Much as you do when you read a book, you can mark places of interest, or create an easily viewable structure for your PDF with bookmarks.
To create bookmarks
Click the New Bookmark tool at the top of the Bookmarks panel.
Give it a unique name.
Repeat the process to build up a set of bookmarks.
To import bookmarks
Set bookmarks to be transferred from Word documents during PDF creation.
Set bookmarks to be auto-generated when creating a single PDF file from multiple input documents; each input file name becomes a bookmark.
Set bookmarks to be auto-generated when creating a PDF from PowerPoint (one per slide) or when an entire workbook in Excel is the PDF source (one bookmark per sheet, using the sheet names).
To make a bookmark from PDF text
Select a title or short text with the Select tool at the top of the Panel bar.
Press Ctrl B.
The Bookmarks panel opens and the selected text appears as a bookmark
or
If the Bookmarks panel is already open, the new bookmark appears below the current bookmark selection.
To set where a bookmark points to
Select the bookmark.
Move to the target page in the current document or in any other opened PDF.
Optionally mark a location on the page with the Select or Select Area tool.
Click the Set Destination button (shown above) at the top of the panel or right-click the bookmark and select Set Destination.
To specify a named destination
Display Destinations in the Navigation panel and name some destinations.
Display the Bookmarks panel, right-click a bookmark and choose Properties.
The default action is ‘Go to a page view’.
Click Edit and choose Use Named Destination.
Click Browse to choose a destination, then click OK.
You can link other actions to a bookmark. See About Actions.
To delete a bookmark
Select a bookmark and click the Delete Bookmark tool or right-click the bookmark and choose Delete Bookmark(s) from the shortcut menu.
Note
Deleting a bookmark within a multi-level structure means deleting all its lower level bookmarks as well.
To customize bookmark appearance and behavior
Select a bookmark.
Choose Properties from the Options tool drop-down menu or right-click a bookmark and choose Properties.
Set attributes like text style and color in the Bookmark Properties panel.
Set actions in the Actions panel. The default action is to go to a defined page, but you can choose others. Multiple actions are possible and you can define action order.
When done, click Close.
To set the current appearance as default, choose this command from the Options drop-down list, or from the bookmark shortcut menu.
Bookmarks can be organized into a multi-level structure to reflect different level headings.
To create a second-level bookmark
Create a top-level bookmark.
Create a bookmark below it that you want to move to the second-level.
Right-click this bookmark.
Choose Cut (The cut bookmark does not disappear).
Right-click the top-level bookmark.
Choose Paste under Selected Bookmark from the shortcut menu.
Choose Paste after Selected Bookmark to place the cut bookmark at the same level in the hierarchy as the one above. Repeat this procedure to make a multi-level set of bookmarks.
To set general bookmark preferences, use the Preference command from under Options and choose Highlight Current Bookmark, Hide After Use, Wrap Long Bookmarks and Text Size.
Note
You can create a Table of Contents from your bookmarks.