Converting Word or Excel File To PDF Without Losing Hyperlinks

One of my user experiencing issues with opening hyperlinks from PDF document. the hyperlinks are working in word and excel documents but when converted to PDF then the hyperlinks are displayed but not clickable.

You can covert the word or excel document to PDF including embedded links by doing the following steps,

1. Go to File→Save As and choose the destination where you want to save your file. Name your file.
2. Under File Name, you’ll see a drop down menu labelled Save as Type, select PDF.
3. Under PDF Options (near the bottom), unselect ISO 19005-1 Compliant (PDF/A). Forcing compliance is what disables hyperlinks. By unchecking the box, your links will become clickable. Click Okay.

Image map with SharePoint designer 2010

A picture with hot spots is called an image map, hot spot is area on an object containing a hyperlink. The picture can contain multiple hot spots.

In SharePoint Designer 2010, all you need to do is open page and select the picture (that you want to add an image map to).  At the top of the Ribbon, click on Picture Tools –> Format –> Hotspot, and then add in whatever hotspots you want (after adding the hotspot, you will be prompted for the URL you are linking to).

Note: This will not work on Publishing Pages, as SharePoint Designer will only let you edit the layout of publishing pages, and not the content.