How to add a navigation window to a LaTeX generated PDF document?

Question

Some ( if not most ) pdf ebooks have the option to view the table of contents in a left navigation window. I would like to add this option to my document as well. Question: How to add a navigation window to a LaTeX generated PDF document?

Answer 1

You can use a hyperref package. You'll have to start with a fresh .tex file compilation; i.e. no .aux file. You can add several option to the package as well, read the hyperref documentation. I presume you have your document well sectioned, the hyperref package generates the TOC entries in your viewer for chapters, bibliography, sections, abstract...etc. You might find different outcomes of TOC depending on your documentclass.

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Here's a setup I use:

\usepackage{hyperref}
\hypersetup{pdftex,colorlinks=true,allcolors=blue}
\usepackage{hypcap}

I added the last one as an extra since links should always anchor at the image not the caption.

Answer 2

As has been said, you need to use the hyperref package. Just add the following lines to your preamble:

\usepackage[]{hyperref}
\hypersetup{
    pdftitle={Your title here},
    pdfauthor={Your name here},
    pdfsubject={Your subject here},
    pdfkeywords={keyword1, keyword2},
    bookmarksnumbered=true,     
    bookmarksopen=true,         
    bookmarksopenlevel=1,       
    colorlinks=true,            
    pdfstartview=Fit,           
    pdfpagemode=UseOutlines,    % this is the option you were lookin for
    pdfpagelayout=TwoPageRight
}

Usually, hyperref should be loaded as the last package (but every rule has exceptions).