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adjust position 50+ bookmarks together
Due to me incorrectly pasting in bookmarks, I have 50+ bookmarks that are 1.5 (not even in whole pages) pages skewed up (back 1.5 pages) ... how could I basically adjust the position of all these 50+ bookmarks to be exactly 1.5 page lower than they currently are?
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Re: adjust position 50+ bookmarks together
Hello, MedBooster
It may be possible with JavaScript... but that would be beyond my skillset to configure. Outside of that, we currently do not offer much in the way of bulk Bookmark editing. There are active requests for such actions to be added, but I cannot yet promise how exactly it will work when complete.
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It may be possible with JavaScript... but that would be beyond my skillset to configure. Outside of that, we currently do not offer much in the way of bulk Bookmark editing. There are active requests for such actions to be added, but I cannot yet promise how exactly it will work when complete.
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Re: adjust position 50+ bookmarks together
I tried cutting out (ctrl+x) and then pasting in the bookmarks, now it is just 1 page to early per bookmarkTrackerSupp-Daniel wrote: ↑Tue Nov 21, 2023 4:22 pm Hello, MedBooster
It may be possible with JavaScript... but that would be beyond my skillset to configure. Outside of that, we currently do not offer much in the way of bulk Bookmark editing. There are active requests for such actions to be added, but I cannot yet promise how exactly it will work when complete.
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It's a shame you seem to not be able to set a new destination (relatively speaking) for more than 1 bookmark at a time

edit: yes indeed.... I can see that the table of contents links are referring to the correct page, which were created on the basis of the bookmarks... before they got skewed to 1 page earlier I guess. .. so maybe this happened because I added an empty page at the beginning , like a "front" page for the PDF. ...
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Re: adjust position 50+ bookmarks together
Exporting and importing bookmarks, it seems that you are not even able to choose from which page the first comment is pasted, like you can do when pasting or importing comments, it seems...
I don't get how this is not possible... I can tell you for sure that when I created the bookmarks they were referring to the correct page, it got skewed either after I combined the pdf with 2 others... or after inserting a table of contents, I'm not sure.
I don't get how this is not possible... I can tell you for sure that when I created the bookmarks they were referring to the correct page, it got skewed either after I combined the pdf with 2 others... or after inserting a table of contents, I'm not sure.
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Re: adjust position 50+ bookmarks together
Hello, MedBooster
The pages would always remain relative to the original pages in the document, even if you added some addition pages midway through the file, the page number would be updated, and the position would remain the same. However, there would be no way for these positions to be one *and a half* pages off... It simply is not possible as the position bookmarks point to is not affected by external factors, only the page number could have been altered (and even then, it should remain pointing to the same "relative" page).
I am unsure what could have happened to cause this issue in the first place, but nothing we offer should eb able to do so. Unfortunately, it will be something that needs to be resolved manually.
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The pages would always remain relative to the original pages in the document, even if you added some addition pages midway through the file, the page number would be updated, and the position would remain the same. However, there would be no way for these positions to be one *and a half* pages off... It simply is not possible as the position bookmarks point to is not affected by external factors, only the page number could have been altered (and even then, it should remain pointing to the same "relative" page).
I am unsure what could have happened to cause this issue in the first place, but nothing we offer should eb able to do so. Unfortunately, it will be something that needs to be resolved manually.
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Re: adjust position 50+ bookmarks together
This can be a tricky situation. Trying a series of "Undos" often is the best solution.
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Re: adjust position 50+ bookmarks together
I ended up just manually choosing and setting a new destination. Btw.. I don't think it was skewed 1.5 pages, but it was skewed 1 page, that's for sure. I would have shared the PDF if it didn't contain sensitive information. You'll just have to take my word for it, that it happened somewhere along the line of me inserting blank pages, copy-pasting the copymarks or combining the 3 PDFs
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Re: adjust position 50+ bookmarks together
Hello, MedBooster
Thank you for confirming, If it was an increment of a full page, and the positions were correct, it could have been something like adding and removing a blank page in an unexpected way to cause this... If you do happen to reproduce the issue again, please let us know the steps you took to do so and I will get started on testing it.
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Thank you for confirming, If it was an increment of a full page, and the positions were correct, it could have been something like adding and removing a blank page in an unexpected way to cause this... If you do happen to reproduce the issue again, please let us know the steps you took to do so and I will get started on testing it.
