Producing a URL link in a PDF for emailing

[Gill_Keeley@adobeforums.com]

Hello there.

I've often supplied straight display resolution PDF files of brochures we've designed for clients for them to email.

I've just been asked to supply an ebook for the first time. I understand that an ebook differs from a standard PDF because it can include interactive elements.

I've tried to create a URL link for starters, but my link is surrounded by a hairline black box on the PDF instead of the underline I was expecting.
This is obtrusive in the graphic design. How do I include a URL link without the black box?

Help appreciated
Kind Regrads
Gill

[Martin_Sammtleben@adobeforums.com]

In article <3bc1c822.-1@webcrossing.la2eafNXanI>,
[email]Gill_Keeley@adobeforums.com[/email] wrote:

> This is obtrusive in the graphic design. How do I include a URL link without
> the black box?

There's a drop down menu in the hyperlink option dialogue that lets you
select 'invisible'.

This won't underline the link though - I usually colour link text
manually so it can be easily spotted.

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Cheers Martin

[Bob Levine]

> This won't underline the link though - I usually colour link text

> manually so it can be easily spotted.

A character style works well for this.

Bob

[Martin_Sammtleben@adobeforums.com]

In article
<B874A7D94C2F3987E87305D9CC7FE4B5@in.webcrossing.l a2eafNXanI>,
Bob Levine wrote:

> A character style works well for this.

Do you mean there's a way to setup a character style that
*automatically* applies itself to text that is turned into a hyperlink?

Or would you still need to apply it by selecting the text first?

[Bob Levine]

> Or would you still need to apply it by selecting the text first?

Yes, you would have to do that. But I suppose that could be scripted.

Bob

[Gill_Keeley@adobeforums.com]

Many thanks for your help
Gill