Adding Hyperlinks to your Scribus PDF document
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- Open your Scribus document.
- Click the "OK" button for "Insert PDF fields".
- Make a box to surround the text and/or graphics from which you want to create a hyperlink.
- Double click this box, which opens the Field Properties dialogue box.
- In the Appearance tab, choose "None" for colour of the border (unless you really want a border added).
- Click on the Action tab.
- From the Type pull-down menu, choose JavaScript.
- To the right of the Script box, click Edit.
- Enter the following: app.launchURL("http://www.scribus.net/", true);
- Click File/Save and Exit.
- Click OK.
- Save your .sla document and export it to PDF format.
If you now open that PDF version in a browser, you will find those text (and/or graphics) areas linkable. The "true" parameter in the JavaScript is important so a new frame (window or tab) is opened for the link. This way your PDF document remains open and available in its original frame.
References:
- Javascripting PDF in Scribus - see page 3 on creating a web button link. This solution goes halfway but fails to open the link in a new frame.
- Adobe Acrobat JavaScript Manual - see page 114 on the launchURL function. This allows the added parameter that completes the solution.