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Linking to bookmarks in a pdf file on a website

Adina
Registered: May 18 2010
Posts: 5
Answered

Hi,

I have posted a pdf on our intranet. I manage to use:

http://myweb/mydocument.pdf#pagemode=bookmarks
http://myweb/mydocument.pdf#page=4
http://myweb/mydocument.pdf#search=Chapter_3

But not:
http://myweb/mydocument.pdf#bookmark=Chapter_3

The document is originally created in word and the chapters are automatically created based on headings during conversion to Acrobat. They are displayed in the bookmark tab.

Can I link to a bookmark?

Regards,

Adina

Adina

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro Extended 9.3, Windows
daka630
Expert
Registered: Mar 1 2007
Posts: 1420
Quote:
Can I link to a bookmark?
Not with use of a PDF Open Parameter.


[url=http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/pdfs/pdf_open_parameters_v9.pdf]Documentation[/url]

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Adina
Registered: May 18 2010
Posts: 5
Hi,

It's a pity! Is there no other way? No "PDF GOTO parameter"?

/Adina

Adina

daka630
Expert
Registered: Mar 1 2007
Posts: 1420
Adina,
The documentation for PDF open parameters describe using a parameter to go to a named destination in a PDF.
This might be helpful.

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gkaiseril
Expert
Registered: Feb 23 2006
Posts: 4307
You can use a web based FDF file to insert a document level macro into a PDF as the PDF is opened. It is possible to add a document level scripts that goes to a bookmark.

[url=http://www.planetpdf.com/developer/article.asp?ContentID=automatic_insertion_of_documen&gid=6505]Automatic Insertion of Document-Level JavaScripts[/url] by Dr. D.P. StoryThe code to search and verify the existence of a bookmark and execute the bookmark is provided as an example in the Acrobat JS API Reference. You will need to add a document level function script to the PDF to verify the existence of a bookmark name. You can then use the FDF file to insert and execute a document level script to provide the bookmark name, call the script to verify its existence and run the bookmark if found. With additional server side programing one could dynamically generate the FDF file on the fly.

George Kaiser

Artdacious
Registered: Jul 22 2010
Posts: 2
This is an old question, but I do not find anything about another possible solution.
In the parameters call contained in the link it is possible to have the document open to a specific page.

Keep in mind that you page numbering in the document may not match the page numbering in Acrobat's mind, since it just counts the pages sequentially, so you would have to specify the page number that Acrobat recognizes, not the actual page numbering used in the document.

example on parameter set I use quite a bit:

HREF="XXXXXXXXXXX.pdf#pagemode=bookmarks&page=4while this requires manual set up for the links, if the document is going to have considerable longevity, such as our application user guides, it's worth the time investment.