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Success, I finally got it to work, using the run command you suggested, but a few things still strike me as odd.

1. The file: command does not work for pdfs, but does for other all other file types I tried using an absolute file address, not one relative to the document. So something like file ...

Thanks for all of the help, but unfortunately replacing the spaces did not work. I even tried linking to a pdf file with no spaces in the name of the file or the path to the file and it didn't work, but it did for other file types. I find it odd that it works for you but it doesn't on my computer or ...

My input can be simplified to the following point to illustrate that it doesn't work for pdfs but does for other formats:

\documentclass[12pt]{report}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\begin{document}

\href{file:/Users/Jeremy/Documents/University%20of%20Cincinnati/Electrodynamics/Notes/Supplements/Solid ...

I'm trying to insert a link that when clicked will open another pdf file. I'm using the MacTex 2007 installation and TexShop that outputs a pdf file when typeset. I included the \usepackage{hyperref} command in the beginning of the document and the following type of command to reference the file ...

I removed the two extra "//" and got the same results as before, it won't open a pdf file, but it opened a png, and I presume that it would open all of the others I tried before. I tried "run:" instead of "file:" and nothing opened.

I checked my log file and I am using version 6.75r of hyperref ...

I'm trying to insert a link that when clicked will open another pdf file. I'm using the MacTex 2007 installation and TexShop that outputs a pdf file when typeset. I included the \usepackage{hyperref} command in the beginning of the document and the following type of command to reference the file ...