It seems that a Word document that contains some text that looks like an email address (e.g., joe@example.com) but that is intentionally NOT marked as a hyperlink, is turned into a hyperlink in the resulting PDF when saving as a PDF.
How can I save a Word document (using Word 2007) as a PDF and prevent any hyperlinks to be created?
(I am pretty sure that it is a hyperlink encoded in the PDF. As when opening the PDF in Adobe Acrobat 8.0, SumatraPDF or Google Chrome, all three viewers indicate a hyperlink when hoovering over the relevant email address)
Note – again – that they are never marked or shown as a (blue, underlined) hyperlink in the Word document itself. Only in the PDF they become clickable when you hover over them.
Best Answer
Hmm, seems I was wrong and that no link is created. In Acrobat's monstrous preferences menu, I just found on option under 'General' that says 'Create links form URLs'.
When unchecking it, there is no more link when hoovering.