LinkDoc

Check all links within a document.

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Check links within a single document. currently .pdf, .docx (NB not .doc) .rtf and .rtfd
Export results to csv.

Designed to check web links (hyperlinks). Because of ever-increasing security in operating systems, it isn't possible to test links to other documents or resources on your local drive.

Category:Developer Tools / Website Link Checkers

Licence

Currently free. See EULA

End user licence agreement

System Requirements

Current version requires Mac OS 10.13 or higher, Intel or Apple Silicon

Support, questions, requests

This app is new. Please tell us about problems or suggestions using the general contact form.

What should I do with the downloaded file?

Open the .dmg file and find the application inside. If you want to keep using the app, drag and drop it into your Applications folder. To keep it in your dock, right-click or click-and-hold on its dock icon and choose 'Keep in dock'.

Version History

Version 1.2 released Sep 2021

Adds support for .rtf and .rtfd documents
Adds 'Bad Links Only' switch to toolbar and menu
Many other small refinements

Version 1.1.1 released Sep 2021

Adds context help system and a help button to Preferences > User Agent String
Adds an information dialog when an unsupported file type is chosen (support for more file types will be added soon)
Prevents user selecting Open or Export when scan is running

Version 1.1 released Sep 2021

Adds Preferences window, Adds user-agent string preference, with drop-down menu for easy selection of popular browsers / googlebot etc.
user-agent string now defaults to a recent version of Safari. It would be better for the app to be honest about its identity, but some servers respond with a 'forbidden' status code to unrecognised UA strings.
Fixes issue with exporting (export contained too few rows)
Implements sorting (click column headers) in the main table
Improved application icon
Adds debug console which will help with support

Version 1.0 released Sep 2021

First public release