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fizzle406
fizzle406
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February 10, 2016
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I can't create bookmarks anymore

  • February 10, 2016
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I had to upgrade to Adobe Acrobat Pro 10.1.13 and now it won't let me add bookmarks. My boss is very insistant that all PDFs need to be bookmarked. When I go to the left side of the screen and open the menu with the thumbnails, in the past there would be an option for me to add bookmarks. the bookmark tab is gone now. I combined the pdf with another pdf in hopes it would create bookmarks for the 2 files and hopefully let me add more. It did give me the bookmark tab and it showed bookmarks for the 2 files I combined but I have no option to make any bookmarks.

this is frustrating! Thanks!

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Correct answer Morani

hi fizzle406‌,

you can bring the bookmark option back on left tray by navigating to

View>show/hide>navigation panes >bookmarks( in acrobat itself )

check mark the same in that menu . it will will show the bookmarks on left side of window.

let me know it you still don't see the same

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cybervigil
Participant
April 23, 2017

That only shows bookmarks already in the document. Why do they ALWAYS make things harder on an upgrade?

try67
Community Expert
try67Community Expert
Community Expert
April 23, 2017

You're replying to an old thread without providing the most basic information. How do you expect us to be able to help you?

kaiserdom
kaiserdom
Participant
June 30, 2016

Just print the entire signed document with a PDF maker like Adobe Acrobat Pro and you are done.

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MoraniCorrect answer
Adobe Employee
February 21, 2016

hi fizzle406‌,

you can bring the bookmark option back on left tray by navigating to

View>show/hide>navigation panes >bookmarks( in acrobat itself )

check mark the same in that menu . it will will show the bookmarks on left side of window.

let me know it you still don't see the same

Y
YatharthS
Participating Frequently
February 10, 2016

Hi fizzle406 ,

Please follow this thread to reset the preferences :- https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1595848  ‌& If you are on Windows OS, open Acrobat, navigate to Help menu & repair the installation.

Would request to please provide OS version.

Please refer to this KB article :- https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/page-thumbnails-bookmarks-pdfs.html

Also make sure you are opening files in Acrobat Pro DC for adding bookmarks, not in Reader DC(bookmarks can't be added in Reader as its for Viewing the PDFs) .

Regards,

Yatharth

tony3Dski
tony3Dski
Participant
April 29, 2018

My reply is 2 years later, but... How in the hell does it make sense not allow creating bookmarks in Reader DC?!  I don't want to shoot the messenger, but you'd expect to be allowed to create bookmarks, especially since you can highlight and create notes.  It's such a common document usage use case, especially when folks are publishing large documents that are read as a "book".  Things like this drive me nuts and make me want to boycott Adobe, so I'll have to work on getting over the take on bookmarks inside of Adobe Reader DC in 2018.

Bernd Alheit
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Bernd AlheitCommunity Expert
Community Expert
April 30, 2018

Adobe want sell Adobe Acrobat.

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