Clickable "hyperlink" for Memory Sources
Good morning.
I have corrected the 1833 source for Samuel Busby L1F2-3GT. I removed the clickable "hyperlink" in the PDF. When I click on the text web addresses in the document, it opens the sources.
I found the following.
Even if you have removed the actual clickable "hyperlink" formatting from your document, the text itself still works as a link in your PDF because of how modern PDF viewers behave.
Here is why you can still click them:
1. Automatic Link Detection
Most modern PDF viewers (like Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Edge, or Google Chrome) have a feature called "Auto Link Detection".
- How it works: When you open a PDF, the viewer scans the text for patterns that look like web addresses (e.g., text starting with
http://,https://, orwww.). - The Result: The software creates a "virtual" clickable link on the fly, even if there is no actual link embedded in the file's metadata.
Will they approve the new source I just added or do I need to add spaces after www. to interrupt the patterns that modern PDF scans uses to create a "virtual" clickable link.
Have not removed the my first source yet. Both are been screened, It says that it may take up too 24 hours. The first one has been screening for a week plus,
Answers
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Rule # 4 of the Upload Guidelines and Policies: “Links to outside websites (i.e. no URLs).”
By removing "www. or htps:www." I was able to attach the source.
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@ChrisPetersen have you considered uploading your PDF to archive.org and then attaching it as an external source, instead? That would bypass all this grief and let your PDF keep its hyperlinks.
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