PDF Bookmarks

 

Bookmarks simplify navigation in PDF documents, and acts as an advanced table of content so that users easily can browse large documents. Bookmarks are shown on the left hand side of the main window in PixEdit. A single click on a bookmark will immediately take you to that page, as well as the position on that page where the bookmark is pointing. Please note that bookmarks can only be saved in the PDF document format. If you, for example, are adding bookmarks to a TIFF document you must to save the file in PDF format in order to keep the bookmarks.

 

 

In order to show or edit bookmarks you must first have the Page Composition window visible. By default this window is visible, but if you no longer have this window switched on use View, Document Composition to make this window visible. The Document composition window has three tabs, Tree, Bookmarks and Composition. Click Bookmarks in order to work with Bookmarks.

 

You can add, remove, move or edit bookmark properties. When you insert a new bookmark you can type in the name of the bookmark manually, or let PixEdit use its optional OCR snap-in module to automatically select a name for your new bookmark.  Your bookmark can have various properties such as colour and text font. A bookmark can cover the entire page or a small section of a page. You can also configure a bookmark so that the page is displayed at a given zoom factor when a user clicks the bookmark.

 

Go to a bookmark

 

Make sure the Document Composition window is visible and that you have clicked the Bookmark tab. Simply click the bookmark just like you do when you are browsing the Internet. PixEdit will immediately display the page and bookmark.

 

 

Creating bookmarks

 

 

If your only task is to create a bookmark that points to the current visible page and shows the entire page when a user later on click the bookmark, simply click the Insert Bookmark tool, then type the name of your new bookmark.

 

 

 

You may also specify an exact area on a page and add this area as a bookmark.  Activate the Bookmark tool and indicate the area on the page using the rectangle and your mouse. You can change the default bookmark name “Untitled” by clicking the name and then typing in the new bookmark name. In many cases you would probably like to let PixEdit use OCR to automatically choose the bookmark name. Before indicating the bookmark area, activate the OCR button to the right of the Bookmark tool and PixEdit will use the text in the bookmark area as bookmark name. Note that the first time you create a bookmark using OCR you may experience a slight delay before the bookmark name has been recognized. You must have PixEdit with the OCR snap-in module in order to use this method.

 

 

 

Bookmark properties

 

 

To change the properties of a bookmark such as colour, font etc, select a bookmark and click the Bookmark Properties tool. You may also change properties of a bookmark by right clicking the bookmark and selecting Bookmark Properties.

 

 

Deleting bookmarks

 

 

To delete a bookmark first select the bookmark to be deleted and click the Delete Bookmark tool. You may also use the Delete key on your keyboard or right clicking the bookmark and then select Delete. To delete more than one bookmark, use the Shift and Ctrl keys in combination with selecting the bookmarks.

 

Moving bookmarks

 

Click the bookmark to be moved, hold down the mouse button and drag the bookmark to its new position. To move more than one bookmark simultaneously, use the Shift and Ctrl keys in combination with selecting the bookmarks.

 

 

You can organize bookmarks in a tree structure as shown. To create a bookmark chapter, select one or more bookmarks and drop them onto the bookmark to be converted to a bookmark chapter.