atw: Re: Opening PDF bookmarks in a web browser

Geoffrey Marnell:
You wrote:
> Hi austechies,
>
> Can someone give me a clue on how I can get a PDF, called from a web page, to 
> open with
> the bookmarks showing?
>
> When I open the PDF directly from my desktop, the bookmarks appear (as per my 
> Initial
> View settings). If I open it from a web page (so that it opens in a web 
> browser), the
> bookmarks don't appear (although I can manually display them). If I save the 
> document
> from the web page and then open it from where I saved it, the bookmarks 
> appear.
>
> [If you want to see a particularly poor online help system, take a look at 
> the Adobe
> Dreamweaver web help.]
>

Just ran one check and see what you mean, sorta. It seems to vary both with the 
way you download / read your pdf and browser application settings. Getting some 
initially unexpected results, having saved two different versions of the same 
pdf, with different Initial View setttings.

I have a couple of suggestions:

a.)  If you're using Firefox, there's an extension/Add on called PDF download 
which in many cases allows you to choose
how a selected PDF can be downloaded and/or read.

b.) I've been trying out the free PDF tool called PDF-XChange Viewer which 
appears to favour opening files with bookmarks open automatically. (Also allows 
some editing, commenting and general markup of PDF files)    See 
http://www.docu-track.com/downloads/ .
Worth looking at for the extras ...   there's a pro version that isn't too 
expensive, too.         If I recall correctly, it can make itself the default 
application for PDFs read within the browser.

-PeterM
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a procedure can go wrong and circumvent these, then a fifth way, unprepared 
for, will promptly develop.
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