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> I have created a document in MS Word 2000 and converted to PDF using Adobe
> PDFMaker 5.0 for Word. I wanted the bookmarks to be displayed and for that I
> selected Bookmarks and Page radio button in Change Conversion Settings
> -> Display -> Document Open Options. Then when I converted the word document
> to pdf, it did display the bookmark pane in the pdf file only that all the
> bookmarks displayed were expanded. I want the bookmarks to be displayed in a
> collapsed form.
> I am not quite sure how to set this property. Can anyone please help?
If not handled automatically by the authoring application or the conversion
to PDF:
expanding a specific branch and then using Save/Save As as will register
that branch as being expanded, so it will become the default state upon
opening the PDF.
Notes:
* Ctrl-clicking the [-] icon to the left of a bookmark will collapse all
subordinate bookmarks (and likewise, Ctrl-cliking the [+] icon will expand
all subordinate bookmarks).
* If you have to resort to collapsing bookmarks manually in Acrobat and
need to do this repeatedly, there is a free plug-in that will collapse
top-level bookmarks in one action:
http://www.planetpdf.com/mainpage.asp?webpageid=637.
* Even if a PDF file has security settings which do not allow any
modifications, you can still "Save As", which does modify the bookmark
setup as described above.
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