Bookmark Every Nth Page

Overview

Bookmark Every Nth Page creates a series of bookmarks at regular page intervals. You specify a page range, the interval (N), a title template, and optional formatting such as text style, color, and zoom level. This provides a quick way to add navigation checkpoints throughout a long document.

The Bookmark Every Nth Page dialog
The Bookmark Every Nth Page dialog.

How to use

  1. Open a PDF document.
  2. Go to Plug-Ins > Bookmarks > Bookmark Every Nth Page.
  3. Choose All pages, or Page range to bookmark part of the document.
  4. For a page range, set the Start page (1-based), then either set an End page or select End of document.
  5. Enter the Every Nth page value (the interval between bookmarks).
  6. Enter a bookmark title template.
  7. Configure the text style, color, and zoom options.
  8. Click OK to create the bookmarks.

Page range

OptionDescription
All pages Bookmarks the whole document. The start and end options below are disabled while this is selected.
Page range Limits bookmarking to the range set by the start and end options below.
Start page The first page to include (1-based). Must be 1 or greater.
End page Sets an explicit end page for the bookmark range.
End of document Extends bookmarking through the last page of the document.
Every Nth page The interval between bookmarks. For example, 5 creates a bookmark at pages 1, 6, 11, 16, and so on (starting from the start page). Must be at least 1.

Formatting options

OptionDescription
Bookmark title The text used for each generated bookmark. Use # as a placeholder for the page number if desired.
Text style Choose Regular, Bold, Italic, or Bold Italic for the bookmark text.
Text color Pick a colour for the bookmark title from a preset list, or select Custom and use the colour picker to choose any colour.
Zoom The destination zoom type for each bookmark. Options include Inherit Zoom, Fit Page, Fit Width, Fit Height, and Custom Zoom. When Custom Zoom is selected, enter a zoom percentage in the adjacent field.

Additional options

OptionDescription
Keep existing bookmarks When checked, the current bookmark tree is preserved and new bookmarks are added. When unchecked, existing bookmarks are removed first.

Tip

Set the title to Page # and N to 1 to quickly create a bookmark for every page in the document.

Warning

Clearing Keep existing bookmarks removes all current bookmarks before generating new ones. This cannot be undone.

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