Re: ToC and/or bookmarks in PDF

Subject: Re: ToC and/or bookmarks in PDF
From: Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com>
To: TECHWR-L Writing <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2017 08:19:51 -0700

It's common to distribute PDFs without TOC, but are you sure you can't
generate a TOC with links?

https://www.howtogeek.com/74303/create-one-table-of-contents-from-multiple-word-2010-documents/

http://blogs.adobe.com/acrolaw/2011/03/ensuring-that-word-tocs-create-hyperlinks-in-acrobat/

On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 11:42 PM, Erika Yanovich <ERIKA_y -at- rad -dot- com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> We have large (~1000-page) manuals as PDFs with bookmarks. The ToC is not clickable (because each chapter is born as a separate Word file) and this annoys some users. In your experience, is it acceptable to provide a ToC-less manual, with bookmark navigation only? Manuals are not printed.
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ToC and/or bookmarks in PDF: From: Erika Yanovich

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