PDF Bookmark

This software tool is able to extract, add and modify bookmarks in PDF documents. It works with most major platforms.

PDF Bookmark is a high performance server tool for Windows PC, Unix, Aix, Linux & Macintosh OSX. This software lets you extract bookmarks from a given PDF document automatically. It will let you add bookmarks to documents as well as update/add bookmarks to existing PDF documents. It is a batch processor and is standalone. There is no need for any Adobe Acrobat tools to get the job done. In the batch operation mode it can apply the extracted bookmarks to several other PDF documents. As bookmarks are extracted to XML, such operations are easy and can be used cross platform quite easily. Using of XML provides a great deal of flexibility to the tool in changing, creating, reporting bookmarks from various other XML tools.

The tool operates through the command line. The publisher’s site has samples of parameter usage to get things done. Some of the examples demonstrate how to extract the bookmarks from test.pdf to XML file test.xml, how to apply all new bookmarks from XML file test.xml to test.pdf and create output pdf file test-out.pdf and adding only new bookmarks from XML file test.xml to test.pdf and create output pdf file test-out.pdf. The trial version adds the text “trial” to randomly selected bookmarks. Other than that the trial download is full featured. One should try it out completely during the trial period. If you want an application that needs to handle the bookmarks manipulation, this is a tool for you.

PDF Bookmark is a high performance server tool from Traction Software for Windows PC, Unix Aix, Linux & Macintosh OSX
PDF Bookmark software automates the process of extracting bookmarks from existing pdf's, applying bookmarks to pdf's and updating/adding bookmarks to pdf's, it can also do list of files processing. e.g. extract bookmarks from a pdf to XML then apply those to many other pdf's.
PDF Bookmark extract format is XML, this gives you more flexibility in changing, creating, reporting bookmarks from various other XML tools.
simple command line parameters: e.g.
PdfBookmark -itest.pdf -etest.xml
(would extract the bookmarks from test.pdf to XML file test.xml)
PdfBookmark -itest.pdf -otest-out.pdf -xtest.xml
(would apply all new bookmarks from XML file test.xml to test.pdf and create output pdf file test-out.pdf)
PdfBookmark -itest.pdf -otest-out.pdf -xtest.xml -update
(would add only new bookmarks from XML file test.xml to test.pdf and create output pdf file test-out.pdf)
pdfbookmark -ilist.txt -fc:\ -xtest.xml
list.txt file contains:- in1.pdf in2.pdf in3.pdf would apply XML file test.xml to all 3 files above output files in c:\