---
title: "How To: Retaining Links in Embedded PDF"
description: How to Retain Links in Embedded PDF
---

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# [How To: Retaining Links in Embedded PDF](https://www.antennahouse.com/news/2016/06/how-to-retain-links-in-embedded-pdf)

 Written by [Antenna House](https://www.antennahouse.com/news/author/antenna-house) | June 22, 2016

To maintain the link functionality in the embedded pdfs you should specify the import annotations option in a Formatter configuration file.  Try rendering the document with the following configuration.

---- config.xml ----  
 <formatter-config>  
 <pdf-settings  import-annotation-types="All" />  
 </formatter-config>  
 ----

Ex:

command line:  ahfcmd -d sample.fo -o output.pdf -i config.xml -x 4  
 gui:  'Format -> Import Option Setting'  menu

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```json
{
  "@context" : "http://schema.org",
  "@type" : "BlogPosting",
  "author" : {
    "@type" : "Person",
    "name" : "Antenna House"
  },
  "dateModified" : "2021-08-11T20:26:22.967Z",
  "datePublished" : "2016-06-22T18:14:23Z",
  "headline" : "How To: Retaining Links in Embedded PDF",
  "image" : {
    "@type" : "ImageObject",
    "height" : 60,
    "url" : "/hs/hsstatic/content_shared_assets/static-1.4092/img/default-amp-logo.png",
    "width" : 60
  },
  "mainEntityOfPage" : "https://www.antennahouse.com/news/2016/06/how-to-retain-links-in-embedded-pdf",
  "publisher" : {
    "@type" : "Organization",
    "logo" : {
      "@type" : "ImageObject",
      "height" : 60,
      "url" : "/hs/hsstatic/content_shared_assets/static-1.4092/img/default-amp-logo.png",
      "width" : 60
    },
    "name" : "Antenna House News"
  }
}
```