Hyperlink from within a Word Document to a specific page within a PDF document.

Question

I was hoping that someone would be able to assist me.  I would like to create a hyperlink (used as a citation) on my Word document that opens directly to a specified page within a PDF document (possible other word docs and so on, but less often).  How do I go about performing this?  Another note, all the documents would reside within a SharePoint site.

Answer 1

Word doesn't support hyperlinking to specified PDF pages.

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Cheers
Paul Edstein
[MS MVP - Word]

Answer 2

I was hoping that someone would be able to assist me.  I would like to create a hyperlink (used as a citation) on my Word document that opens directly to a specified page within a PDF document (possible other word docs and so on, but less often).  How do I go about performing this?  Another note, all the documents would reside within a SharePoint site.

I am not a Word guru, but I don't think you can run a macro from a hyperlink. But you can create an active X label that runs a macro when clicked. You can use the following macro to go to a specific page in a PDF file.

Sub OpenPDFPageView(DisplayPage As Integer)
    
    'In order to use the macro you must enable the Acrobat library from VBA editor:
    'Go to Tools -> References -> Adobe Acrobat xx.0 Type Library, where xx depends
    'on your Acrobat Professional version (i.e. 9.0 or 10.0) you have installed to your PC.
    
    Dim PDFApp As AcroApp
    Dim PDFDoc As AcroAVDoc
    Dim PDFPageView As AcroAvPageView
    Dim PDFPath As String
    Dim DisplayPage As Integer
    
    PDFPath = "C:\Users\doudou\documents\test1.pdf"
    
    'Set the page you want to be displayed
    'DisplayPage = 3
    
    'Initialize Acrobat by creating App object
    Set PDFApp = CreateObject("AcroExch.App")
    
    'Set AVDoc object
    Set PDFDoc = CreateObject("AcroExch.AVDoc")
    
    'Open the PDF
    If PDFDoc.Open(PDFPath, "") = True Then
        PDFDoc.BringToFront
        
        'Maximize the document
        Call PDFDoc.Maximize(True)
        
        Set PDFPageView = PDFDoc.GetAVPageView()
        
        'Go to the desired page
        'The first page is 0
        Call PDFPageView.GoTo(DisplayPage - 1)
        

        
        'Set the page view of the pdf
        Call PDFPageView.ZoomTo(2, 50)
    
    End If

    Set PDFApp = Nothing
    Set PDFDoc = Nothing
    
    On Error Resume Next
    
    'Show the adobe application
    PDFApp.Show
    
    'Set the focus to adobe acrobat pro
    AppActivate "Adobe Acrobat Pro"
        
End Sub

Answer 3

Automating PDFs via an ActiveX control in Word requires the user to have Adobe Acrobat Pro installed. There is no indication any users, let alone all users, will have that...

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Cheers
Paul Edstein
[MS MVP - Word]

Answer 4

Automating PDFs via an ActiveX control in Word requires the user to have Adobe Acrobat Pro installed. There is no indication any users, let alone all users, will have that...

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Cheers
Paul Edstein
[MS MVP - Word]

You are right this link provides a VBA procedure for Acrobat reader http://www.devhut.net/2013/12/04/vba-open-a-pdf-to-a-specific-page/

Answer 5

Add a page parameter as &action=embedview&wdStartOn=PageNumber at last

&action=embedview&wdStartOn=30#

https://dckworldwide.sharepoint.com/sites/Training/PMTraining/_layouts/15/WopiFrame.aspx?sourcedoc={8aad614b-1584-446d-8850-dba7993aed81}&action=embedview&wdStartOn=30#

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Answer 6

This has helped out tremendously.  I have even been able to use in in Access as well.  I have a follow on question for you if you would be able to help.

I would like to be able to select something in a PDF document and Paste the selection into a new record via dialog form along with the page number of the selection and the following Document Properties from the PDF document:  File, Title, and Location. Is this possible and would you be able to assist me?

Respectfully,

Ian