A PDF document destination is an end-point of a link represented by text. You can use destinations to set navigation paths, especially across multiple documents. Unlike link to a page, linking to a destination is not affected by the addition or deletion of pages within the target document.

 

To create and link a destination in the same or another PDF document:

  1. Open the target document to which you want to link a destination, and then turn to the location where you want to create a destination and set a desired view. If the document already includes your target destination, please skip to step 4 directly.
  2. Choose View > Navigation Panels > Destinations, and do one of the following:
    • Select New Destination from the Options menu or in the Destination context menu.
    • Click the Create New Destination button PDF Gold newbookmark Using Destinations at the top of the Destination panel.
  3. Type a unique name and the target page number for the new destination.
  4. Open the source document from which you want to create the link and turn to the location where you want to create a link.
  5. Select the Link tool PDF Gold link Using Destinations and drag a rectangle to specify a link area.
  6. In the Create Link dialog box, set the link appearance, select Custom Link, and click Next.
  7. In the Link Properties dialog box, select Go to a page view in the Select Action menu, and click Add.
  8. Do one of the following:
    • To select a destination in another file, open the file, and click Set Link.
    • To select a destination in the source file, click Set Link.
  9. Click Edit in the Action tab.
  10. Select Use Named Destination, click Browse, and then select your named destination.
  11. Click OK to confirm your settings and use the Hand tool to test.

To display and sort the destinations list:

  1. Choose View > Navigation Panels > Destinations.
  2. To sort the destination names alphabetically, click the Name label at the top of the Destinations panel or select Sort by Name from the Options menu.
  3. To sort the destination by page number, click the Page label at the top of the Destinations panel or select Sort by Page from the Options menu.

To change or delete a destination:

  1. Choose View > Navigation Panels > Destinations.
  2. Right-click the destination and select a command as follows:
    • Select Go to Destination to move to the target location.
    • Select Delete to delete the destination.
    • Select Set Destination to reset the target of the destination to the page displayed.
    • Select Rename to give the destination a new name.

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