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dadybear1234
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June 21, 2025
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Adobe Acrobat Windows 10 Free Edition BOOKMARK a PDF

  • June 21, 2025
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Directions on two Help pages don't work. Both Adobe Help pages both two different ways. Is it possible to bookmark a PDF file in Adobe?

Correct answer creative explorer

@dadybear1234 No, you can't. The free edition of Adobe Acrobat (Adobe Acrobat Reader DC) on Windows 10 does not allow you to create new bookmarks in a PDF. Adobe Acrobat Reader DC is primarily a PDF viewer. While it can display existing bookmarks in a PDF and allow you to navigate using them, the ability to create, edit, or manage bookmarks is a feature reserved for the paid versions of Adobe Acrobat, such as Adobe Acrobat Standard or Adobe Acrobat Pro.

 

If you need to add bookmarks to a PDF, you would need to either purchase a subscription to Adobe Acrobat Standard or Pro. https://www.adobe.com/acrobat/pricing.html


These are the steps to create a 'Bookmark' if you have subscription to Adobe Acrobat Standard or Pro.
1. Open the Bookmark panel. Mine is on the left side

 

2. Select the second icon (in blue)

 

3. A 'Bookmark' panel will pop-out


4. Click on the first icon and click on 'New Bookmark,'

 

5. I am on page 1 of 2 page document. So, to make it simple here, I will enter page 1

 

6. Click on the next page. Repeat step #4, 'New Bookmark'

 

7. Enter Page 2

 

8. Now, you can flip back and forth on the Bookmarks
In my example, is my students assignment...

Page 1


Page 2

 

 

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creative explorer
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June 21, 2025

@dadybear1234 No, you can't. The free edition of Adobe Acrobat (Adobe Acrobat Reader DC) on Windows 10 does not allow you to create new bookmarks in a PDF. Adobe Acrobat Reader DC is primarily a PDF viewer. While it can display existing bookmarks in a PDF and allow you to navigate using them, the ability to create, edit, or manage bookmarks is a feature reserved for the paid versions of Adobe Acrobat, such as Adobe Acrobat Standard or Adobe Acrobat Pro.

 

If you need to add bookmarks to a PDF, you would need to either purchase a subscription to Adobe Acrobat Standard or Pro. https://www.adobe.com/acrobat/pricing.html


These are the steps to create a 'Bookmark' if you have subscription to Adobe Acrobat Standard or Pro.
1. Open the Bookmark panel. Mine is on the left side

 

2. Select the second icon (in blue)

 

3. A 'Bookmark' panel will pop-out


4. Click on the first icon and click on 'New Bookmark,'

 

5. I am on page 1 of 2 page document. So, to make it simple here, I will enter page 1

 

6. Click on the next page. Repeat step #4, 'New Bookmark'

 

7. Enter Page 2

 

8. Now, you can flip back and forth on the Bookmarks
In my example, is my students assignment...

Page 1


Page 2

 

 

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dadybear1234
Inspiring
June 22, 2025

Thank you,

However, I only needed to bookmark a PDF or three, and I currently don't use Adobe for anything but reading PDFs and not Photos or anything else. If I ever get a transplant and reopen my business, one of the first things I would do is get a nice subscription to Adobe. However, at this juncture, I believe for a Bookmark or two, it's probably spending money I don't need to. I appreciate your direct and speedy answer! Respectfully, Barry

try67
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Community Expert
June 22, 2025

You can use comments to achieve a very similar thing, and it works in the free Reader.