Publish to PDF/XPS - headings-to-bookmarks option

[Mark Tangard]

Our first look at Microsoft's Publish to PDF/XPS add-in for Word 2007 seems to reveal a very limited set of features compared to what we were used to in Adobe's PDFMaker. In particular, it looks like we can't choose which headings levels will be converted to Acrobat's navigational bookmarks (the link-like things you can have appear in Acrobat's left-side panel); we can have all or none. Is this correct?



Our documents have tons of headings, but for our (relatively unsophisticated) audience we've always favored converting only the second-level headings into PDF navigational bookmarks.  This avoids "wasting" the topmost heading level and its indentation (typically each file is a single top-level section, so a bookmark there is pointless) and cluttering the bookmarks panel with the [+] expander symbols. Is there no way, using the MS add-in, to specify that only certain heading levels be converted to PDF bookmarks?



Thanks for any insights.



MT



 

 

[Graham Mayor]

Word's PDF tool is a free rudimentary PDF creation tool. If you want Acrobat
performance you need to pay Acrobat prices - currently around $275!

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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Our first look at Microsoft's Publish to PDF/XPS add-in for Word 2007 seems
to reveal a very limited set of features compared to what we were used to in
Adobe's PDFMaker. In particular, it looks like we can't choose which
headings levels will be converted to Acrobat's navigational bookmarks (the
link-like things you can have appear in Acrobat's left-side panel); we can
have all or none. Is this correct?
Our documents have tons of headings, but for our (relatively
unsophisticated) audience we've always favored converting only the
second-level headings into PDF navigational bookmarks. This avoids
"wasting" the topmost heading level and its indentation (typically each file
is a single top-level section, so a bookmark there is pointless) and
cluttering the bookmarks panel with the [+] expander symbols. Is there no
way, using the MS add-in, to specify that only certain heading levels be
converted to PDF bookmarks?
Thanks for any insights.
MT

 

[Mark Tangard]

Ah, that's as I feared. Thanks for the confirmation, Graham.

Word's PDF tool is a free rudimentary PDF creation tool. If you want Acrobat
performance you need to pay Acrobat prices - currently around $275!
--

<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com

<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>

Our first look at Microsoft's Publish to PDF/XPS add-in for Word 2007 seems
to reveal a very limited set of features compared to what we were used to in
Adobe's PDFMaker. In particular, it looks like we can't choose which
headings levels will be converted to Acrobat's navigational bookmarks (the
link-like things you can have appear in Acrobat's left-side panel); we can
have all or none. Is this correct?
Our documents have tons of headings, but for our (relatively
unsophisticated) audience we've always favored converting only the
second-level headings into PDF navigational bookmarks. This avoids
"wasting" the topmost heading level and its indentation (typically each file
is a single top-level section, so a bookmark there is pointless) and
cluttering the bookmarks panel with the [+] expander symbols. Is there no
way, using the MS add-in, to specify that only certain heading levels be
converted to PDF bookmarks?
Thanks for any insights.
MT

 

[r0k3t]

What tool / version of adobe would we need? We have Acrobat Professional but
it is only version 7.

Thanks!