[Tex/LaTex] create a link to open another pdf, not in the current directory

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How can I make a hyperlink to a pdf file located somwhere out of the current directory of .tex file?

For example, my .tex file is located in C:\myWritings and the pdf file to be linked in the tex is located in C:\PDFs.

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Just insert

\href{run:C:/PDFs/example.pdf}{This is descriptive link text}

, you have to use \href instead of \url according to Link to local (PDF) file

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[Tex/LaTex] Creating PDF with external link to open another PDF

AFAIK this is not possible. What you can do is to create a special \href Command and use a switch to switch from the online to the local version. The ifthen package would be a good starting point.

\documentclass[12pt,ngerman]{scrartcl}
\usepackage[]{ifthen}
\usepackage[]{hyperref}
\newboolean{online}
\setboolean{online}{true} 

\newcommand{\mylink}[1]{%
\ifthenelse{\boolean{online}}{%
\href{http://www.uweziegenhagen.de/materials/#1.pdf}{#1}%
}{%
\href{run:./presentations/#1.pdf}{#1}}}%

\begin{document}

\mylink{Uwe}

\end{document}

[Tex/LaTex] Set the highlight style of a link to “none” instead of “invert”

Default for option pdfhighlight is /I for "Invert". It can be changed to "None":

\hypersetup{pdfhighlight=/N}

Other values:

/O: "Outline"
/P: "Push"

See PDF specification. hyperref is only passing the values through to the link dictionary.

From PDF32000_2008.pdf:

Table 173 – Additional entries specific to a link annotation

Key: H

Type: name

Description: (Optional; PDF 1.2) The annotation’s highlighting mode, the visual effect that shall be used when the mouse button is pressed or held down inside its active area:

N (None) No highlighting.
I (Invert) Invert the contents of the annotation rectangle.
O (Outline) Invert the annotation’s border.
P (Push) Display the annotation as if it were being pushed below the surface of the page.
Default value: I.

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Table 173 – Additional entries specific to a link annotation

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