How Can I Preset or set the Default Document Properties prior to creating a PDF so that I do not have to set it for each individual PDF? (e.g. If I want all of the PDFs I create to have the default initial view of Page w/Boomarks, how would I set that?). There is no option for this in either the distiller or PDFMaker.
The initial view you are talking about isn't a feature that can be preset. However, you can write a batch script to do it for you.
Follow these steps:
1. Choose [b]Advanced > Document Processing > Batch Processing[/b] to open the Batch Sequences dialog.2. Click New Sequence and name the batch in the text field that opens. Click OK.
3. In the Edit Batch Sequences dialog that opens next, click Select Commands to open the Edit Sequence dialog.
4. Scroll through the list of commands and click Open Options.
5. Click Add to move the command to the right column of the dialog. You'll see a (+) to the left of the Open Options command; click to display the contents.
6. Double-click any of the listed items to open the Set Open Options dialog.
7. At the left of this dialog, click Bookmarks and Page, and make any other changes you want to use as well.
8.Click OK to close this dialog and return to the Edit Sequence dialog. Now check that your Page Mode change is listed as you want.
9. Click OK to return to the Edit Batch Sequence dialog. You can specify when to run the commands and their output locations on this dialog as well.
10. Click OK to return to the initial Batch Sequences dialog.
Your new batch file is finished and ready to use. Either select it and click Run Sequence or close it for future use.
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