Add and edit hyperlinks

The IceViewer has document navigation features to allow users to add new hyperlinks, or edit existing hyperlinks in PDF and TIFF documents.

  • Page view link – Navigate inside the document.
  • Web link – Open a web page.
  • Send an email.
  • File link – Launch or execute an application or Open an attachment file quickly and easily.

How to add a new hyperlink

To create a new link, please navigate to the Annotation tab in the IceViewer, click on the Links dropdown button, and select the Add a Link option.

Drag a rectangle to define the area where the hyperlink will be active. The selected area can be over text, graphics, or any desired area of the document. Alternatively, to add a link in a searchable PDF document, select any text in the currently opened document, click the Links dropdown button, and choose the Add a Link option.

In the appearing Create Link window, the user can configure the appearance and the action of the link.

Link Appearance

The following options are available:

  • Link type

Select whether the link should be displayed as a Visible Rectangle or an Invisible Rectangle. If the Visible Rectangle option is selected, the user can specify the line style, color and thickness of the rectangle.

  • Line Style

The following line styles are available: solid, dashed, underline.

  • Color

The user can select a color for the rectangle.

  • Line Thickness

The following line thickness options are available: thin, medium, thick.

  • Highlight style

The user can specify the highlight effect that will appear when the link is clicked. The following options are available:

  • None: No highlight is applied.
  • Invert: Reverses the colors of the selected area.
  • Outline: Highlights the area with an outlined border.
  • Inset: Creates an inset/pressed appearance.

Link Action

Under the Link Action section, the user can configure what the link should do when it is clicked.

The following link actions are available:

  • Go to a page

To configure the link to navigate to a specific page within the document, select the Go to a page option and specify the destination page number.

  • Open a file

To configure the link to open a file, select the Open a file option and click on the Browse button to choose the destination file. Please note that when the link is clicked, the IceViewer will prompt the user to confirm opening the file for security reasons. The launched file may contain programs, macros, or viruses that could potentially harm the computer.

  • Open a web page

To configure the link to open a webpage in the default browser, please select the Open a web page option. Please enter the URL of the destination webpage into the Open a webpage field. For example:

https://www.blackice.com/IceViewer_Pro.htm

To read about how to control web access for PDF and TIFF files, please see the Trust Manager section of the manual.

  • Send an Email

To configure the link to send an email with predefined parameters from the default email client, please select the Send an Email option and click on the Add details button. The Add Details window appears, where the user can pre-configure the To, Cc, Bcc, email subject and email body fields.

Click OK to save the changes. The IceViewer will generate a "mailto" URI scheme in the Send an Email field, including the predefined parameters.

If the link action has been configured, please click on the OK button and save the document to apply the changes.

How to View and Edit existing hyperlinks

To temporarily display existing hyperlinks within a document, including invisible links, navigate to the Annotation tab in the IceViewer. Click the Links dropdown button and select the Edit links option from the menu, or click the Links button.

While the Links button is active, existing hyperlinks will be outlined with a rectangle.

To edit an existing hyperlink, double-click the link. Alternatively, right-click the hyperlink and from the context menu, select Properties… > Action to modify the link action, or Properties… > Appearance to adjust the appearance.

Please click the OK button and save the document to apply the changes.

How to remove a hyperlink

To remove a hyperlink, please click the Links button to make every link visible in the document. Select the hyperlink to delete, and press the Delete button on the keyboard, or right-click on the hyperlink and select the Delete option from the context menu.

How to automatically remove web links

To automatically remove web links from the document, please click the Links dropdown button and select the Remove Web Links option from the dropdown menu.

The Remove Web Links dialog box appears, allowing users to delete web links from the specified pages. Select the All option to remove web links from the entire document, or specify a page range to remove links only from the selected pages.

Click the OK button to remove the web links from the specified pages.