[libreoffice-users] Re: Hyperlink problem in a PDF file created by Writer

On 4/13/11 1:51 PM, Andy Brown wrote:

> What setting are you using for the export? How exactly are you exporting
> to PDF?

:: sigh ::  Now, it works.  I have absolutely no idea why, just a thought.

A timeline...

After I wrote the earlier post, I went back to the computer to try 
various settings in editing the hyperlink and the PDF export, to see if 
I would somehow stumble on to the cause, and then consistently recreate it.

But before I did anything, I noticed Microsoft Security Essentials was 
scanning the computer.  This computer is old and slow, so I closed 
Reader and LO.

And went for a two mile hike!   LOL

When I came back and read your message, I went get the export 
information you requested.

After loading the document, I checked the settings for the hyperlink, 
and noticed there were forward slashes in the path, and I would have 
thought they should have been backward slashes.

Using cut and paste, I copied the path to the directory window I wanted 
to open, and when I clicked apply I discovered LO changes it to forward 
slashes.  But I said, "What the heck, let's see what happens."  I 
exported as a PDF with no changes to the settings, opened the PDF in 
Reader, and the directory window worked like I wanted.

And when I hovered the mouse over the link, nothing.  No popup showing 
the path of the link.

I have absolutely no idea where or what the original issue is/was.  Just 
some thoughts:

        1.  Perhaps the manual editing of the hyperlink accessed some obscure bug.
	2.  Could it be the scan by MSE somehow caused the problem, maybe not 
directly but indirectly.  I have no way of knowing when MSE started it's 
scan, as I wasn't watching the clock.
	3.  Was there something found by MSE that was causing the problem?  I 
don't know, MSE did not put up any report window after it finished it's 
scan.  Checking the History in MSE disclosed nothing found in today's scan.



I just don't know, but it works!

Maybe it was my "magic fingers"!   : grin :


Ken


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