Adding links to PDF from Excel through Macro

[francescovba]

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I am exporting a file from Excel to PDF through a Macro. The file consists of a table of contents and several worksheets. The table of contents is hyperlinked to all the separate sheets in the document while on Excel format. When exporting to PDF however I lose the hyperlinks. Do you have any suggestions on how to solve this problem? I have bought Adobe Pro and have activated the “Add links” check box under the ACROBAT – preferences tab.
here is my export PDF macro:

<code style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, "Lucida Console", "Liberation Mono", "DejaVu Sans Mono", "Bitstream Vera Sans Mono", "Courier New", monospace, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; white-space: inherit;">[COLOR=#101094][FONT=inherit]Sub[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit] PRINTPDF_[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]()[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]
[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#858C93][FONT=inherit]'[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]
 [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#858C93][FONT=inherit]' PRINT_ Macro[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]
 ActiveWorkbook[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit].[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]Sheets[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit].[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#101094][FONT=inherit]Select[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]


ActiveSheet[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit].[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]ExportAsFixedFormat Type[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]:=[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]xlTypePDF[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit],[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit] Filename[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]:=[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit] _
 [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#7D2727][FONT=inherit]"Monthly Progress Report.pdf"[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit],[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit] Quality[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]:=[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]xlQualityStandard[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit],[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit] 
 IncludeDocProperties[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]:=[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#7D2727][FONT=inherit]True[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit],[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit] _
 IgnorePrintAreas[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]:=[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#7D2727][FONT=inherit]False[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit],[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit] OpenAfterPublish[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]:=[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#7D2727][FONT=inherit]True[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]
[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#858C93][FONT=inherit]'Application.PrintCommunication = True[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]
[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#858C93][FONT=inherit]'ActiveWindow.SelectedSheets.PrintOut Copies:=1, Collate:=True, _
'IgnorePrintAreas:=False[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit]
 [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#101094][FONT=inherit]End[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#303336][FONT=inherit] 
[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#101094][FONT=inherit]Sub[/FONT][/COLOR]</code>

<code style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, "Lucida Console", "Liberation Mono", "DejaVu Sans Mono", "Bitstream Vera Sans Mono", "Courier New", monospace, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; white-space: inherit;"></code>

 

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