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ninovillari
8 years agoExplorer | Level 4
Links in PDF don't work on iPhone, iPad
I have made a project to share informations using PDFs contained in my DropBox space, starting from a QGIS Cloud application.
1) In PCs: the links contained in these PDFs are working only if the PD...
- 8 years ago
After clicking on the PDF to open it from an email on the iPad or iPhone tap the export icon and open the PDF in iBooks. The links will then become active, at least they did for me and went to my Dropbox to open the proper files.
- 8 years agoDropbox only displays a preview of files as Rich said. If it isnt working and you need to see the proper version I'm afraid the only thing to do is download the file and open it in a compatible app (Adobe etc.)
ninovillari
Explorer | Level 4
Thank you, I followed your advice but also after opening the file with Adobe Acrobat it seems to me impossible to see links working.
Kevinw73
8 years agoNew member | Level 2
After clicking on the PDF to open it from an email on the iPad or iPhone tap the export icon and open the PDF in iBooks. The links will then become active, at least they did for me and went to my Dropbox to open the proper files.
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