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I have a lot of Engineering reference books in .pdf format that have no bookmarks to chapters/topics. Am I able to create bookmarks on Reader X or would I need the full acrobat software? Bookmarking these documents would make life a lot easier when sourcing info so any help would be massively appreciated!
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You can create bookmarks with Adobe Acrobat, not Adobe Reader.
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There is a Javascript bookmark tool for Acrobat Reader. It's not quite the same as pdf bookmarks, but you might find it useful.
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I often use Foxit reader to add bookmarks.
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you cant bookmark, but you can highlight , and it will save
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While you can't create a bookmark with reader, you can add sticky notes. To view all your sticky notes, click View > Comment > Annotations. From there, just click on a comment and it will take you to the page the comment is on.
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Thanks, I will give this a shot! I was just about to try it but realized I'm reading a protected (read-only) Microsoft guide. Ugh. I will try later on another document, thanks for the idea!
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You made my day. Thanks a lot !
Greetings Stefan Lalev
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It's 2014 and this 'reader' still doesn't allow making bookmarks. Silly isn't it?
I'm also using highlights and sticky notes to save reading position on dozens of PDFs I have to open from time to time.
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It has nothing to do with the year... This is not a technical limitation, it's done on purpose. Reader is just that, a reader of PDF files. Adobe sells an editor of PDF files called Acrobat. With time Reader was given some limited functionalities such as adding comments, but editing the bookmarks structure is a whole other matter, and I doubt that will change any time soon (although you never know).
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Hmm... Then say iBooks is probably some kind of an editor that allows such an advanced feature as 'editing bookmarks'? As well as most other READERS on various devices that provide such 'pro extension'.
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I'm only talking about Adobe software here. There are plenty of other PDF viewers/editors out there. You can use those if you want, of course.
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Yes, just like Adobe. Has a Pro extension (Acrobat Pro) for editing. Adobe Reader is free to get you hooked so you buy stuff, it is designed to leave you wanting more of course!!
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The original "freemium" app... 🙂
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Mind you, if people are unaware, using Reader, that Acrobat Pro is out there waiting to be purchased, Adobe need to push it more. Pop-up ads anyone?
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Don't give them any ideas, please... It's bad enough as it is with that Tools panel in Reader, which is basically one big ad for the various Pro products/subscriptions.
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I am so naive that I'm using Adobe READER as my default PDF READER, and I expect bookmarks to be default functionality of any READER.
Pushing it to the paid PRO functionality is really nasty. Why not then push 'Open' function to Acrobat Pro: Wanna open PDF — buy Acrobat Pro!
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Really without a sarcasm: there is a whole lot of convenient functions in Acrobat Pro, and I'm okay with the fact that it is paid. But bookmarks is really a BASIC feature of reading experience, its like scrolling pages, it's a feature of an 'MVP kind', I mean if you're making a reader — bookmarks should be there from the very start. And even more: it is SOOO easy to implement, that the fact it is from the 'PRO' set of functions is funny!
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You're welcome to make a feature request here: https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform