way of >> working with links within a flowing text. >> > > What you need to do after placing the link frame, is to right-click on > it, then select PDF Options > Annotation Properties. From the dialog > that pops up, pick the option External Web Link, then enter the web > address that you wish to link to. One advantage of this is that the text > on the page can be something other than the actual link. > > It's rather fiddly, and it would be great if it were easier. In the > past, Adobe Reader used to find text that looked like a web address and > automatically make it a link, but that doesn't seem to happen anymore. > The other issue is that not everyone may be using Adobe Reader. Chrome > has its own PDF reader, and I haven't had a chance to see what it does > with these situations. >
This and more is covered in the online manual under Exporting to PDF > Creating Document Links. Note that you should also be able to set up a mailto: link with this method. Greg
