Reply To: Convert URLs to Hyperlinks & ignore breaks

Hi – I bought Hyperlink Pro and am happy to report that it works great for this use. I had already inserted the discretionary line breaks into the URLs for typesetting, so I was relieved to see that even though it can add them as well, if I have already got them in place, the script can still create the hyperlinks properly. I do not have to remove them all first and then run the script.

NOW, I have a 2nd request. For this particular publisher, they have a digital pdf platform that requires each hyperlink to have a special tag inserted at the end. It’s a character string beginning with #.

I would love a script that can add a given text string to the end of all the hyperlinks – but not in the text; just in the hyperlink dialog (the link itself).

I know that I could probably accomplish this by using GREP to add this tag string to all my hyperlinks before running Hyperlink Pro, and then delete them from the text. In theory, these tags will be part of the hyperlinks that Hyperlink Pro creates. It’s a bit messy, but I plan to try that for today.

However, for future use, it would be great to have a script that can add these tags to just the hyperlink, while leaving the text alone. Anybody have such a script handy, or want to write one?