How to Link to a Specific PDF Page
Saturday, 25 April 2009 . by Randy Saunders
It’s easy to link to a PDF document from an email or HTML page—just use a standard HTML hyperlink. For example, to link to the October 2007 issue of Connections Magazine (PDF), include this URL address:
http://www.connectionsmagazine.com/issues/7/10.pdf
But what if you want to link directly to my article, “Creating a Virtual Contact Center,” that begins on page 29?
By appending the tag, “#page=pagenumber” to any PDF URL, your browser will open the PDF file and position it on the specified page number.
So for our example, you can direct readers to the article on page 29 with this URL:
http://www.connectionsmagazine.com/issues/7/10.pdf#page=29
Adding the “#page=” tag eliminates the manual PDF-navigation effort for your audience. Not only will they appreciate the time saver, they’re more likely to find and read the targeted content.
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Randy,
Thanks for sharing this tip. It is a very helpful thing to know.
In addition to accessing your article in the PDF file of the magazine, there is also a text version available at http://www.connectionsmagazine.com/articles/7/085.html.
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