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PTPL 087: Hyperlinked PDFs Now Work in Nebo!
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Hyperlinked PDFs in Nebo!
The Nebo app has the most accurate handwriting to type conversion that I’ve ever experienced. At Christmas time they emailed me a PDF planner with clickable tabs down the side. What’s this! I thought; can Nebo read PDF hyperlinks at last?? Yes! Yes they can.
The ‘What’s New’ Nebo update screen on my iPad says that PDF navigation is now a thing. Like wow, people! This is brilliant news. GoodNotes is cool and all, and I still love Noteshelf, but I’m so pleased to have a text-centric app like Nebo able to handle interactive PDFs.
I’m noticing that links are a little slow to execute, but they do work. I haven’t found a way to press links with the Apple Pencil, so it seems like fingers are needed for now. The bottom of my teacher’s planner has a small index…
