Link to Bookmark in PDF on website

kiwiflame,
You will want to read about parameters for opening PDF files.
Two documents are available.
Same topic, different dates. Some non-critical text removed with the newer PDF's release.
July 27, 2005 - Adobe Acrobat 7.0.5
[url]http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/en/acrobat/PDFOpenParameters.pdf[/url]
April 2007 - Adobe Acrobat SDK Version 8.1
[url]http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/pdfs/pdf_open_parameters.pdf[/url]

n.b., URI/URL not the same as UNC. Be sure you have looked over what W3C says about URI/URL.
URI/URL not the MS Office "hyperlink". Note that Excel appears to alter the "#" character to a dash which truncates the URL syntax discussed in the open parameters document.
Follow the path of W3C URLs when you use the PDF open parameters and you'll be saying "Neat!" more than once. What the document describes works well with properly formed URLs.
(fwiw - avoid using space character in the URL path).

For authoring your html file(s); consider using a good HTML editor rather than a word processor that can "save to HTML". There is a difference.

Be well...

Thanks for your reply.

I've read about parameters and have been trying to open with parameters, but it doesn't seem to be working.

I have a PDF on our website which I want to open to the "Activity Statements" bookmark (or the equivalent page). The link is http://www.wdc.govt.nz/resources/11945/WDC-AnnualPlan0809.pdf#pagemode=bookmarks

I've tried http://www.wdc.govt.nz/resources/11945/WDC-AnnualPlan0809.pdf#pagemode=bookmarks&page-20 but it doesn't work for me. I'm using IE6.I thought I might of been doing something incorrectly or had to set something on the PDF doc.

Regards

Hi kiwiflame,
Real quick as a new day is just around the corner for me & it's lights out time ."page-20" is in the second link. Make it "page=20". The pagemode=bookmarks *does* work, but isn't on the links.
I want to noodle on that.

Be well...

for kiwiflame
A data dump for you.
I am somewhat of the opinion that, perhaps, there is something about either the source InDesign CS3 authoring file or how it is processed into and through Distiller to provide the output PDF that is skewing the open parameters.
While only simple files, compared to the InDesign output PDF, two PDFs (one from MS Word, the other from FM8) processed through Distiller 8 are responding nicely (see test 4, below).

With that said, do they respond for you?
Isolating variables is like a snip hunt, eh?

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Used a different box today (Win XP/Acrobat 7 Professional):
Bookmarks are presented.
Selected page is presented.
Bookmarks & selected page presented.
but...
see gkaiseril's post at
[url]http://www.acrobatusers.com/forums/aucbb/viewtopic.php?id=386[/url]

Local machine Cache is an issue. Observing results similar to what "ftkc" posted.
Noted that Acrobat 7 Professional's "cache page" was deselected.

Back to original box (Win XP/Acrobat 8 Professional).
The "cache page" is selected. Deselected it.

Put your PDF up in some free webspace.
~~ test 1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)(a) - renders first page (cover), no bookmark icon at left
Deleted Temporary Internet Files
(b) - AA8pro, Page Display has "Use page cache" selected. No bookmark pane. No boomark icon at left.
- Deselected "Use page cache" & ran the link again. Bookmark icon now present at left.
Bookmark pane still not open.
(c) - AA8pro, "Use page cache" deselected. Opens to page 20. Bookmark icon shows at left.
Bookmark pane not open.
(d) - AA8pro, "Use page cache" deselected. Opens to page 20. Bookmark icon shows at left.
Bookmark pane not open.
~~ test 2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
WDC-AnnualPlan0809bis.pdf - Navigation tab set to "page only"
Using "#pagemode=bookmarks" in the URL -
Bookmark icon shows at left. Bookmark pane not open.
~~ test 3 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Changed file name by removing "-" in file name. No change in behavior.
~~ test 4 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Two files. Both: Document Properties > Initial View > Navigation tab: Page Only
Acrobat 8 Professional used ("cache page" deselected).

Three page PDF. Three PDFs from MS Word combined into file "Binder1.pdf"
(1) [url]http://daka630.tripod.com/pdf/Binder1.pdf[/url]
Bookmark icon shows at left.
(2) [url]http://daka630.tripod.com/pdf/Binder1.pdf#pagemode=bookmarks[/url]
Bookmark pane open.
(3) [url]http://daka630.tripod.com/pdf/Binder1.pdf#pagemode=bookmarks&page=2[/url]
Bookmark pane open. File opens to page 2.

Four page PDF. From a single FrameMaker file.
(1) [url]http://daka630.tripod.com/pdf/fromframe.pdf[/url]
Bookmark icon shows at left.
(2) [url]http://daka630.tripod.com/pdf/fromframe.pdf#pagemode=bookmarks[/url]
Bookmark pane open.
(3) [url]http://daka630.tripod.com/pdf/fromframe.pdf#pagemode=bookmarks&page=3[/url]
Bookmark pane open. File opens to page 3.
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Be well...

Hi,

I have a 20 page report (PDF). How do I link certain pages for one click. like when I click on one link it should show me only 2 to 6 pages and rest should be hidden. how do I do that. Pls help


Viji

How would i know if my query has answered.

Viji,
You have a separate topic here.
Please post a new topic / thread to the forum 8^)

Be well...

Sorry, no, this is not what I wanted, I know how to link within the document, but when I link to certain topic (which is of 4 pages) it should take me only to those 4 pages (out of 20 pages) and rest pages should be hidden.

Vijayalaxmi - it's not possible. Pages in a PDF document cannot be hidden from view.

I have the same concern. I hope I get a clear response soon.

Got it, Thanks

how to make the bookmarks permanent on the document, please? Have AdobeAcrobat 9 Pro

daka, the information you provided was very useful,

I'm looking to do simliar with links from inside a pdf to a bookmark, or page in another pdf, is this possible, can you help?


- found it myself, thanks anyway

To Carlhague
if you found the answer please share that info.

gueyo7,

While PDF Open Parameters do not support going to a PDF "Bookmark" they do support going to a specific "Named Destination".

Within a PDF you could have a Bookmark that goes to a "Named Destination".
A well-formed URL could be made to go to the same "Named Destination".
So, two avenues to a given "location".

Acrobat Help provides the background discussion for "Named Destinations".

Be well...

With that said, do they respond for you?
Isolating variables is like a snip hunt, eh?

I have a more subtle problem. In a system of HTML pages, I use "#pagemode=bookmarks" and #[destination] parameters in links, and both work well from my hard disk (Windows 7 and Adobe Reader X) to give me, in the first case, PDFs with bookmark navigation displayed, and in the second case, navigation to a defined destination (e.g. H01). But the file system has to be delivered on disk, and when transcribed to DVD, the parameters do NOT work from the disk reader, even though the same operating system and Adobe Reader are used. Why not?