Automate bookmark/link creation in PDF

[Debbie_Perotta@adobeforums.com]

What we have are PDF files created with Acrobat Distiller through a hot folder with a ps file output from InDesign and xml files from InDesign. We need to be able to create bookmarks and links by referencing the xml file for certain xml elements and building the bookmarks and links based on this. We can’t just use the pdf export from InDesign because of our client’s pdf requirements, we actually have to edit the postscript file to change some of the document information before distilling the postscript into the PDF. We can use something like ARTS PDF Aerialist Pro, however, that is far from automated. This is a process that will be used for thousands of chapters of health science books (all using the same DTDs, and therefore the same xml element names). So it is imperative that we have this process automated.

I haven't found many resources about how to use AppleScript with Acrobat. Any insights, suggestions, etc. would be greatly appreciated.

[Jon_Bessant@adobeforums.com]

Change the workflow - postscript will not allow meta information such as
links through ... only post-processing such as the ARTS solution.

You're flogging a complicated and dead horse ...

PDF export through library technology (InDesign Export as an example) is
the only *pure* route as such .. even switching to Windows will give a
*better* approach through the *PDF Maker* technology ..

Jon