Open a PDF file to a certain page

Hi afvradbob,

Not with the Free Adobe Reader you can't. But with Acrobat Pro ( not sure about Acrobat Standard) you can go toFile ->Document Properties, and under the Initial View tab set the Open to Page... option then save. Once you set the initial view properites in Acrobat Pro the PDF will then open that way in Adobe Reader too.Hope this helps,

Dimitri
WindJack Solutions
www.pdfscripting.com
www.windjack.com

You have a couple of options. As Dimitri states, if you have Acrobat Pro/Standard you can set the Initial View properties of the PDF, after which the PDF will open in all PDF viewers to the appropiate page.

But there is also a set of PDF command line/URL open parameters that don't require editing the PDF
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/pdfs/pdf_open_parameters.pdf

Thom Parker
The source for PDF Scripting Info
[url=http://www.pdfScripting.com]pdfscripting.com[/url]

The Acrobat JavaScript Reference, Use it Early and Often
[url=http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/javascript.html]http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/javascript.html[/url]

Then most important JavaScript Development tool in Acrobat
[url=http://www.pdfscripting.com/public/34.cfm#JSIntro][b]The Console Window (Video tutorial)[/b][/url]
[url=http://www.acrobatusers.com/tutorials/2006/javascript_console][b]The Console Window(article)[/b][/url]

Thanks! The URL paramaters are just what I was looking for.