"mailto" link in pdf doc 1

[gsbbr]

I would like to place a link in a pdf document that opens up an email message pre-addressed to our organization. The original document is formatted in Quark, i.e., it's not an HTML document.

I know how to put a link to a web URL in a pdf. But I've searched manuals, the web, the Adobe site, and some of the forums here, and I can't find an answer to the above question, although I found the html code in several places.

Can this even be done? If so, how? --or if you could direct me somewhere that might have an answer....

Thanks for your help.

 

[tgreer]

You have to create a hyperlink with the format

mailto:tgreer@tgreer.com?subject=This%20is%20a%20test.

Thomas D. Greer

http://www.tgreer.com

Providing PostScript & PDF
Training, Development & Consulting

 

[gsbbr]

Okay, in spite of the designation after my handle, I am not a techie. I tried putting your text in Quark, which didn't work.

I tried creating a hyperlink in the pdf and inserting your text where I'd normally put the URL, and apparently I don't know how to do this for an email.

I think I need a little more detail. Sorry, and thanks for your patience.

 

[poblano]

gsbbr--

Just to make sure you're beginning at the beginning:

Open the Advanced Editing toolbar (under View/Toolbars).
Click on the yellow chain icon to get the Link Tool.
Outline the text you want to carry a "mailto" link.
In the dialogue box that opens, click the Open a Web Page radio button, then enter "mailto:gsbbr@organization.com" in the Address box (without the quotes).
Click OK and you're home free.
You can change the address by mousing over the area with the link, right-clicking, and choosing Properties.

Good luck!

 

[evt077]

I was able to create the mailto: link without any problem. My problem comes when I click on the link it opens a mail message while also opening my browser window. Is there anyway to stop the browser window from opening.

 

[frameuser]

Depends on the computer setup. The way most computers are set up, the browser opens first because it has to interpret the HTML code. There's a way to stop that, but it's an individual computer setting (that I can't remember), not a PDF setting.

Rick Henkel
Senior Systems Developer

http://frameuser.docspages.com

 

[gsbbr]

I don't have a clue why it works now and didn't before, but at this point I'm just glad it works.

Thanks, poblano, for spelling the steps out for me.

 

[gsbbr]

Oh, I know what I was doing wrong. I was entering the HTML "mailto" text (HREF, etc.) in the Web page field instead of Poblano's simplified version. A star for Poblano.