How to create URL link to the specific section of the PDF file?












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I am trying to create a pointer link to a specific section of the PDF file which is in my local directory.



Normally I create hyperlinks to the pages like that.



xyz.pdf#page=4


But I cannot figure out how can I point sections of the book with URL. For example, the following hyperlinks point to the somewhere of the book. I want to know what is the URL syntax for accessing these sections.



2 Intelligent Agents 34
2.1 Agents and Environments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
2.2 Good Behavior: The Concept of Rationality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
2.3 The Nature of Environments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
2.4 The Structure of Agents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
2.5 Summary, Bibliographical and Historical Notes, Exercises . . . . . . . . . 59









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    I am trying to create a pointer link to a specific section of the PDF file which is in my local directory.



    Normally I create hyperlinks to the pages like that.



    xyz.pdf#page=4


    But I cannot figure out how can I point sections of the book with URL. For example, the following hyperlinks point to the somewhere of the book. I want to know what is the URL syntax for accessing these sections.



    2 Intelligent Agents 34
    2.1 Agents and Environments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
    2.2 Good Behavior: The Concept of Rationality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
    2.3 The Nature of Environments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
    2.4 The Structure of Agents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
    2.5 Summary, Bibliographical and Historical Notes, Exercises . . . . . . . . . 59









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      I am trying to create a pointer link to a specific section of the PDF file which is in my local directory.



      Normally I create hyperlinks to the pages like that.



      xyz.pdf#page=4


      But I cannot figure out how can I point sections of the book with URL. For example, the following hyperlinks point to the somewhere of the book. I want to know what is the URL syntax for accessing these sections.



      2 Intelligent Agents 34
      2.1 Agents and Environments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
      2.2 Good Behavior: The Concept of Rationality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
      2.3 The Nature of Environments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
      2.4 The Structure of Agents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
      2.5 Summary, Bibliographical and Historical Notes, Exercises . . . . . . . . . 59









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      I am trying to create a pointer link to a specific section of the PDF file which is in my local directory.



      Normally I create hyperlinks to the pages like that.



      xyz.pdf#page=4


      But I cannot figure out how can I point sections of the book with URL. For example, the following hyperlinks point to the somewhere of the book. I want to know what is the URL syntax for accessing these sections.



      2 Intelligent Agents 34
      2.1 Agents and Environments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
      2.2 Good Behavior: The Concept of Rationality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
      2.3 The Nature of Environments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
      2.4 The Structure of Agents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
      2.5 Summary, Bibliographical and Historical Notes, Exercises . . . . . . . . . 59






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          Strictly speaking, what is usually referred to as chapters or sections inside a PDF, are bookmarks. According to Adobe's Parameters for Opening PDF Files, there are only two official ways of opening a PDF on specified position, and bookmarks are not there:





          1. Named destination. Depending on your PDF viewer, you need to find a list of so-called destinations in your document and use the desired one (there should be no white spaces):



            [PDF file](./xyz.pdf#[destination name])




          2. Specific page. The method you are already aware of:



            [PDF file](./xyz.pdf#page=[page number])




          IMO the easiest and robust way is just to stick with page numbers, also due to URL limitations (from the same document):




          Individual parameters, together with their values (separated by & or #), can be no greater then 32 characters in length.







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            Strictly speaking, what is usually referred to as chapters or sections inside a PDF, are bookmarks. According to Adobe's Parameters for Opening PDF Files, there are only two official ways of opening a PDF on specified position, and bookmarks are not there:





            1. Named destination. Depending on your PDF viewer, you need to find a list of so-called destinations in your document and use the desired one (there should be no white spaces):



              [PDF file](./xyz.pdf#[destination name])




            2. Specific page. The method you are already aware of:



              [PDF file](./xyz.pdf#page=[page number])




            IMO the easiest and robust way is just to stick with page numbers, also due to URL limitations (from the same document):




            Individual parameters, together with their values (separated by & or #), can be no greater then 32 characters in length.







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              Strictly speaking, what is usually referred to as chapters or sections inside a PDF, are bookmarks. According to Adobe's Parameters for Opening PDF Files, there are only two official ways of opening a PDF on specified position, and bookmarks are not there:





              1. Named destination. Depending on your PDF viewer, you need to find a list of so-called destinations in your document and use the desired one (there should be no white spaces):



                [PDF file](./xyz.pdf#[destination name])




              2. Specific page. The method you are already aware of:



                [PDF file](./xyz.pdf#page=[page number])




              IMO the easiest and robust way is just to stick with page numbers, also due to URL limitations (from the same document):




              Individual parameters, together with their values (separated by & or #), can be no greater then 32 characters in length.







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                Strictly speaking, what is usually referred to as chapters or sections inside a PDF, are bookmarks. According to Adobe's Parameters for Opening PDF Files, there are only two official ways of opening a PDF on specified position, and bookmarks are not there:





                1. Named destination. Depending on your PDF viewer, you need to find a list of so-called destinations in your document and use the desired one (there should be no white spaces):



                  [PDF file](./xyz.pdf#[destination name])




                2. Specific page. The method you are already aware of:



                  [PDF file](./xyz.pdf#page=[page number])




                IMO the easiest and robust way is just to stick with page numbers, also due to URL limitations (from the same document):




                Individual parameters, together with their values (separated by & or #), can be no greater then 32 characters in length.







                share|improve this answer












                Strictly speaking, what is usually referred to as chapters or sections inside a PDF, are bookmarks. According to Adobe's Parameters for Opening PDF Files, there are only two official ways of opening a PDF on specified position, and bookmarks are not there:





                1. Named destination. Depending on your PDF viewer, you need to find a list of so-called destinations in your document and use the desired one (there should be no white spaces):



                  [PDF file](./xyz.pdf#[destination name])




                2. Specific page. The method you are already aware of:



                  [PDF file](./xyz.pdf#page=[page number])




                IMO the easiest and robust way is just to stick with page numbers, also due to URL limitations (from the same document):




                Individual parameters, together with their values (separated by & or #), can be no greater then 32 characters in length.








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