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Re: PDF creation from Word

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From: Philip Kiff
Date: Jul 20, 2019 7:24AM

Expanding on Bevi's response, if someone is using Adobe software to read
PDFs, then there is a setting both Adobe Reader and in Acrobat Pro that
controls this:
Edit -> Preferences -> Trust Manager -> then the second group is
"Internet access from PDF Files outside the web browser".

The default setting for this is to "Always Ask". That's where the prompt
comes from. Individual users can make exceptions to specific domains, or
can turn off the warnings altogether. But as Bevi says, there is nothing
you can change in your actual PDF that will bypass this behaviour.

More info is available from Adobe Acrobat Help page on "Allow or block
links to the Internet in PDFs":
https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/allow-or-block-links-internet.html

Phil.

Philip Kiff
D4K Communications

On 2019-07-20 00:49, <EMAIL REMOVED> wrote:
> Hi David,
> There's nothing in the Acrobat PDF that allows or blocks URLs.
> That's the end user's system asking to confirm whether to execute the
> hyperlink to an outside domain.
> You're good on your end.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: WebAIM-Forum < <EMAIL REMOVED> > On Behalf Of David
> Engebretson Jr.
> Sent: Friday, July 19, 2019 7:01 PM
> To: 'WebAIM Discussion List' < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Subject: [WebAIM] PDF creation from Word
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> I've got a Word document created in Word 2016 then edited in Word 2019 that
> I do a "SaveAs" in PDF.
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> Thing is, each time someone clicks on links within the PDF it asks the user
> to verify it's okay to go to that link. I'm sure it is a necessary internet
> safety precaution but I'd like to eliminate that extra step. The links are
> all https and have been verified by me that the links are safe. I want
> people to be able to click on those links and not have to verify, with
> Acrobat Reader, that those links are safe each time they are clicked upon.
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> Is there a prescribed way to do this? I am blind and cannot use Adobe
> editing products to modify my PDF documents.
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> All help appreciated.
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> Thanks!
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> David
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