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How to link to audio, video, websites, and pages

You can create a link in your script to another page, or to outside content such as a website, cloud file, audio clip, or reference video.

📝 NOTE: This video shows a slightly older user interface, but the instructions are still accurate.

⚠️ NOTE: Hyperlinks currently do not transfer from draft to draft. Look for this in a future update.

To create a link, select the text (touch and hold to display the selection pins and palette) and choose the Create Link icon.

⚠️ NOTE: If the text already has an annotation on it, tap / click and hold to bring up the menu that includes Create Link. A quick tap/click opens the pop-up to edit annotations already in place.

On Mac, highlight the link text, then right-click / Control + click / two-finger trackpad touch and click Create Link:

⚠️ IMPORTANT: If you can't select text, the PDF has been flattened.

Link to a script page

After choosing Create Link, a window lets you pick a page in the script to link to:

Touch a page to preview it. If it's the right one, touch Done. To show the page thumbnails again, touch the icon to the right of the text field under the Link to Website button.

Link to outside content

That window also has a Link to Website tab. Select it and the keyboard loads automatically, so you can type or paste a link to any website, cloud file, YouTube video, and more.

📝 NOTE: You can't embed a video into the PDF itself — only hyperlink to it.

When the URL is entered, touch or click Done.

✅ TIP: A live link has a faint blue highlight, but you may want to add an annotation so it stands out — for example, a Custom Stamp or a rectangle around the linked text:

Show or hide the link highlight

The faint blue highlight on live links can be toggled on or off — handy if you'd rather your script look clean and unhighlighted, or if you want links to stand out more clearly.

Tap the three-dot menu (⋯) at the top-right of the screen and choose Settings;
Open the General tab;
Under View Settings, toggle Highlight links on or off.

📝 NOTE: This setting only affects how live links are displayed on your script — it doesn't disable the links themselves. They'll still open when tapped.

What's Next

How to add audio clips to your script

Inserting photos and images into your script

How to use Siri to dictate notes

Updated on: 30/05/2026

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