PDF Named Destinations Acrobat Plug-in for Windows and Mac OS X

Acrobat plug-in for PDF Named Destinations

PDF Destinator™ is an Acrobat® plug-in that converts PDF document bookmarks to PDF named destinations and vice versa. Creating named destinations manually (click here to read more) is very time consuming. PDF Destinator™ plug-in is an ideal tool for large technical manuals, reports and e-books.

Named destinations work like named anchor tags inside a HTML document, but they can be used as targets for links, PDF form fields and bookmarks as well, that makes it extremely valuable for PDF authors.

Using the plug-in is very easy: after installation you should see a new menu items under "Advanced" menu.

Screenshot 1: New menu items under "Advanced" menu (Windows).

Screenshot 2: New menu items under "Advanced" menu (Mac OS X).

Screenshot 3: Plug-in's toolbar button with the same submenu items (under Mac OS X).

What are PDF named destinations?

When using named destinations, you can create links that go to specific content rather than a page number. PDF named destinations make PDF content accessible worldwide — to locate information directly from the source documents, not just open the PDF at the first page. It is useful if the document is altered significantly. If you edit the source document and the pagination of the document changes, the cross-reference is no longer accurate, but the PDF document is still accessible by named destinations. For example, if myfile.pdf has a destination called "Chapter1" then a link to the Chapter might be with a URL:

Screenshot 4: Specifying a named destination in a URL

You can specify multiple parameters in a single URL. Separate each parameter with either an ampersand (&) or a pound (#) character. There can be no spaces in the URL. Please note that named destinations work in PDF files that are served from Web servers, not in local copies that exist on your hard disk.

The plug-in also validates existing bookmarks according to requirements specified by Abobe. Adobe defines parameters that allow you to open a PDF document with an URL that specifies what to display (a named destination or specific page), and how to display it (see more: Parameters for Opening PDF Files). The plug-in will remove reserved characters, replace spaces by underscore (_) and limit destinations to 32 symbols.

All the common Latin characters with ligatures (from Extended ASCII or ISO Latin‑1) are substituted by A-Za-z characters. For example created destinations are more readable:

L'élève a été à l'aise — L_eleve_a_ete_a_l_aise
français — francais
Niña — Nina
Fächergewölbe — Fachergewolbe

Screenshot 5: PDF Destinator™ plug-in is an ideal tool for large technical manuals.

URL Limitations (specified by Adobe)

Only one digit following a decimal point is retained for float values.
Individual parameters, together with their values (separated by & or #), can be no greater then 32 characters in length.
You cannot use the reserved characters =, #, and &. There is no way to escape these special characters.
If you turn bookmarks off using a URL parameter when a document had previously been saved with bookmarks on, the bookmark scrollbars are displayed at first, and only disappear once Acrobat® obtains enough streamed information to render the full page.

Latest news and updates

06-14-10 Version 1.3. Create named destinations from links.

05-05-10 1.2 update available.

11-13-09 A new update (1.1) available.

10-30-09 PDF named destinations Acrobat plug-in is now free for academic use.

The plug-in can help you to...

Create named destinations from PDF bookmarks.
Convert named destinations to bookmarks.
Convert bookmarks to use named destinations.
Validate named destinations.
Create named destinations from links.
Create named destinations from pages.
Export named destinations to XLS file.

Can I try it before I buy it?

Yes. Try it first! There is a evaluation version available to download to help you decide if PDF Named Destinations Acrobat® plug-in Download Demo is suitable for your needs. The program runs just like the real thing except for a limited number of created destinations.

What it costs and where to buy?

PDF Named Destinator™ Acrobat® plug-in costs $49 for a single user. Secure online payments are provided by PayPal. If you are a business and would like to order by an purchase order, please contact us by the following email: info@grifir.com.

Product: PDF Destinator™ Plug-in for Adobe Acrobat (version 8 or 9)
Platform: Platform: Windows XP, Vista
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Product: PDF Destinator™ Plug-in for Adobe Acrobat (version 8 or 9)
Platform: Mac OS X 10.4, 10.5
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System requirements

PDF Destinator™ Acrobat® plug-in is available for Microsoft Windows (XP and Vista); Mac OS X (10.4 and 10.5). Full version of Adobe Acrobat® (8 or 9) is required. The Plug-in will not work with free Adobe Acrobat® Reader.

Contact and support e-mail:

Grifir Software OU
destinator@grifir.com
http://destinator.grifir.com