Installation
Step 1. Download the zip file
Step 2. Right click on the zip file and select "extract all" You can choose were you want the file extracted to.
Step 3. Double click on the Application "PDF-Linkr"
You may have to allow the download and allow the installation on your Windows installation.
Now that your software is installed we can merge and add links to our PDF files.
Preparing to Work with the Software
I recommend creating a new folder on your desktop to work from.
Add the PDFs that you want to merge or add links to into that folder.
Create a csv file using notepad
Open notepad
The first line MUST BE
Pattern,Destination (note the capital P and capital D)
These are the column headers that the program uses to search your pdf and add the links.
Now under that line add the text you want the software to search for then comma then the page you want that text to link to. For example if I were adding links to my monthly tabs down the side of my planner my csv would look like this
Pattern,Destination
Jan,1
Feb,2
Mar,3
Apr,4
etc...
The first column is the text we're trying to match, and the second column is the page we want that text to link to in our PDF.
Now save that file to your newly created folder for your project. Where you added your pdf earlier. You can name the file anything you choose just make sure you save it as .csv
Using the Software
Double click your PDF-Linkr Application
1. Add PDF
This will bring up a file dialogue that will allow you to choose any number of PDF files to merge together. Don't worry if you don't need to merge your pdfs just choose the pdf file you want to add links to.
2. Merge PDFs
This will merge your PDF files in the order they are listed in the software.
You'll see a message pop up that says "PDF's merged successfully!"
GREAT! Now your PDF is ready for linking.
Click ok on the message box to move to the next step
"What if I don't need to merge my PDF I just want to add links?" Simply skip the merging step.
Now your PDF is ready to be linked. Remove the previous PDF's from the selection area. Choose the PDF you want to add links to using "Add PDF"
Select CSV will again open a file dialogue to allow you to select your CSV file from earlier. Select your file and click open.
"Process PDFs"
In the output box at the bottom of the program you will see the Text that the program matched in your PDF and on what page that text was found.
A pop up box will tell you "PDF processed successfully!"
This means your links were added to your PDF
Open the folder from earlier that we created in the beginning. Your newly linked pdf will be name the name you chose in the process _updated. For example if I saved my file as NEW then my file with my links would be named NEW_updated
Start Page/End Page
These fields allow you to specify adding links only to certain
pages instead of the entire document. For example adding links to daily
pages from a calendar view page.
Padding
This field allows you to adjust the size of the link box around your text.
It defaults to 2 pixels but you can adjust this to your specifications.
This is helpful when adding links to small text areas like daily dates.
Please if you have any problems or need help with the software visit our Facebook Group for help and support.