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Can Adobe Reader, Foxit Reader etc PDF readers read Bookmarks on the pages?

Hello,

I am creating a document and it has to be in PDF. I don't have a Windows PC to test it with Adobe Reader, Edge, Foxit reader or whatever other PDF readers people use these days.

Anyways, I want to create links (bookmarks) inside my pages document and I was wondering if the linking will work everywhere when it's in a PDF format? (Works in Preview, that I tested), but what about Windows comparability?


Thank you.

MacBook Pro 13", macOS 10.14

Posted on May 24, 2019 1:48 AM

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With Pages v8 on Mojave 10.14.5, I can create a bookmark between text on the first page of a five page document to text on the last page. When exported to PDF, clicking on the first page link of the PDF jumps to the last page when viewed in Preview, or Adobe Acrobat Reader DC v2019.*. Same results with the Skim (v1.4.41) PDF viewer.


When the preceding PDF is viewed with Adobe Acrobat Reader DC v2019.* on Win 10 (1809), the bookmark works just as in the first paragraph. I do not have Foxit Reader installed on Windows 10.


On Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS, the Document Viewer v3.28.4 also honors the bookmark link in the PDF as in the previous macOS and Windows tests.

Posted on May 24, 2019 4:52 AM

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May 24, 2019 4:52 AM in response to White-1

With Pages v8 on Mojave 10.14.5, I can create a bookmark between text on the first page of a five page document to text on the last page. When exported to PDF, clicking on the first page link of the PDF jumps to the last page when viewed in Preview, or Adobe Acrobat Reader DC v2019.*. Same results with the Skim (v1.4.41) PDF viewer.


When the preceding PDF is viewed with Adobe Acrobat Reader DC v2019.* on Win 10 (1809), the bookmark works just as in the first paragraph. I do not have Foxit Reader installed on Windows 10.


On Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS, the Document Viewer v3.28.4 also honors the bookmark link in the PDF as in the previous macOS and Windows tests.

Can Adobe Reader, Foxit Reader etc PDF readers read Bookmarks on the pages?

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