Can Visio create a PDF with hyperlinks preserved?

Question

Can Visio create a PDF with hyperlinks preserved?

My earlier experimenting resulted in me concluding it could not.

Answer 1

I've tried with both Visio 2007 and Visio 2010 and when adding a Hyperlink to a shape it and then saving the drawing as PDF resulted in the hyperlink being preserved in the PDF file when viewed with the Adobe Acrobat Reader and Google Chrome.

In Visio 2007 my procedure was

• Draw shape (simple rectangle)
• Insert menu > Hyperlinks
• In the Hyperlinks dialog, enter a URL into the Address field, then click OK
• File menu > Save As
• In the Save As Dialog, for Save as type select "PDF (*.pdf)"
• Then open the PDF in Adobe Acrobat or Google Chrome to verify the link works