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How to bookmark a 2nd PDF from within a PDF

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May 1, 2020
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How do you bookmark a 2nd PDF document from within a pdf document? I generally understand bookmarking internally, but what is the syntax or technique for referencing an outside source?

The secondary file is in the same shared folder.

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Thom Parker

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Do you mean that the 2nd PDF is an attachment to the 1st PDF, or that both PDFs are open in Acrobat at the same time?

Thom Parker - Software Developer at PDFScriptingUse the Acrobat JavaScript Reference early and often

00600Author

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PDF 1 is being read. You reach a point in PDF 1 that warrants you read a 2nd PDF simulatenously. The reader can then click a bookmark that launches PDF 2.

ls_rbls

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You will be able to achieve this using the Acrobat Reference Guide in the link I porvided above. But you need Adobe Acrobat Pro DC to achieve that using the Organize Pages tool. There is a way of nesting such bookmarks. It is explained in that reference (although somewhat vague) that should work for you with that second PDF.

ls_rbls

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Download the 7-day free trial version of Adobe Acrobat Pro DC from here : https://acrobat.adobe.com/us/en/free-trial-download.html

Now you 'll be able to test with the appropriate software.

If this is something you'll be trying out with the use of javascripting you need these these resources: https://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/documentation.html

Here is the Acrobat user guide for basic referencing : https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/user-guide.html

Adobe official Helpx Guidance on Thumbnails and Bookmarks here: https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/page-thumbnails-bookmarks-pdfs.html

00600Author

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Thanks. This is for a base level user, so I hope the steps can all be menu driven with no scripting.

ls_rbls

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Use the Acrobat Reference Guide https://helpx.adobe.com/pdf/acrobat_reference.pdf

See Split PDFs into multiple documents beginning in page 308 of that reference.

Specifically look into how to use the Organize Pages tool to split ome or more documents inside a main document, and how to organize and specify the split using Top-Levle Bookmarks.

Maybe this is a good starting point.

Thom Parker

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I'm not clear on exactly what it is you want to happen. Can you explain this further?

Thom Parker - Software Developer at PDFScriptingUse the Acrobat JavaScript Reference early and often

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