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Is there a way to automate creation of Bookmarks in Pages?

Hi Folks,

I am attempting to switch over to Apple Pages as my word processor. I currently use LibreOffice (formally OpenOffice), and have also used Word (up to v. 2011).

There is one feature lacking in Pages that for me is a deal breaker when working with long documents. There is no document navigation tool.

In WORD it's called the "Document Map". In OpenOffice/LibreOffice it is called the Navigator. The Navigator is better than Word's implementation as it allows one to navigate to any type of object in the document... creating a table of "map" of them.

I see that one can use Bookmarks as a workaround for a Word-like Document Map. But this means creating a new book mark for every Heading I need to be mapped out. In Word if a heading has a level assigned to it, it becomes part of the document map.

*Here is my question:*
*Would it be possible to use applescript to automatically generate bookmarks based on certain paragraph styles?*

With much thanks,

Jonathan

Macbook Pro 17" i7, Mac OS X (10.6.4)

Posted on Jan 28, 2011 5:43 PM

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Jan 31, 2011 5:11 PM in response to KOENIG Yvan

KOENIG Yvan wrote:


As I'm remembering an old French poem entitled *_Le chien et le loup_*, my heart and my brain vote for LibreOffice. 😉

Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) lundi 31 janvier 2011 14:47:55


Thanks Koenig Yvan. I tend toward a similar sentiment.
Of course, time will tell. In the mean time it is LibreOffice that I have installed and shall use.

Jonathan

Is there a way to automate creation of Bookmarks in Pages?

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