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Question about PDF bookmarks

by Harvey Segal
4 replies
Do PDF books open by default with the
Bookmarks (Chapters) showing ?

Or does that depend on the version of Adobe ?

Harvey
#bookmarks #pdf #question
  • Profile picture of the author Vince Runza Online
    Originally Posted by Harvey.Segal View Post

    Do PDF books open by default with the
    Bookmarks (Chapters) showing ?

    Or does that depend on the version of Adobe ?
    Harvey, I use Open Office to create PDF's. The menu for creating them gives you a choice as to whether the PDF opens with the bookmarks showing or not. The TAB for this is entitled Initial View:
    • Page Only
    • Bookmarks and Page
    • Thumbnails and Page
    Perhaps Adobe has a similar menu...
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    • Profile picture of the author Harvey Segal
      Vince

      That is interesting - the fact that the software creating
      the PDF can specify how it is to be opened.

      I am not using Adobe but a software library to create the
      PDF. I have just put anchor tags at the start of each
      Chapter for the first time and was pleasantly surprised to
      see that the PDF opened with the bookmarks showing.

      So I will assume that all versions of Adobe reader will open
      it similarly. Saves me putting a TOC in the book itself.

      Thanks for the helpful reply


      Harvey
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      • Profile picture of the author Sean Kelly
        Hi Harvey, the display of the 'bookmarks panel' is defined in the pdf itself. You can define if you want it displayed or not.

        Other things you can do are: set initial page, initial zoom, two-sided display, synchronised scrolling, etc, etc. You can also do page-transitions (like powerpoint presentations).

        It's all documented in the pdf format specification.

        Sean

        plug: All these settings (even page transitions) are available in my pdf converter.
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