Combined files and wrong bookmarks

[petepuma01]

Hi. I have multiple files with bookmarks that I need to combine into a single PDF. Lets assume the following:

File ABC.pdf
first bookmark is page 1
second bookmark is page 7
third bookmark is page 12

File DEF.pdf
One bookmark, page 1

I combine the files with File > New Document > Combine files. The file gets combined. However, the bookmarks don't get updated. I now have two bookmarks that point to page 1. The bookmark from file DEF.pdf should be at least page 13 or higher (given that file ABC.pdf has a bookmark at page 12).

When you combine multiple pdf into a single pdf, Xchange will mess up the last bookmark of each file; making the last bookmark of each file point to the first cert of the root file. The work around we came up with is to create a bogus last bookmark. Combine files and comb through deleting the bogus bookmark. It's not bad when you only have a handful of files to deal with, but some large accounts have over 200 masters; one file for each master.

Is there a process to correct this? A way to update bookmarks? Any javascript that could be run?

[Paul - PDF-XChange]

Hi petepuma01,

thanks for the post and report.

We have reproduced the issue here

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and raised the associated Support Ticket.

While for internal use only, should you quote RT#5314: Bookmarks point to wrong pages after combining files in the Editor then any support staff member can get you a status update.

regards