Url in pdf?

Is it possible to have a link in a pdf that's clickable by a user?
If so, how should I go about it?
Thanks.

Yes. After doing whatever you need to do to the PDF in Acrobat, go to File>Properties>Initial View. You can set the parameters there.
chasechris wrote:
Thank you so much. Real quick question though...is there a way to make it so that when a user opens a pdf in a browser they are not confronted with the pdf at 198%? Can I make it open at the full page length?

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line 3 column 1.870 - Warning: unescaped & or unknown entity "&tab"
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