https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=146768
Bug ID: 146768
Summary: Hyperlinks (mailto / external URLs) fail in exported
PDFs
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 7.2.5.2 release
Hardware: All
OS: macOS (All)
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: medium
Component: Writer
Assignee: libreoffice-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org
Reporter: stevec...@gmail.com
Created attachment 177552
--> https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/attachment.cgi?id=177552&action=edit
Original odt Writer Document to test hyperlink fail
I create a simple odt document in Writer (same problem also affects a 'docx'
format file), and insert a hyperlink behind some text in that document
(hyperlink can be a 'mailto' or it can be to an external website-page URL). The
hyperlink appears good in the Writer document. In PrintPreview, the hyperlink
looks good (shown in particular font colour/underlined), but cannot be clicked
to open the hyperlink.
The file is then exported to PDF. The PDF document shows the hyperlink (same
particular colour/underlined), but no hyperlink is active. Hovering cursor over
the hyperlinked text produces no 'hand' icon, and clicking on it does nothing.
Export settings:
General Tab: General section: no options ticked (although I have experimented
with various ones, but problem remains); Structure section: no options ticked.
Links Tab: General section: no options ticked; Cross document links section:
default mode selected.
Security tab: With password and without (although earlier, it *may* have been
only password-protected exports had the problem)
LibreOffice 7.2.5.2 (problem was occurring on at least two prior release
versions)
macOS Monterey 12.1 (problem was occurring on earlier MacOS versions)
PDF viewer: Apple 'Preview' or Adobe Acrobat Reader (same problem on each)
I opened a new LibreOffice document, and copied/pasted the odt document's
contents, then saved as docx format, then exported to PDF. The hyperlinks *were
not* active in that PDF document.
I opened a new 'Pages' text document, and copied/pasted the odt document's
contents into it, then exported that Pages file to PDF. The hyperlinks *were*
active in that PDF document.
Conclusion: problem is for LibreOffice text document file types only.
I could attach only one file to this bug report, so I chose the odt file,
rather than any of the other editable files, or their corresponding PDF
exported pdf file.
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