Copy Bookmarks

[ohmbru]

Does anyone know how to copy bookmarks into a new pdf file?

I'm creating a procedure manual and want to keep each section in separate documents (of which there are many). But, I want each document to be able to expand/collapse the bookmark tree which links to all the other documents.



Brian

 

[frameuser]

There are three ways that I can think of. I've used all three at different times.

1. Create a single PDF file of the manual, and then use a PDF splitting tool that retains links and bookmarks. I use PDF Splitter from artspdf.com. Unfortunately, they don't make that tool anymore, but they do make a similar one called Split and Merge Plus. I just haven't tried the new tool, so I don't know how well it works.

2. Use a tool that lets you add bookmarks that you have defined. Again, I use a tool from artspdf.com--PDF Bookmarker. If you have Acrobat 5 (and, I assume, 6), you can use a batch sequence to add the bookmarks to a folder of PDFs at one time.

3. Manually create the bookmarks in one blank PDF file. Then open each PDF and insert pages from the blank PDF file. The bookmarks from the blank file will appear below the bookmarks for the file that you're in. You can then move the inserted bookmarks wherever you want them to go.

Rick Henkel
Senior Systems Developer

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