Can we create "anchors" in Adobe Acrobat?

[j***@adobeforums.com]

I am working on an intranet page which will link to a .PDF. However, I have two hyperlinks that I want to link to different pages in the pdf document.

In HTML, it's easy -- you just set an anchor and then link to that anchor (for instance, <http://www.whateverwebsite.com/page.html#anchor)>.

My question: Can you do something similar in Adobe? Can I link to the 2nd page of my pdf?

Thanks.

Joe

[M***@adobeforums.com]

Yes, you can setup named destinations within Acrobat and jump to the named destination through the URL or jump to a specific page.

Examples

Go to a page
<http://localhost/test.pdf#page=3>

Open to a specific named destination
<http://localhost/test.pdf#namedest=Chapter6>

Zoom or scroll a page
<http://localhost/test.pdf#zoom=50>
<http://localhost/test.pdf#zoom=200,250,100>

There are more examples in a PDF file I have. Send me an e-mail and I'll send you a copy of it. ***@ags.com.

[j***@adobeforums.com]

Mark,

I don't need any more examples. What you provided is PERFECT!

Thanks!

(Of course, if I change my mind, I might e-mail you.)

Joe

[G***@adobeforums.com]

Note that named destinations work with Acrobat 6.x and seem to work fine with 8.x, but they did not work reliably with 7.x (same is true if specifying a page number). Search for "named destinations" in this forum and you will find several discussions.

Also, these links sometimes do not work if you have both Acrobat Professional <and> Adobe Reader on the same machine.

You can see Adobe's take on all of the attributes by checking the PDF Open Parameters <http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/pdfs/pdf_open_parameters.pdf> document on Adobe's website.

Regards,
--Gloria Mc