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How to insert links to online pdf pages/bookmarks in Word

In Word 2013, I am trying to embed links like "http://xyz.com/doc.pdf#page=2". I find that Ctrl-clicking on such links in Word sends me to "http://xyz.com/doc.pdf%20-%20page=2"which leads to 404 page not found messages. And if I publish the document as a blog post to WordPress, using Word's built-in facility for blog publication, the "#page=2" part is completely removed.

My default browser is Chrome, which properly handles the links when directly pasted into the address bar.

Is there an easy fix? It looks like a bug to me.

Hello David,

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Let's set Internet Explorer as the default web browser and then try opening the hyperlink and verify the result.

Refer to the following article for instructions on how to set Internet Explorer as default web browser.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-in/windows/set-program-access-computer-defaults#1TC=windows-7

Hope it helps. Reply with the result and I'll be happy to help you further.

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Unsurprisingly, this does not help. Exporting from Word to WordPress still strips out #page references. I would not expect IE to be involved in that.

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My guess is that Word simply doesn't support the "page" type of bookmarks that may exist in PDFs.

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Yes, that's my point basically. It didn't support this. But I think it should. The # syntax goes way beyond pdfs. It has long been a standard part of URL syntax because it can also refer to sections of an HTML page.

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Hello David,

Please provide additional information to help you better.


Can you insert links to online pdf pages from other sources like website, email or blogs and open it without any error?

I look forward to your reply to assist you further.

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Yes, as long as they don't have a "#" clause, as described.

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