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Re: adjust position 50+ bookmarks together
Hello MedBooster,
I am not sure if I fully understand your situation, but if the situation is like the attached sample file, I would use a combination of JPdfBookmarks and PDF-XChange Editor to solve your issue.
Best regards,
rakunavi
I am not sure if I fully understand your situation, but if the situation is like the attached sample file, I would use a combination of JPdfBookmarks and PDF-XChange Editor to solve your issue.
Best regards,
rakunavi
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Re: adjust position 50+ bookmarks together
It happened again:
https://forum.pdf-xchange.com/viewtopic ... 26#p174326
Basically, it is inserting a table of contents that is skewing the position of bookmarks. (and was in this case)
https://forum.pdf-xchange.com/viewtopic ... 26#p174326
Basically, it is inserting a table of contents that is skewing the position of bookmarks. (and was in this case)
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Re: adjust position 50+ bookmarks together
Hello, MedBooster,
Thank you, but that seems to once again be a "whole page" movement, not a partial page movement as you mentioned earlier here. Please see my post in that thread for my suspicions on what could be happening in that case. (best to keep the conversation all in one place)
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Thank you, but that seems to once again be a "whole page" movement, not a partial page movement as you mentioned earlier here. Please see my post in that thread for my suspicions on what could be happening in that case. (best to keep the conversation all in one place)
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Re: adjust position 50+ bookmarks together
So this was not correct of course! It had nothing to do with importing, It did occur because of me inserting a table of content. Will this be fixed? It seems to be a bug that bookmarks after a table of contents get skewed as many pages as the quantity of table of content pages inserted.MedBooster wrote: ↑Tue Nov 21, 2023 3:48 pm Due to me incorrectly pasting in bookmarks, I have 50+ bookmarks that are 1.5 (not even in whole pages) pages skewed up (back 1.5 pages) ... how could I basically adjust the position of all these 50+ bookmarks to be exactly 1.5 page lower than they currently are?
Also... are you sure inserting an empty page does not have the same effect on bookmarks being skewed by 1 page (or more?)
Thought a thought.
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Re: adjust position 50+ bookmarks together
Hello MedBooster,
Yes - inserting an Empty page would have similar effect.
Bookmarks are complex structures that could have multiple actions in them - not just pointing to other pages in the document.
Updating their location when you insert pages is not currently possible, and I do not know if it would ever be.
If you want to be sure that your bookmarks would work correctly when you add/remove pages from a file - please make them pointing to Named Destinations - the named destinations 'travel' with the page - so even if you totally scramble your file - a bookmark would still point to the correct named destination, wherever the page was moved to.
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Yes - inserting an Empty page would have similar effect.
Bookmarks are complex structures that could have multiple actions in them - not just pointing to other pages in the document.
Updating their location when you insert pages is not currently possible, and I do not know if it would ever be.
If you want to be sure that your bookmarks would work correctly when you add/remove pages from a file - please make them pointing to Named Destinations - the named destinations 'travel' with the page - so even if you totally scramble your file - a bookmark would still point to the correct named destination, wherever the page was moved to.
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Re: adjust position 50+ bookmarks together
Hello MedBooster,
To avoid this, it is absolutely essential that no bookmarks be deleted from the bookmarks pane when the table of contents is created. Conversely, as long as the bookmark exists somewhere in the bookmarks pane, the destination page will automatically change no matter where or how many pages the table of contents is added. Therefore, until the "Build Table of Contents" feature allows partial bookmarks to be targeted, you must operate carefully to ensure that all bookmarks are subject to automatic adjustment of the destination page, as described in an earlier post.
Best regards,
rakunavi
As per your post, you are trying to create a table of contents for a particular branch of bookmarks and have taken the following steps.MedBooster wrote: ↑Thu Dec 07, 2023 2:28 pm It seems to be a bug that bookmarks after a table of contents get skewed as many pages as the quantity of table of content pages inserted.
- Backup all bookmarks.
- Delete the bookmarks for which you do not want to create a table of contents.
- Build a table of contents for the remaining bookmarks.
- Import all backed up bookmarks.
To avoid this, it is absolutely essential that no bookmarks be deleted from the bookmarks pane when the table of contents is created. Conversely, as long as the bookmark exists somewhere in the bookmarks pane, the destination page will automatically change no matter where or how many pages the table of contents is added. Therefore, until the "Build Table of Contents" feature allows partial bookmarks to be targeted, you must operate carefully to ensure that all bookmarks are subject to automatic adjustment of the destination page, as described in an earlier post.
Best regards,
rakunavi
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