How to Add an Adobe Reader Link to the Text in an Email

One way to share an Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) file is to email it. The email recipient will need to have a copy of Adobe Reader installed to view the file. When you add a text link, there is no file attachment. The link displays in your email message and points to a specified location. Because of this, it's important to use an online location, such as a website, instead of a local path that points directly to the file on your computer.

Instructions

1. Open your email application.

2. Click the "New" button to compose your message, adding the recipient's name into the "To" field, a subject line and message into the body of your email.

3. Include a line of text, such as "Here's the link to the PDF file" where you want it to appear.

4. Highlight the text you want to link. Click the hyperlink button in your specific email program. To add a hyperlink in Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express, select "Insert" and "Hyperlink." To add one in Yahoo! Mail, click the "Insert Hyperlink" icon. To add it in Gmail, click the "Link" button.

5. Type the full website address to the Adobe Reader file in the form: "http://www.website-address-here.com/filename.pdf" into the dialog box of your specific application and click "OK." The PDF file will now be linked to the text within the email.

References

• Top 5 4 U: Example of Email Hyperlink
• Microsoft: Inserting Links in Outlook