How to Create Telephone Hyperlinks in InDesign
With a telephone hyperlink, you can make a phone call with a single click. Myra Ferguson shows how to do it.
In this InDesign how-to video, Myra Ferguson demonstrates the difference between a regular hyperlink and a telephone hyperlink. Then, she shows how to create telephone hyperlinks for interactive PDF and publishing online. If you have too many phone numbers to do by hand, Myra saves you time with a script recommendation to automate the process.
Link to the Adobe Forums discussion containing the script (requires log-in).
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This article was last modified on October 24, 2025
This article was first published on October 24, 2025
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