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jamesvs1
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May 15, 2017
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How do I retain bookmarks in new PDF when printing from a PDF with bookmarks?

  • May 15, 2017
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How do I retain bookmarks in new PDF when printing from a PDF with bookmarks?  I have a 2,500 page PDF with bookmarks that I have added a footer to for page numbering.  When I print from the original PDF with the bookmarks and the "editable" page numbering in the footer to "lock-in" the footer page numbering into a new PDF file, all the bookmarks do not appear in the new PDF file.  Do I need to toggle something during the printing process to replicate the bookmarks in the new PDF file?

解決に役立った回答 matiaspage-A03q7K

Yes, that would be one solution. Another is to use a script, like this (paid-for) one I've created, which will work in your version: Custom-made Adobe Scripts: Acrobat -- Scale PDF Pages


SOLVED!

Finally. After months of frustration. Thanks for all the replies guys.

Solution:

1. Create your book and make it PDF with your precious bookmarks.

2. Create your image in the same aspect ratio as the pages of the book.

3. Right click on that image file (the cover of your book), and click "convert to Adobe PDF".

4. Now, open that file that you just created, with the cover only.

5. Select Print to PDF and in the settings select FIT and the page size to fit the image to (in my case it was 8.5x11 inches).

6. Open your book (with the still-missing cover)

6. Go to tools and add the PDF with the cover that you just created. Now with the correct page size.


Cheers and thank you very much.

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Legend
April 22, 2019

PDF sizes are never measured in pixels. So ignore any app which tells you a size in pixels. What matters is the size in inches. Compare the size in inches of the cover and the other pages - to get the size in inches hover in the bottom left of the page in Acrobat.

gary_sc
Community Expert
Community Expert
April 22, 2019

Well the pixel size does make a difference depending on what tools are being used to create the PDF.

A document that is 300 pixels wide will be 1" wide if printed at 300 pixels per inch. A document that is 2550 pixels wide printed at 72 ppi (the default screen size) will be 35.4 inches wide.

Matiaspage, what application are you using to create the PDF and how are you doing that? Are you using anything within Google to print/create your PDF?

matiaspage-A03q7K
Participating Frequently
April 22, 2019

Gary. Thank you for taking the time to reply.

Yes. That was an issue. I'm constantly learning this! I'm not an expert by any means.

I didn't stop and think that the image I had created was 2550x3300px but with 120DPI!! So the resulting page was 30+ inches in size...

I still like to create a big image (in case I want to use it for other things) and do the steps that I described above. As it saves me the time to calculate sizes and DPI and inches... Etc.

Thank you very much.

Legend
April 22, 2019

Remake the cover page and replace it (Replace pages function). Bookmarks unaffected.

matiaspage-A03q7K
Participating Frequently
April 22, 2019

Thank you but this did not work.

The pages are in Legal size (8.5inches x 11 inches) which according to google is 2550x3300 pixels.

I created the cover with that resolution and the end effect is the same (as in the picture).

When I use "print to PDF" cover and pages are all the same size, like magic.

It's frustrating honestly.

Legend
May 15, 2017

Printing to PDF is not a security measure; things you could edit in Acrobat Pro DC before, you can edit afterwards with equal convenience. But it does stop form fields from being fillable; there are other ways to do this though. Is it form fields you have?

matiaspage-A03q7K
Participating Frequently
April 22, 2019

Hello, I ended up having to use the Print to PDF function because it was the only solution I could find to fix a mismatch in page sizes in my book.

If you open my book in a browser (Chrome, firefox) the cover page is GIGANTIC compared to the rest of the pages.

So far I found no other solution other than printing to PDF. Which breaks the bookmarks that I carefully created...

Do you know how to fix this?

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thank you

matiaspage-A03q7K
Participating Frequently
April 22, 2019

Yes, that would be one solution. Another is to use a script, like this (paid-for) one I've created, which will work in your version: Custom-made Adobe Scripts: Acrobat -- Scale PDF Pages


SOLVED!

Finally. After months of frustration. Thanks for all the replies guys.

Solution:

1. Create your book and make it PDF with your precious bookmarks.

2. Create your image in the same aspect ratio as the pages of the book.

3. Right click on that image file (the cover of your book), and click "convert to Adobe PDF".

4. Now, open that file that you just created, with the cover only.

5. Select Print to PDF and in the settings select FIT and the page size to fit the image to (in my case it was 8.5x11 inches).

6. Open your book (with the still-missing cover)

6. Go to tools and add the PDF with the cover that you just created. Now with the correct page size.


Cheers and thank you very much.

Legend
May 15, 2017

You don't. While printing from Acrobat to PDF is recommended all over the internet, it's actually a terrible idea for all sorts of reasons. So if you can describe in detail why you want to, we may be able to suggest a way to avoid the need altogether.

jamesvs1
jamesvs1作成者
Participant
May 15, 2017

Thank you for offering an alternative.  We "re-print to PDF" so that no information in the PDF is editable by all of the end users.  We cannot put security locks on the file, our end user client does not permit that approach.