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Originally Posted by sam.selikoff
Can the Kindle recognize chapter markers on PDFs? Does anybody know of a way to add chapter markers to a PDF, maybe via Calibre or some other program?
I'm on a mac.
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I'm not sure exactly what you mean by a PDF 'chapter marker,' as that is not a concept that PDF embodies, but the answer is "no". Kindle does not support PDF links, the usual means of creating a Table of Contents in the PDF with clickable links that navigate to the beginning of a chapter.
However what you can do is create bookmarks or (on K3) annotations and highlights on any page you choose. This may help a little with navigation, but is by no means ideal. For example you might bookmark the TOC to make it a little easier to navigate there, and then you can use Go To... to jump to the relevant page number of the chapter referenced in the TOC. If there's an Index, you could set a bookmark to more easily jump there. You could also set bookmarks at the beginning of each chapter, and these will be visually represented in the reading progress bar as little tick marks. Or instead of bookmarks you could add an annotation, or highlight chapter headings, then use 'View Notes & Marks" to navigate within the document.
Keep in mind that bookmarks and annotations that you make to a PDF (saved in a '.pdr' sidecar file) are not backed up by Amazon, so you might consider backing these up to your computer, in case you remove the .pdf and later restore it to your Kindle.