Create Bookmarks in Acrobat Reader

If you use Adobe Reader often, you will soon notice that some of PDF files have bookmarks (bookmark icon is shown in the left pane below Pages icon) and some (I say most of them) are not. The main problem is that the bookmarks option is actually came from the PDF file itself, you cannot create them by yourself unless you read it using Adobe Acrobat (it's the software to create PDF files from Adobe) which is very expensive. Without bookmark feature, you probably will find trouble when you are reading a PDF file which has more than 1000 pages. You may want to read two pages back and forth, but it's just too cumbersome to read them quickly as you have to slide so many pages (or maybe you can try type the page number directly, which is still slow).

One solution for this problem is by adding a JavaScript extension for Adobe Reader. This extension allows you to create a custom bookmark and easily navigate to your bookmarks even if your PDF file does not support any bookmarks. Below is the instruction to install the extension.

1. First, you have to download this file: http://rapidshare.com/files/101662802/bookmark_page.js
2. Make sure that your Adobe Reader is not running. Copy this file to Reader\JavaScript folder inside your Adobe Reader installation path. For example: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 8\Reader\JavaScript\
   
3. Open a PDF file with Adobe Reader. You will notice that inside View menu, there will be a new set of options.
4. To add a bookmark, simply navigate the desired page then click View > Bookmark This Page. You can now type the bookmark title.
   
5. To go to a bookmarked page, go to View > Go To Bookmark. Then you can select the desired bookmarked page.
6. To delete a bookmarked page, go to View > Remove a Bookmark then select a bookmarked page from the popup menu. Or if you want to clear all bookmakrs, click View > Clear Bookmarks.

(For Programmers) This small tool is quite useful and actually simple to implement as you can see the source code inside the .js file.

There is also another alternative PDF reader software which supports bookmarking, it is called Foxit Reader. You might want to try this software as it is small in size and fast.

Download the latest version of Foxit Reader Pro for Windows (v2.2 build 2129) here: http://rapidshare.com/files/71908014/Foxit_PDF_Reader_Pro_2.2.2129.rar

Here's a screenshot of Foxit Reader:


For more information about Foxit Reader, visit this site: http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php