Create Destinations From Page Labels

Overview

Create Destinations From Page Labels creates one named destination for every page that has a page label, using the label text as the destination name. Each destination shows its whole page (a Fit view). Labels in any language are preserved exactly.

This turns a labelled document into one that can be deep-linked by label: a URL such as document.pdf#iv or a link action naming the destination iv jumps straight to the page labelled iv.

How to use

  1. Open a PDF whose pages have labels (see Create Page Labels).
  2. Go to Plug-Ins > Utilities > Named Destinations > Create Destinations From Page Labels.
  3. If the document already has named destinations, choose whether to remove them first or add to them.
  4. A message reports how many destinations were created. Save the document to keep them.

Note

Pages without a label are skipped. If two pages carry the same label text, the later page's destination replaces the earlier one — destination names must be unique within a PDF.

Tip

Use Export Named Destinations to Text File afterwards to review the full list of created destinations.

See also