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Manage bookmarks and named destinations

You can use bookmarks to mark places of interest, or create an easily viewable structure for your PDF.

Create bookmarks

  1. Click the New Bookmark tool (New icon) at the top of the Bookmarks panel.
  2. Give it a unique name.
  3. Repeat the process to create a set of bookmarks.

Make a bookmark from PDF text

  1. Select a title or short text with the Select tool at the top of the Panel bar.
  2. Press ⌘Command+B.

The Bookmarks panel opens and the selected text appears as a bookmark. If the Bookmarks panel is already open, the new bookmark appears below the current bookmark selection.

Set bookmark target destination

  1. Select the bookmark.
  2. Move to the target page in the current document or in any other opened PDF.
  3. Optionally mark a location on the page with the Select or Select Area tool.
  4. Click the Set Destination (Destination icon) button at the top of the panel, or right-click the bookmark and select Set Destination.

Delete a bookmark

  1. Select a bookmark and click the Delete Bookmark (Delete icon) tool, or right-click the bookmark and select Delete Bookmark(s) from the shortcut menu.

When you delete a bookmark within a multi-level structure, all of its lower level bookmarks are also deleted.

Customize bookmark appearance and behavior

  1. Select a bookmark.
  2. Options icon Select Properties from the Options tool menu or right-click a bookmark and select Properties.
  3. Set attributes such as text style and color in the Bookmark Properties panel.
  4. Set actions in the Actions panel. The default action is to go to a defined page, but you can select others. Multiple actions are possible and you can define action order.
  5. When done, click Close.

  • Bookmarks can be organized into a multi-level structure to reflect different level headings.

  • To set the current appearance as default, select this command from the Options drop-down list, or from the bookmark shortcut menu.

Create a second-level bookmark

  1. Create a top-level bookmark.
  2. Create a bookmark below it that you want to move to the second level.
  3. Right-click this bookmark.
  4. Select Cut in the context menu.

    The cut bookmark does not disappear.

  5. Right-click the target bookmark.
  6. Select Paste under Selected Bookmark from the shortcut menu.
  7. Repeat the above steps to make a multi-level set of bookmarks.