Manage supported PDF web links

Inspect and add or remove supported Link annotations whose action is an HTTP or HTTPS URI, with explicit page rectangles.

When this tool is useful

Adding straightforward website links to known page regions or maintaining ordinary web-link annotations in a simple PDF.

How local processing works

The tool recognizes only page Link annotations with an A dictionary, S=URI, a valid HTTP or HTTPS address, and a valid rectangle. It adds or removes only those supported entries and verifies their count after reopening.

How to use it

  1. Prepare a safe working copy: Keep every source unchanged and review the supported input, controls, and limits before processing. Adding straightforward website links to known page regions or maintaining ordinary web-link annotations in a simple PDF.
  2. Process locally: Run the documented operation in this browser and stop if an unsupported structure is reported. The tool recognizes only page Link annotations with an A dictionary, S=URI, a valid HTTP or HTTPS address, and a valid rectangle. It adds or removes only those supported entries and verifies their count after reopening.
  3. Download and verify: Turn on link highlighting in the target viewer, click every managed rectangle, confirm the final HTTP or HTTPS destination, and inspect preserved internal or unsupported actions separately.

Important limitations

Internal destinations, named destinations, launch actions, mail, telephone, JavaScript, malformed URI actions, non-HTTP schemes, and other annotation types are preserved and not managed. Signed PDFs are refused.

Verify the downloaded result

Turn on link highlighting in the target viewer, click every managed rectangle, confirm the final HTTP or HTTPS destination, and inspect preserved internal or unsupported actions separately.

Private by design

Your files stay in this browser. The tool does not upload the source or output to our servers.

Questions and answers

When is this tool useful?

Adding straightforward website links to known page regions or maintaining ordinary web-link annotations in a simple PDF.

What does the browser actually do?

The tool recognizes only page Link annotations with an A dictionary, S=URI, a valid HTTP or HTTPS address, and a valid rectangle. It adds or removes only those supported entries and verifies their count after reopening.

Which limits must I understand?

Internal destinations, named destinations, launch actions, mail, telephone, JavaScript, malformed URI actions, non-HTTP schemes, and other annotation types are preserved and not managed. Signed PDFs are refused.

How should I verify the result?

Turn on link highlighting in the target viewer, click every managed rectangle, confirm the final HTTP or HTTPS destination, and inspect preserved internal or unsupported actions separately.

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