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harleygnuya
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Feb 12, 2025 3:39 PM UTC
Question

Set PDF file so that is opens without showing the bookmarks panel.

I'm using Acrobat Pro 2024.005.20399.

 

Despite having set Document Properties > Initial View > Navigation Tab to "Page Only", my PDFs are still showing the bookmarks panel when they open.  I want them to open with the Bookmarks Panel hidden. 

 

Theses PDFs consist of a single page and have no bookmarks in them.

 

To make them come up without the Bookmarks Panel showing, I've had to add an Action to the page:

Select Trigger = "Page Open"

Select Action = "Execute a menu item"

And the menu item I've selected is "Acrobat Menu>View>Show/Hide>Side panels>Bookmarks

 

When I do these things, the pdfs finally come up without the Bookmarks Panel showing.

 

So, I can get it to work, but I thought that merely setting the Navigation Tab to "Page Only" would be sufficient to work on its own.

 

What's going on?  Am I misunderstanding something?

 

I'm attaching screen shots of my document and page settings.

9 replies

try67
Community Expert
Community Expert
Feb 12, 2025 10:06 PM UTC

It should be enough, yes. Where (in which application and OS) did you test it when it showed up incorrectly?

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harleygnuya
Known Participant
Feb 12, 2025 10:15 PM UTC

Acrobat Pro 2024.005.20399

Windows 10 Pro 64 bit Build 19045.4291

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try67
Community Expert
Community Expert
Feb 12, 2025 10:39 PM UTC

Can you share a sample file?

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harleygnuya
Known Participant
Feb 12, 2025 3:47 PM UTC

Oops!  I attached the wrong page properties screenshot.  Here's the right one.

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