Word issue with embedded url in Header while converting it to PDF

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fromvenky@gmail.com - 25 Jul 2007 13:22 GMT

I've word doc with embedded url into text in a protected Header of
document everything fine so far, when i generate PDF through Adobe pdf
writer its not picking-up and converting embedded url into link in pdf
file it simply showing as normal text

if i try the same think normal area of word its working fine

does any one have any idea why its behaving like this?

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Jonathan West - 27 Jul 2007 09:38 GMT

> I've word doc with embedded url into text in a protected Header of
> document everything fine so far, when i generate PDF through Adobe pdf
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> does any one have any idea why its behaving like this?

Because the PDFMaker add-in isn't clever enough to think that there may be
links in the page header, and isn't converting them. In other words,
depending on your point of view, it is either a bug, or a feature they chose
not to implement.

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