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November 26, 2016
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Default settings in bookmarks.

  • November 26, 2016
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Is there any way in Acrobat DC to set bookmark defaults so that all new bookmarks are created with the 'Inherit zoom' property?

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Known Participant
August 11, 2019

Moderators: This is a follow up to my comment above about having trouble getting PDF Wizard to work.

I don't want to leave it hanging that PDF Wizard doesn't work, as it was user error on my part. I downloaded the code and not the program! It's easy once you download the right file. (I was not familiar with GitHub and so I downloaded the obvious link at the top of the page which turns out to be the source code...doh!).

On the Releases page for PDF Wizard, Releases · beatngu13/pdf-zoom-wizard · GitHub  – ignore the large link at the top (that's the code). Find the latest release (i.e., v0.4.1 as of today's date) and download the .jar file at the top of the ASSETS list. See screen shot below.

After downloading, you may have to edit your Mac's Security Settings to open the .jar (java) file.

Double-click the .jar file in the Mac Finder and it will open the simple user interface. "Browse" to your PDF, select "Inherit" (or other option) from the popup, and press RUN button. This will overwrite your PDF so you may want to run it on a copy.

Thanks beatngu13 for writing this handy app and for trouble-shooting my downloading mistake.

Note: I also installed Java yesterday. This may only be necessary for the code editing, I'm not sure. But if you're having issues, download & install Java too.

Known Participant
August 7, 2019

On another thread, the developer for this free GitHub app posted a link, but even after installing Java I couldn't get it to work.

GitHub - beatngu13/pdf-zoom-wizard: Lightweight and cross-platform tool for PDF bookmarks and links zoom settings

Yes, a feature request is in order.

Known Participant
August 7, 2019

go to Feature Request/Bug Report Form

and search for "Inherit Zoom setting for Bookmarks" and VOTE. Already at 25 votes.

try67
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 27, 2016

No, I don't think that's possible.

Participant
November 27, 2016

Thanks.   Adobe take note!!!!   While I was at work I worked with a Documentum database using Acrobat - and we had a brilliant feature that enabled setting the bookmark defaults.

I never realised that it had been produced 'in house' until I used 'Native' Acrobat.

try67
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 27, 2016

You can make a feature request here: Feature Request/Bug Report Form

If you're interested, I've developed a tool that allows you to set the zoom level of all bookmarks in one or more files easily and quickly.

You can find it here: Custom-made Adobe Scripts: Batch Edit Zoom Level in Bookmarks