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_Allison_W_
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August 26, 2008
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Open PDF with Bookmarks pane open?

  • August 26, 2008
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Is there any way you can set up a PDF so that the document automatically opens with the Bookmarks pane open?

Thank you,
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    Correct answer ~graffiti
    Not by using Reader no (because you couldn't save the settings).

    If you have Acrobat, go to File>Properties>Initial View>Layout and Navigation>Navigation tab and select "Bookmarks panel and page."

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    HEM Paving
    Participant
    January 10, 2018

    The suggested setting only applies it to the file in Acrobat 20. Is there a way to change the default within the program? I am having no luck finding it.

    Thank you.

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      LauraNCRA
      Participant
      November 5, 2020

      How do you keep the Bookmarks Pane open all the time?  When I click on a bookmark it then closes the pane and I have to open it again.

      Bernd Alheit
      Community Expert
      Bernd AlheitCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      November 5, 2020

      Look at the settings in the bookmark panel.

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      TerriSunshine
      Participant
      April 4, 2012

      This can be done when the original PDF is created.

      Here's how I do it using Acrobat Pro 9

      File->Properties->Initial View->

              Navigation Tab: bookmark panel and page

      Glad to help out. Terri

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        eearnhart
        Participant
        October 7, 2017

        Thank you.  I had forgotten how to set the initial view.

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        _Hanna_Winter_
        Participant
        October 29, 2008
        I am using Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional, and am using lots of bookmarks. Is there a way to control the levels of bookmarks that open automatically when you open the file? It defaults to the whole tree opening up, and I'd like to have just the first two levels of bookmarks open (an then the reader can expand for more detailed bookmarks). Any help?
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        TerriSunshine
        Participant
        April 4, 2012

        Simply open or close the hierachy of bookmarksto look exactly as you want to see it when the pdf opens and then save the file. When you open it up in reader, it displays the bookmarks as they were at the time of your last save.

        This allows you to decide on a bookmark by boomark level what is open and what remains closed.

        This also allows you to open the 1st and say 4th bookmark to show all 3 tiers, the 2nd bookmark to show no tiers, and the last two bookmarks to show only the first and second tiers. Endless combinations. It isn't all or nothing.

        Hope that is helpful. Terri

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        _jackso81_
        Participant
        October 3, 2008
        My PDF files are created by exporting from Pagemaker 7. Can I somehow specify in Pagemaker that the pdf file bookmark pane will be expanded when the pdf file is opened ?
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        _healthywoman_
        Participant
        August 28, 2008
        So no way to do this with Reader then?
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        _Aandi_Inston_
        Participating Frequently
        August 28, 2008
        You can't set up PDFs with Reader, it can't make this sort of change.

        Aandi Inston
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        _Allison_W_Author
        Participant
        August 26, 2008
        I do have Acrobat -- this is great. Thanks muchly!
        ~graffiti
        ~graffitiCorrect answer
        Legend
        August 26, 2008
        Not by using Reader no (because you couldn't save the settings).

        If you have Acrobat, go to File>Properties>Initial View>Layout and Navigation>Navigation tab and select "Bookmarks panel and page."
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