How to Duplicate Links Across Pages in Adobe Acrobat (PC & Mac)

This tutorial shows how to duplicate links across pages in Adobe Acrobat. You can use this method to duplicate links across all pages or specific pages in your PDF.

Acrobat doesn’t offer a way to duplicate links directly through the Add Links tool, so this process is a work-around using buttons that will look and function like regular text links.

This process is particularly helpful for adding websites or social media links to the header and footer areas.

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The images below are from Adobe Acrobat Pro DC. These steps also apply to Adobe Acrobat 2020 and Adobe Acrobat 2017. In addition, the steps are the same for PC and Mac. These steps don’t apply to Adobe’s free PDF display software, Acrobat Reader. However, Reader users will be able to use the links created with this method.

How to Duplicate Links Across All Pages

Select the Tools tab.

Tools tab in Adobe Acrobat — Figure 1. Tools tab

Select Rich Media in the Tools Center.

Rich Media button in the Tools Center in Adobe Acrobat — Figure 2. Rich Media button

Select Add Button in the Rich Media toolbar.

Add Button in the Rich Media toolbar in Adobe Acrobat — Figure 3. Add Button button

Move the button outline into the area of the page where you want to place the link, and then click to place the mouse.

Pro Tip: You can place the button in the header or footer area.

Rich Media button outline in Adobe Acrobat — Figure 4. Button outline

Select All Properties from the button menu. Alternatively, right-click (PC) or Control-click (Mac) the button and then select Properties from the shortcut menu.

All Properties option in the Rich Media button menu in Adobe Acrobat — Figure 5. All Properties option

Select the Appearance tab in the Button Properties dialog box.

Appearance tab in the Button Properties dialog box in Adobe Acrobat — Figure 6. Appearance tab

Select No Color (PC) or Transparent (Mac) in the Fill Color menu.

No Color in the Fill Color menu in the Button Properties dialog box in Adobe Acrobat — Figure 7. No Color option (PC)

Transparent fill color option in Adobe Acrobat for Mac — Figure 8. Transparent option (Mac)

Adjust the font size, text color, and font as necessary.

Font Size, Text Color, and Font options in the Button Properties dialog box in Adobe Acrobat — Figure 9. Font Size, Text Color, and Font options

Select the Options tab.

Options tab in the Button Properties dialog box in Adobe Acrobat — Figure 10. Options tab

Enter the link text in the Label text box. (This is not the actual URL, but rather the text that will appear indicating a link.)

Label text box in the Button Properties dialog box in Adobe Acrobat — Figure 11. Label text box

Select the Actions tab.

Actions tab in the Button Properties dialog box — Figure 12. Actions tab

Select Open a web link from the Select Action menu.

Open a web link option in the Button Properties dialog box in Adobe Acrobat — Figure 13. Open a web link option

Select the Add button.

Add button in the Button Properties dialog box in Adobe Acrobat — Figure 14. Add button

Enter the URL into the Enter a URL for this link text box.

Enter a URL for this link text box in the Edit URL dialog box in Adobe Acrobat — Figure 15. Enter a URL for this link text box

Select the OK button.

OK button in the Edit URL dialog box — Figure 16. OK button

Select the Close button in the Button Properties dialog box.

Close button in the Button Properties dialog box in Adobe Acrobat — Figure 17. Close button

Use the resizing handles on the button outline to resize the link, as necessary.

Button resizing handles in Adobe Acrobat — Figure 18. Resizing handles

Right-click or Control-click the button and then select Duplicate Across Pages from the shortcut menu.

Duplicate Across Pages option in the button shortcut menu in Adobe Acrobat — Figure 19. Duplicate Across Pages option

By default, the Duplicate Field dialog box will be set to All. However, you can enter specific pages in the From and To text boxes, if necessary.