How do I stop bookmarks pane from opening with every pdf that is opened?

[UCJ1]

Having to manually close the bookmarks pane to the right side of the screen is such a waste of time and extremely annoying. Does anyone have a soltuion to stop this?

Everything I have found online and on this forum does offer a permanant solution, only for one document at a time, which is the same if not more processes than closing the bookmarks pane.

[try67]

There is no permanent solution, as this is a setting that is defined in each file's Initial View settings.

You can run an Action on a set of files to change that setting in them, but that's about it.

[UCJ1]

Thank you for the reply. It seems crazy this isnt an easy setting change, it wastes so much screen space, and absoulte nightmare when I have tens of detailed drawings to look at. Could you please explain what this Action is and how to run it?

[try67]

Go to Tools - Action Wizard and create a new Action. Add to it the "Set Open Options" command (under "Document Processing"), and a Save command (under "Save & Export"). Edit the former by clicking the Specify Settings button on the right-hand side of the window and select Initial View as Page Only:

Leave everything else as is.

Also make sure to untick the "Prompt User" check-box:

Now run this Action on your files, and you're done!

[UCJ1]

Thank you. I have completed those steps and named the action "Page only".

To open drawings I have clicked: Use guided actions; Page only; Select a file. 

However, it only allows me to select one file at a time, am I doing something wrong?

[try67]

I don't follow what you mean by this line:

"To open drawings I have clicked: Use guided actions; Page only; Select a file."

Can you send a screenshot?

[UCJ1]

Kind regards

[try67]

If you click the arrow next to Add Files I believe it should give you other options, such as selecting a folder, or multiple files.

[UCJ1]

Then clicked: Start

Clicked: Allow

Error and bookmarks pane is still there.

When opening single files as the steps in my previous message, it opens as a single page, but that amount of clicks takes longer than closing the bookmarks pane on each drawing.  

[try67]

Sorry, not sure why it's not working for you. It does for me.

[UCJ1]

No need to apologise, I appreciate your help, thank you.