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Bookmark Differences

o00oo00o
Registered: Sep 6 2011
Posts: 3
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After searching the web, I found that there are 2 type of bookmark in pdf.
 
first is normal bookmark, with "Set Destination" option when you right-click on the bookmark.
You create this by Ctrl+B.
 
second is tagged bookmark, without the "Set Destination" option.
You create this by merging multiple pdfs together.
 
Now the question is, is there a way to convert all tagged bookmark to normal bookmark??
I have tried to delete all tags after merging, but the bookmark still does not show the "Set Destination" option.

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 10.0, Windows
try67
Expert
Registered: Oct 30 2008
Posts: 2398
Accepted Answer
I did a bit of research into this issue, as it came up in another thread (on the Adobe Acrobat Windows forum), and the question intrigued me.

It seems that when you combine files using the built-in functionality of Acrobat, each file is saved in a separate "Structure Element", which is a logical unit within the PDF. For most intents and purposes this doesn't mean much to the end-user. However, the bookmarks that are created during this process also contain this information and therefore behave in a different way to those that are created with Ctrl+B or even with a script.
In fact, a script is not even capable of differentiating between the two types (it's the "SE" key in the Outline Item dictionary, for those interested).
However, a plugin or a tool using an external library is capable of seeing this, and even changing it.
Fortunately, what you want to do is simple, you just need to remove this key and the bookmark is reverted to the "normal" type. The other way around can be more complicated.
I have written a small app that can do this, and it will be available to download (for free) from my website soon.

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o00oo00o
Registered: Sep 6 2011
Posts: 3
Wow, please let me know when that app is available.

Its kind of stupid even acrobat can't fix this.
This tagged bookmark have its own usefulness when editing the pdf pages and sections, but once you know that you are not going to modify the pages, the functionality of it becomes useless.
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o00oo00o
Registered: Sep 6 2011
Posts: 3
hi,

your app doesn't process the pdf, it only show folder?
Maybe you should change to file chooser.
try67
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It was created as a batch processing app, so you can select a folder and it will process all the PDF files in that folder (and all sub-folders, if you choose so).

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javablood
Registered: Dec 5 2011
Posts: 2
I have been trying to figure out how to change the settings of all the bookmarks in a single document to the same setting without having to edit the property of each bookmark, e.g., inherit zoom. Would your batch processing app accomplish that? Ideally, it would be grerat if one could set the property setting of the book mark when making the file. Is that possible?

thanks.

javablood

try67
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Registered: Oct 30 2008
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I actually recently developed a tool that converts all bookmarks to Inherit Zoom, but I haven't placed it on my website yet. If you're interested, you can contact me directly (my email address is in my signature) to purchase it.

Regarding setting this property when creating the file: I assume it's possible, but it depends very much on how you're creating the file.

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