Hyperlink for text in layout?

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It was requested years ago… still waiting… I often either exports a PDF and add hyperlinks to the pdf using PDF-exhange or export the layout as jpegs into Powerpoint … ad add hyperlinks in PPT… much more flexible than LO in many ways it you stop thinking of it as a slideshow and more a graphics presentation package.

post from 2019

How do you create Hyperlinks within Layout for export to PDF?

LayOut text boxes are RTF format under the hood, so if you copy and paste properly formed RTF containing a hyperlink, it should work - at least for a while. However, since it’s not officially supported or tested, there’s a chance that your hyperlinks could stop working for no apparent reason. Definitely keep an eye on it, but I’ll keep my fingers crossed that they just keep working for you! Marc

and 2018

Hyperlink capability

I am a little surprised this capability was not in LO, particularly as we are increasingly working with cloud information I would love to attach URL properties to objects in LAYOUT I am increasingly using Google Drive to share collaborative spreadsheets / documents / photo albums etc with the project team all with the benefits that brings [single data source, OS independence, shared editing] etc and to able to do that in LO would be a great productivity boost. Surprisingly, although I hat…