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ralphs84448574
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May 1, 2017
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Transparency and Bookmarks

  • May 1, 2017
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I am struggling with exporting a book to PDF.

The book contains areas of text at 90% opacity in the Difference blend setting, and also has bookmarks linking to the various chapters.

With all the options I have tried, selecting anything other than compatibility with Acrobat 4 makes those areas of text transparent and unreadable when viewing the document in anything other than Acrobat (for example, opening the document with Google Chrome, or Mac's Preview). However, using compatibility with Acrobat 4 means the bookmarks do not export. 

I have tried many different export options, but in broad strokes, it seems like I can either have those areas of text display correctly (using compatibility with Acrobat 4), or have the bookmarks export (using compatibility with 5 and above). Obviously, I would like both. Is there a way I can do this?

If anyone can help with this, I would be very grateful; I am on the verge of keyboard-snapping frustration!

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Correct answer Laubender

Hi,

maybe you can do both exports and "merge" the two files together in Acrobat Pro.


If I remember it right, you just have to open:

1. The export with the working bookmarks and:

2. Replace all pages with the ones from the other PDF where transparency is flattened.

The bookmarks should stay intact.
Did a quick test with Google Chrome browser and the Preview app on OSX.

Regards,
Uwe

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LaubenderCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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May 1, 2017

Hi,

maybe you can do both exports and "merge" the two files together in Acrobat Pro.


If I remember it right, you just have to open:

1. The export with the working bookmarks and:

2. Replace all pages with the ones from the other PDF where transparency is flattened.

The bookmarks should stay intact.
Did a quick test with Google Chrome browser and the Preview app on OSX.

Regards,
Uwe

    ralphs84448574
    ralphs84448574Author
    Participant
    May 1, 2017

    Yes, I think this is the way to go. I came up with a much less user-friendly version of this literally a minute before this reply came though, but your version is much less work, which is always a good thing. Thanks!

    ralphs84448574
    ralphs84448574Author
    Participant
    May 1, 2017

    I've just worked out an inelegant work-around:

    1) export the book with compatibility for Acrobat 4

    2) export the automatically generated Table of Contents document (which generates my bookamarks) with compatibility for Acrobat 5

    3)inserting the ToC at the end of the PDF file

    4) manually going through and relinking the bookmarks in the PDF

    Far from perfect, so still looking for a solution, but I think my keyboard is safe for now at least...

    Derek Cross
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    Derek CrossCommunity Expert
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    May 1, 2017

    Have you tried selecting the Acrobat PDF Preset PDF/X-4 ?

    ralphs84448574
    ralphs84448574Author
    Participant
    May 1, 2017

    I just gave that a go - the same issue occurs with the text appearing too transparent.

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