Links between pages in PDF export

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I need to create internal linking PDF exports; a multipage document with a table of contents that provides links to the relevant pages.

If I use the link tool, the links generated in the exported PDF go to the web URL of the linked frames, and does not navigate to the page within the PDF. Using prototype linking does not generate any interactivity in the PDF at all.

It would be useful for either the prototyping tool or link tool to generate interactive internally-linked PDF exports.

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Egbeyemi_Ridwan

This worked for me. Yes, I had to do the linking all over again but it was quite fast to complete. I especially love that I could still do it within Figma, instead of exporting to Adobe Acrobat as advised by some commenters here.

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sarah_ching_work

If the prototype link can be exported as an interactive PDF that will be perfect. Then I can finish all the linkage in the main element. Or is there any plugin that can do so? I really need some help.

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shakti_shakti

Yes please, add the native interactive linking to the PDF exports. It is a mess to do all the work on Figma and then to not be able to use it. For a planner, I need now to go with indesign or ther payd applications, it’s frustrating.

Dylan9

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This would save so much time! Shareable/interactive PDFs are still a critical part of my workflow and recreating interactions in inDesign/Acrobat/etc. is very tedious. Please add support for interactions in PDF export!

Cesar4

The problem is with vector shapes (an icon for example), if it is a button with text or a simple text the solution is:

1 - select the text (Cmd+K).
2 - type the url in the input that appears
3 - go to text properties and remove the underline to the text box
4 - export PDF

Then the text links will be active to navigate outside the pdf viewer.

Florian_ARGD

This conversation started in 2021 and still no solution ? Of course there is Pitchdeck but common… $28 !!!

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Mohak_Sumaria

I recently stumbled on this thread and pitchdeck for exactly the same use-case. And somewhere in the documentation for pitchdeck it says that you can setup links to and from individual elements on any frame and it will preserve those when exporting to pdf. I did give it a brief try and it works! So for everyone above who did not get it to work, do give it a try once more.

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Mohak_Sumaria

This is the link for the documentation page. Refer to the paragraph at the very end of the page.

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Mohak_Sumaria

Yes, the pitchdeck plugin is able to do this