The PDF Maker for Word won’t create links in these two situations. You will need the latter to convert Word TOC hyperlinks to PDF hyperlinks. The special integration Acrobat installs into Microsoft Word that offers additional functionality such as bookmark creation and hyperlink creation.
Not only does it save the PDF as a huge file, but it also seems to remove all hyperlinks. It seems that the 'Save as PDF' option in MS Word leaves a lot to be desired. Just print the document as a PDF and the hyperlinks are maintained and open in Acrobat with active hyperlinks. Mac Word to PDF with hyperlinks The problem of losing hyperlinks when working with Mac Word and print/save to PDF (with or without Adobe Acrobat 'Pro') had been vexing, so I'm sharing what has been the best solution for me -Microsoft Office365 has web apps similar to Google Docs.
