Print a single bookmark or tab

[sxschech]

Is there an option to print a single bookmark or tab section rather than the entire report without having to identify the page range? For example I have a pdf file with 5 bookmarks and 300 total pages and would like to print only bookmark #3 which contains 4 pages and starts on page 250. Since the file is to be opened by end users, I'd rather not to have to tell them to find the starting and enging page numbers and then choose print pages from 250 to 253. I am using Acrobat 4, but some users have Reader 4 and others have Reader 5.

Thanks for your assistance.

 

[RMS10]

Try placing a form button on the page that the bookmarks are linked too. You can then add java script to print the desired range of pages under the field properties, actions, add area of the button.

 

[sxschech]

RMS10 Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately, I don't think that method will work since the reports are going to be created at print time by the end user, in this case, using Business Objects to print to a pdf file. The Business Objects report has multiple tabs like Excel and each tab is translated to a bookmark when saved as a PDF file. They will then be sending the pdf files as email attachments to those people who don't have Business Objects.

 

[mlg4035]

sxstech,

Have you checked the context menu when you right-click a bookmark? I have Acrobat 5 but I believe 4 has the same functionality: right-click the bookmark and choose 'Print Page(s)'...? I'm probably wrong but I just wanted to make sure you checked into this possibility already...

'Well, it's one louder, isn't it?...
What we do is, if we need that extra push over the cliff, you know what we do?...Eleven. Exactly. One louder.'

 

[sxschech]

mlg4035,
Thank you for your response. I had checked right clicking the bookmark (go to bookmark, delete, set destination, rename, properties). Also tried the help files, file print, etc. before I composed my question to the forum. I also looked at someone's computer who had version 5 and right clicking on the bookmark did not show a print option either.

 

[mlg4035]

OK sxschech, here's the scoop!

The Print Page(s) option becomes available depending upon how the PDF document gets created:

If you create the PDF using the Web Capture tool and select "Create Bookmarks from Content" in the options, then all the bookmarks will be 'printable' individually or by selecting groups of bookmarks.

If you use the Web Capture tool and don't select the option above, but select the "Add PDF Tags" option instead, then you will have the option to create bookmarks from the structure of the document at any time using the "New Bookmarks from Structure" option which becomes availble any time you have a tagged PDF file.

Finally, if you use MS Word and the PDFMaker plug-in to create your PDF, then you can create tagged bookmarks by doing the following(taken directly from page 84 of Acrobat Help):

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In a Microsoft Office 2000 for Windows application, choose Acrobat > Change Conversion Settings, and make sure that the Embed Tags in PDF option is selected in the Office tab of the Acrobat PDFMaker 5.0 for Microsoft Office dialog box.Then create an Adobe PDF file directly from within the application using the Convert to Adobe PDF button on the toolbar or the Convert to Adobe PDF command.
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If you have an existing, untagged PDF file, you'll have to tag it using the 'Make Accessible' plug-in, and then re-create all your bookmarks(using the 'New Bookmarks from Structure' option).

If none of these methods are useful to you, then you'll have to find some other way, perhaps using Javascript as someone else suggested, or whatever.

I'm glad you asked this question because I was able to learn a lot more about creating PDFs! I hope you find a suitable solution.

Cheers 'Well, it's one louder, isn't it?...
What we do is, if we need that extra push over the cliff, you know what we do?...Eleven. Exactly. One louder.'