[WEB4LIB] Linking to particular page in pdf

[Araby Greene]

Yes, you can open a PDF file on a specific page, or link to a specific page.
As usual, there are several ways to do this:

Simplest way to link to a specific page without having to edit the document
is to add "#page=n" to the end of the link, like this example:
http://www.library.unr.edu/friends/fall_2001_Newsletter.pdf#page=3
I don't remember having to jump through any particular hoops to do this, and
just tried it with a different multi-page pdf that had no bookmarks, and it
worked.

To open a pdf file on a specific page, open the page in Adobe Acrobat (full
version) and go to:
File
Document Properties
Open Options
Initial View
Change the page number from 1 to whatever

Another way would be to create a regular bookmark in the document that goes
to the top of the page and then link to the bookmark.

Named destinations are another option. To use named destinations within a
PDF file, see http://www.pacific.adobe.com/epaper/tips/acrlongpdf/main.html


-Araby Greene

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Araby Greene
Web Development Librarian
Getchell Library/322
University of Nevada, Reno
http://www.library.unr.edu/
784-6500 ext. 343 | araby at unr.edu


----- Original Message -----
From: "Gregory Sennema" <GSENNEMA at calvin.edu>
To: "Multiple recipients of list" <web4lib at webjunction.org>
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 4:54 AM
Subject: [WEB4LIB] Linking to particular page in pdf


> Greetings
>
> I am curious to know whether it is possible to create a link to a
particular
> page within a .pdf document, instead of having the document open simply at
the
> first page.
>
> thanks
>
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