Is there an easy CLI method to do that?
If I use pdftk, I get a new pdf without the bookmarks of the original one. The bookmarks were created on another system with Adobe Acrobat Pro, and an example is available here.
My system is Kubuntu 17.
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What are bookmarks? Is that a feature of the reader, not of the PDF itself? – Sparhawk Mar 22 '18 at 09:17
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@Sparhawk As I understand, it is a feature of the PDF itself, which is accessible in different readers. – evb Mar 22 '18 at 12:42
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Can you give a clear example of how to create and retrieve a bookmark? – Sparhawk Mar 22 '18 at 20:32
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@Sparhawk In my case they were created in Adobe PDF (and are seen in any linux pdf-reader). Anyway, my question is how to preserve them, not how to make them. – evb Mar 23 '18 at 14:12
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Right, but if I don't even know what bookmarks are, then I can't help you. Also, if I can't even make bookmarks on my local system, then I can't test preserving them. So, there is no program called Adobe PDF. I assume you mean Adobe Reader? I launched Adobe Reader 9.5.5, but I can't find any option for bookmarks. – Sparhawk Mar 23 '18 at 23:36
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@Sparhawk Sorry, I meant Adobe Acrobat Pro, not available under linux. You can download a pdf with bookmarks e.g. from this link: http://www.novapdf.com/uploads/novapdf_en/media_items/pdf-example-bookmarks.original.pdf – evb Mar 24 '18 at 08:23
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@Sparhawk Thanks! The question is almost the same, but the proposed solution is not a solution, because for every particular case one will have to write a corresponding script to manage the info file with bookmarks. In that case it will be more convenient to have a virtual Windows with Acrobat. Anyway, very strange that there is no ready efficient solution under linux... – evb Mar 24 '18 at 20:12