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Preserve PPT Hyperlinks when Saving or Exporting to PDF I'm running PowerPoint 365 on Mac.

Anonymous
2021-07-19T16:30:29+00:00

Preserve PPT Hyperlinks when Saving or Exporting to PDF

I'm running PowerPoint 365 on Mac version 16.51

I have a file with tabs serving as a menu across the bottom of a deck. Each tab links to a particular slide in the presentation.

When I export to PDF, the hyperlinked interactivity is lost.

I saw this question on the community but the answer said to select screen quality when I export. My dialogue box doesn't give me a choice when I go to Export>PDF. It just let's me export. Hyperlinks that show the actual web address in the presentation work, but the "navigation" I've created with section names that jump to the slide beginning that section do not.

This is any important function for me. Is there a way to get it to work?

Microsoft 365 and Office | PowerPoint | For business | MacOS

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  1. John Korchok 232.7K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2021-07-19T23:11:17+00:00

    Word for Mac has an option to save PDFs with a Best for Electronic distribution option, but not PowerPoint. You can try the following:

    • Open the presentation in Keynote and save a PDF there.
    • Upload the file to OneDrive.com, open it in PowerPoint Online and save as a PDF.
    • Buy a copy of Acrobat Pro, install and print using the Acrobat tab in PowerPoint.

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  2. Steve Rindsberg 99,161 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2021-07-26T14:30:49+00:00

    Thanks, Jim!

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  3. Jim G 134K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2021-07-23T19:09:53+00:00

    URL Hyperlinks - Yes

    Links to slides in external files - Maybe. In my quick test the relative file path did not work, but it might work with a full file path.

    Intra-presentation links to files - Yes

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  4. Steve Rindsberg 99,161 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2021-07-20T14:58:19+00:00

    Hey @John, does Acrobat on Mac now handle URL hyperlinks, links to external files, links to slides in external files and intra-presentation links to slides?

    I haven't spent the $$ on the Mac version; paying for it just to test with has been deemed an extravagance by The Powers (aka me, when I'm thinking rationally).

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