Long Hyperlinks Are Truncated When Publishing To PDF
When Publishing to PDF and opening the PDF document, long hyperlinks are truncated and do not word-wrap.
This is a known limitation in both SpecsIntact and Adobe Reader. The hyperlinks in SpecsIntact PDFs are not embedded by the software but are dynamically generated by Adobe Reader upon opening.
Solution
To resolve this issue, you can use the method below to generate a shorter hyperlink using the TinyURL website or another similar service, such as Bitly Branded URLs or Rebrandly. The TinyURL website is an established service that creates third-party short redirects.
To get more from the TinyURL Website, sign up for a free account. This allows you to keep a history of all your shortened URL links for easy reuse.
Create a TinyURL To Create A Shorter Working Hyperlink
- In the SI Editor, copy the long URL, then open your web browser (e.g., Chrome, Firefox, Edge, etc.)
- In the browser, navigate to the TinyURL website at https://tinyurl.com/
- Below Shorten a long URL, click in the Enter long link here, and paste the long URL in the field (e.g., https://www.wbdg.org/dod/ufgs/ufgs-forms-graphics-tables)
- Below Customize your link, place your cursor in the alias field, then enter a shorter descriptive name (e.g., UFGSFormsGraphicsTables)
- Click Shorten URL (e.g., https://tinyurl.com/UFGSFormsGraphicsTables)
- Below TinyURL, click the Copy button
- Return to the Section, highlight the hyperlink between the URL tags, and paste the shorter URL
- Click Save