I am working on a new deliverable and want to have bookmarks in a PDF open in a new pane or window. Sort of the way a web page opens in a new window. When you are done looking at the page and close it, you are back where you started. In this case, on page 1 of the PDF.
The way it works as I now have it is that when you click on the bookmark, you sort of auto-scroll to the page of the PDF that is linked by the bookmark. If you don't know to scroll back up to the first page of the doc, the instinct is to close the window which closes the entire document. Not handy for clients who are not so savvy with PDFs.
Any help appreciated,
JB
> I am working on a new deliverable and want to have bookmarks in a PDF open in a new pane or window. Sort of the way a web page opens in a new window. When you are done looking at the page and close it, you are back where you started. In this case, on page 1 of the PDF.
> The way it works as I now have it is that when you click on the bookmark, you sort of auto-scroll to the page of the PDF that is linked by the bookmark. If you don't know to scroll back up to the first page of the doc, the instinct is to close the window which closes the entire document. Not handy for clients who are not so savvy with PDFs.
> Any help appreciated,
> JB
Not sure I understand entirely, but are you looking at a screen with the bookmarks on the left and the pages on the right, like this:
If you click on any of the bookmarks, it jumps directly to the page you've bookmarked.
What software are you using to create the PDF, and on what platform (Windows, Mac, etc.)?
> > I am working on a new deliverable and want to have bookmarks in a PDF open in a new pane or window. Sort of the way a web page opens in a new window. When you are done looking at the page and close it, you are back where you started. In this case, on page 1 of the PDF.
> > The way it works as I now have it is that when you click on the bookmark, you sort of auto-scroll to the page of the PDF that is linked by the bookmark. If you don't know to scroll back up to the first page of the doc, the instinct is to close the window which closes the entire document. Not handy for clients who are not so savvy with PDFs.
> > Any help appreciated,
> > JB
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> Not sure I understand entirely, but are you looking at a screen with the bookmarks on the left and the pages on the right, like this:
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> If you click on any of the bookmarks, it jumps directly to the page you've bookmarked.
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> What software are you using to create the PDF, and on what platform (Windows, Mac, etc.)?
You've got the jist of my present condition.
I am using Adobe XI on Win 7pro.
What I am trying to do is have the bookmark open as a page unto itself. When you close that page, you would be back to the first page of the doc. I had this set up with buttons that linked to various files, but sending all the files was a huge PIA and the links to the files were somewhat testy.
Email in my profile is good if you want to send me a note I'll ship you the file.
Thanks!
maybe you can do it as two files - 1. contents page and 2. bookmarked data ?
PDF X-change pro appears to have the functionality you are looking for in the bookmark editor.
http://tinyurl.com/lwf3bb9 page 111
Also Adobe Acrobat, I have just checked.
Both of these can set the bookmark to open an external file when the bookmark is clicked. This could be a PDF. I couldn't see a way to choose the page of the opened file so it would just open the same as when it was last closed. You would have to create lots of small PDFs and bundle them all together in a zip. Not ideal.
Also, I think there are "bookmarks" (appear in pane on left) and "links" (appear on page).
What you are really wanting I think is to open the same PDF but in a new window. I am sure it can be done if you have the right program. This may be able to to do it. Their support should certainly be able to tell you if it is possible.
Try creating a portfolio and see if that does what you want
