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2009-05-13 10:52:01
CAM1
Registered: May 12 2009
Posts: 5
Answered

I have set the default initial view of my PDF to a zoom of 92.1% (don't ask!), w/the bookmarks pane open. When I page thru the document with the arrow keys, the view stays at 92.1%, which is what I want.

But when I click on a bookmark, the view adjusts to Fit Page. I've tried changing this in multiple places but it keeps going back to this default. I want the viewer to see the PDF at 92.1% when they click on a bookmark, too.

How do I do this? I'm using Acrobat 9 Pro (just upgraded from 8 yesterday) on Vista. Thanks for any help.

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2009-05-14 00:44:01
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rbogie
Registered: Apr 28 2008
Posts: 432
set the bookmark's properties (action tab | edit | zoom) to inherit zoom
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2009-05-14 09:10:02
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CAM1
Registered: May 12 2009
Posts: 5
Thank you! I applied this to all bookmarks (selecting all of them to do it all at once) & it works. Much appreciated.Adobe help wasn't much help on this.
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2009-05-24 09:40:41
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cniggeler
Registered: Oct 21 2008
Posts: 2
Hi, I have a question as a Reader user, not a PDF creator, but I have only found this topic in the PDF Creation area. When I click a bookmark the image size reverts to "fit page" no matter what I've set it to before! I've tried every Preference I can think of, to no avail.

Any suggestions?
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2009-05-24 11:42:14
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rbogie
Registered: Apr 28 2008
Posts: 432
without the acrobat program there is nothing you can do because the creator set the bookmark's target page to open at the particular zoom.
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2009-06-16 11:09:08
#5
TonyKay
Registered: Jun 16 2009
Posts: 1
CAM1 wrote:
Thank you! I applied this to all bookmarks (selecting all of them to do it all at once) & it works. Much appreciated.Adobe help wasn't much help on this.
I tried to do the same thing in Acrobat 9 pro and it reset all the books marks to the same location. Do you have to individually change the properties of every bookmark? Is there a way to set the default to fit page for any new bookmarks created?

Thanks in advance...
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2009-06-16 12:47:33
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rbogie
Registered: Apr 28 2008
Posts: 432
the zoom on exsiting bookmarks must be reset one by one

the zoom on a new bookmark is set at the zoom value existing when the bookmark is created
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2009-07-26 23:44:29
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mackajae
Registered: Jul 26 2009
Posts: 1
TonyKay wrote:
I tried to do the same thing in Acrobat 9 pro and it reset all the books marks to the same location. Do you have to individually change the properties of every bookmark? Is there a way to set the default to fit page for any new bookmarks created?Thanks in advance...
Another way to change the zoom for a selection of bookmarks using adobe 8 pro, is to firstly select the bookmarks in question then open the properties dialog box. Select the Actions tab and press the Add... button in the "Add an Action" field. Select "View>Zoom>Fit Page" or whatever zoom selection you wish and then press ok.
You should now see "Execute a menu item" in the Actions box. Press ok. Now when you select your bookmark it should be set to the required zoom.
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2009-08-24 09:45:04
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crashnburn
Registered: Aug 14 2009
Posts: 14
mackajae wrote:
TonyKay wrote:
I tried to do the same thing in Acrobat 9 pro and it reset all the books marks to the same location. Do you have to individually change the properties of every bookmark? Is there a way to set the default to fit page for any new bookmarks created?Thanks in advance...
Another way to change the zoom for a selection of bookmarks using adobe 8 pro, is to firstly select the bookmarks in question then open the properties dialog box. Select the Actions tab and press the Add... button in the "Add an Action" field. Select "View>Zoom>Fit Page" or whatever zoom selection you wish and then press ok.
You should now see "Execute a menu item" in the Actions box. Press ok. Now when you select your bookmark it should be set to the required zoom.
I think I want to do the same with a PDF that I have.
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2010-05-19 11:11:14
#9
acoginthewheel
Registered: Nov 9 2009
Posts: 11
This wouldn't work with Acrobat Pro 7, would it?
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2011-10-15 08:27:31
#10
bilofsky
Registered: Oct 15 2011
Posts: 1
I want the zoom on all bookmarks to be "Inherit Zoom", under the radical theory that the viewer has it set the way they want and the document should leave it that way.

crashnburn wrote:
... select the bookmarks in question then open the properties dialog box. Select the Actions tab and press the Add... button in the "Add an Action" field. Select "View>Zoom>Fit Page" or whatever zoom selection you wish and then press ok.
That works great for every setting except Inherit Zoom, which doesn't appear on that menu.

Is there any way to apply Inherit Zoom other than doing each bookmark individually?

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2011-10-23 07:59:21
#11
try67
Expert
Registered: Oct 30 2008
Posts: 2398
I have developed a tool that can do that to multiple files in a single go:
http://try67.blogspot.com/2011/04/batch-edit-bookmarks-inherit-zoom.php

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