Interactive PDF
Make your PDF interactive
Draw clickable hotspots on any page - links to your site, jumps to other pages, YouTube and Vimeo video, image lightboxes, audio - and see exactly which ones readers click.
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Free · no account needed to start · draw hotspots in the editor after upload
Draw it on, no Acrobat
Drag a rectangle over any part of a page and give it a job. No desktop software, no re-exporting the PDF - the original file stays untouched and the hotspots live on top.
Video inside the pages
A hotspot can play a YouTube or Vimeo video in a lightbox without the reader ever leaving the document - a product demo inside the catalogue page it belongs to.
Jumps, images & audio
Send readers from the contents page straight to page 12, open a full-size photo, or play a narration clip. Five hotspot types cover most jobs a static PDF wishes it could do.
Every click counted
Hotspot activations appear in your readership report alongside page-by-page reading time - so you know not just who read the document, but which call-to-action worked.
What is an interactive PDF?
A static PDF can only be read. An interactive one can be acted on: tap the product photo and a demo video plays, tap "order now" and the order page opens, tap an entry in the contents and the document jumps there. That difference matters most in documents built to drive an action - catalogues, brochures, media kits, proposals.
The traditional way to get there is desktop software and exported link annotations, with no way of knowing whether anyone ever clicked. FileDroppr takes a different route: upload the PDF as-is, draw hotspots in the browser, and share a link. The interactivity lives in the viewer, works on every device, and reports back.
How to add links and video to a PDF online
- Upload your PDF. Drop it in the uploader above - the file itself is never modified, so there is nothing to re-export when you change a link later.
- Draw a hotspot. Open the hotspot editor, drag a rectangle over the area readers should click - a button, a photo, a line in the table of contents.
- Give it a job. Open a link, go to a page, play a YouTube/Vimeo video, show an image, or play audio. Everything saves as you go, against a live preview.
- Share and watch the clicks. Share the link (or embed it, or use your own domain). Your readership report counts every hotspot activation alongside the page-by-page reading.
Where interactive documents earn their keep
- Catalogues & price lists: every product links to its order page, and the click counts tell you which products pulled.
- Portfolios & media kits: case studies link to live sites, showreels play inline, and the contents page actually navigates.
- Proposals & reports: cite sources readers can open, link the appendix from the summary, and see whether the pricing page got the clicks.
Interactive PDF questions.
How do I add a link to a PDF without Acrobat?
Upload the PDF to FileDroppr and draw a hotspot over the area readers should click - no desktop software, and the original file is never modified. The link works in the shared viewer on any device.
Can I embed a YouTube or Vimeo video in a PDF?
Yes. Draw a hotspot, paste the YouTube or Vimeo URL, and readers get the video in a lightbox without leaving the document. Uploaded audio clips and full-size images work the same way.
Do readers need an app or plugin?
No. Hotspots work in the FileDroppr viewer in any browser, on desktop and mobile, in every viewer mode - including the flipbook and embeds on your own website.
Are hotspot clicks tracked?
Yes. Every activation is counted per hotspot in your readership report, next to page-by-page reading time - so you can see which call-to-action actually got clicked, without any reader IP addresses being stored.
Which plan includes interactive hotspots?
Hotspots are a Pro feature ($29/month). Flipbook branding - backgrounds, logo, page effects - starts on Basic ($9/month), and the viewer itself is free.
Does the interactivity survive downloading the PDF?
Hotspots live in the shared viewer, not in the file, so the downloaded PDF is your untouched original. If clicks matter, share the link - which also means you can edit hotspots after sending without re-sending anything.
Give your PDF something to click.
Upload a document, draw your first hotspot, and share a link that turns readers into clicks you can count.
See plansRelated: convert your PDF into a flipbook · share it from your own domain · PDF read tracking