Why do URL's auto create upon Exporting to PDF?? 2

[kdubbie]

Hi I was just if someone can answer this question.

Why, any time you have a URL or an e-mail address in your body copy in Indesign, upon exporting to PDF, does it make it a live link in Acrobat?!?!?

I have to create an online flyer similar to what an Ad would look like, only there are a few URL's and email address we don't want to make clickable. But Indesign or Acrobat automatically makes them clickable upon exportation. And not only that, but you can't remove them using Acrobat's "remove all links" command because it doesn't even read there are links on the page.

I have figured that in order to stop this I am must convert the URLs and email addresses while in Indesign to outlines and then export.

But Can anyone tell me why this automatically happens, and if there is another way to remove the auto-created links other then converting to Outlines?

Any help would be greatly appreciated....thank you very much

 

[apepp]

...acrobat > preferences > general > create links from url...

...this is an acrobat user choice not indesign...

Andrew

 

[apepp]

...you can fool acrobat by inserting a discretionary character in front of the web link...

...insert cursor and choose right click > insert break > discretionary line break...

...or use a discretionary hyphen instead...

Andrew

 

[apepp]

...in fact the discretionary hyphen is better if you have a list of URLS separated by a line return I have found...

Andrew

 

[jmgalvin]

You can uncheck "hyperlinks" in the include box on the pdf export general window. Then you can make the ones you need active in Acrobat.

The screen pdf export preset in IS has the hyperlinks box checked so you have to uncheck or create a new pdf export preset.

Using OSX 10.3.9 & 10.4.11 on a G4, G5 & Intel Macbook