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ninovillari
Explorer | Level 4
8 years ago

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...
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  • Kevinw73's avatar
    Kevinw73
    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.

  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    8 years ago
    Dropbox 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.)
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Rich
Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
8 years ago

What you're seeing when you open a PDF in Dropbox (in the app on your phone or on the web) is just a preview of the file. Open the PDF in  Adobe or another app that supports PDF files.

  • ninovillari's avatar
    ninovillari
    Explorer | Level 4
    8 years ago

    Thank you, I followed your advice but also after opening the file with Adobe Acrobat it seems to me impossible to see links working.

     

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    • Kevinw73's avatar
      Kevinw73
      New member | Level 2
      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.

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