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Oggy
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April 28, 2020
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Unwanted bookmarks when merging pdfs

  • April 28, 2020
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When merging multiple pdfs, Acrobat creates a bookmark with the filename wherever i inserted another document. How can I prevent that?

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Correct answer JR Boulay

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JR Boulay
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JR BoulayCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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November 21, 2020

Acrobate du PDF, InDesigner et Photoshopographe
try67
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try67Community Expert
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April 28, 2020

Do you mean "Combine Files into PDF"? If so, you can disable adding bookmarks via the Options button in that dialog, and then un-ticking "Always add bookmarks to Adobe PDF".

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    OggyAuthor
    Participant
    April 30, 2020

    Yes I mean that tool and I know about the option you're talking about. But if untick it, there's no Bookmarks in the merged PDF at all and I want the bookmarks to be shown. My problem is following:

    I have 10-page PDF with cover sheets (lets call it cover.pdf). When I insert another PDF (lets call it chapter.pdf) after one of those cover sheets (e.g. the second one) my index looks like this:

     

    cover.pdf

       title of first coversheet

       title of second coversheet

    chapter.pdf

    cover (somehow without the .pdf suffix)

       title of third coversheet

       title of fourth coversheet

       and so on...

     

    What I want is an index without multiple entries showing the filename of the cover.pdf (with or without suffix)

    I want it to look like this:

     

    title of first coversheet

    title of second coversheet

       chapter.pdf

    title of third coversheet

    title of fourth coversheet

    and so on...

     

    I hope you can help me, thx in advance!

     

     

     

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    defaultxkexvarm40me
    Participant
    November 20, 2020

    Having a similar probelm. Trying to combine multiple pdfs and Adobe just throws the bookmarks into a blender. Missing multiple, changing bookmark names, re-organizing. It's all over the place. Cannot standardize it or change it in a way that will not only preserve the previous booksmarks, but also add new ones for each pdf being added.

    JR Boulay
    Community Expert
    JR BoulayCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    April 28, 2020

    There are several ways to merge PDFs, which one do you use?

    Acrobate du PDF, InDesigner et Photoshopographe
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    OggyAuthor
    Participant
    April 28, 2020

    I'm using the merge tool in acrobat pro dc

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