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Word to PDF - Named Destinations

Chrisbat
Registered: Mar 19 2007
Posts: 2

Our department is creating PDF documents from Word documents. While the Table of Contents that PDF creates and then displays in the Bookmarks navigation pane work well, the links that we have created in Word are not as exact.
 
For instance, we hyperlink 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0 to specific sections in our Word document and then create a PDF.
 
1.0 Position
2.0 Class
3.0 Rank
 
Let's say the user chooses not to use the PDF bookmarks navigation pane and instead chooses to click the links within the document. In this document, 1.0 and 2.0 may work well. However, while 3.0 may take the user to the correct page, it does not take the user to the correct region on the page. (especially if 3.0 appears at the bottom of the page.)
 
I use PDF Professional's Named Destination feature to make my links more exact. Is there a better way to accomplish this task?
 
We are using Word 2003, Adobe Acrobat Professional 6.0, and Windows 2000 Professional.

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 6.0.3, Windows
tedpadova
ExpertTeam
Registered: Dec 31 2005
Posts: 848
You're better off editing the links to zoom to a view that you want for the link destination than using Destinations. If you have large files with many Destinations, the overhead can be quite large and you'll notice the file size grow and navigation to slow down.

ted

The author of numerous books on Acrobat, Photoshop, Illustrator and the Adobe Creative Suite, and an international speaker on Adobe Acrobat, Ted Padova is a well-known PDF guru.