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Linking to Attachments, then returning to the Parent PDF

ezdizzy
Registered: Jun 11 2009
Posts: 2

Hello--

I have one parent PDF (construction drawing), and I have several PDFs (called RFIs) attached to the parent PDF. In the parent PDF I have a link to a page view of one of the attachments, which works fine, but I want the parent PDF to stay open (I finish viewing the linked file (RFI), then I return to viewing the drawing). When I link to the page view of the attachment, the parent file closes. Any ideas??

Any help that anyone can provide will be much appreciated.

daka630
Expert
Registered: Mar 1 2007
Posts: 1420
Something to try.

Use the link tool to access the Link Properties of a link.
Click on the Actions tab.
In the "Actions" pane, select the "Go to a page in another document".
Click on the Edit button.
A new dialog appears ("Go to a page in another document").
In the "Target Document" pane, use the drop down menu next to
"Open in:" to select "New Window".
Click OK button.
Click OK button.
Back out of the Link tool by selecting the Hand tool.
Perform a Save As to create the new test PDF.
Try the link that you modified.
The attached PDF that is the target document should open in a new window.
Using Acrobat 9 Pro Enhanced I get a second "session" of Acrobat that is
displaying the PDF attached to the "master" PDF.

With Acrobat 8 (Pro or 3D), following the same sequence,
I get the 2nd PDF rendered in the same Acrobat "session" but as a 2nd file.
That is, clicking Windows on the command bar I have two PDFs open with
the second showing. When I close this PDF the first PDF is now in view.

Be well...

Be well...

kdl01
Registered: May 29 2007
Posts: 2
Does this only work for Acrobat 9? I have Acrobat 8 and don't see an option to go to a page in another document.