Export Bookmarks to HTML

Overview

Export Bookmarks to HTML writes the bookmark tree of the active PDF to a styled HTML file that opens in any browser. The PDF itself is not changed.

How to use

  1. Open a PDF that contains bookmarks.
  2. Go to Plug-Ins > Bookmarks > Views & Reports > Export Bookmarks to HTML.
  3. In the Save dialog, choose a file name and location for the .html file.
  4. Click Save to export.

Output format

The file is a complete HTML document with a two-column table — Title and Destination — and a small embedded stylesheet, so it needs no other files to display. Bookmark depth is shown by indenting the Title cell, twenty pixels per level.

ElementDescription
Title The full text of the bookmark title, escaped so that characters such as & and < survive intact.
Destination For page destinations the page number is written as Page N. For URI actions the URL is written, for Launch actions the file path. Anything else is written as Action: <type>, and a bookmark with no usable action as Action: Unknown.

Note

Because the indent is visual rather than structural, the exported HTML is meant for reading and sharing rather than for re-import. Every bookmark is exported regardless of level.

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