InDesign

Create bookmarks

A bookmark is a type of link with representative text that makes it easier to navigate documents exported as Adobe PDF. Bookmarks you create in the InDesign document appear in the Bookmarks tab on the left side of the Acrobat or Adobe Reader window. Each bookmark jumps to a page, text, or graphic in your document.

Entries in a generated table of contents are automatically added to the Bookmarks panel. In addition, you can further customize your document with bookmarks to direct a reader’s attention or make navigation even easier. Bookmarks can be nested under other bookmarks.

  1. Choose Window > Interactive > Bookmarks, to display the Bookmarks panel.
  2. Click the bookmark under which you want to place the new bookmark. If you don’t select a bookmark, the new bookmark is automatically added to the end of the list.
  3. Do one of the following to indicate where you want the bookmark to jump:

    • Click an insertion point in text.

    • Highlight text. (By default, the text you highlight becomes the bookmark label.)

    • Select a graphic with the Selection tool .

    • Double-click a page in the Pages panel to view it in the document window.

  4. Do one of the following to create the bookmark:

    • Click the New icon on the Bookmarks panel.

    • Choose New Bookmark from the panel menu.

Note: When you update the table of contents, the bookmarks are reordered, causing any custom bookmark to appear at the end of the list.