Save as PDF without Bookmarks

Hello,
I have a one page Webi report in BO XI 3.0 SP2 that I want to save as a PDF file ready for distribution. The save to PDF works fine but the PDF document automatically opens with the Bookmarks pane displayed on the left hand side of the screen. This takes about 40% of the screen width. It is quite annoying to have to close the bookmarks section before reading the report.
There is no need to show bookmarks for this document as it is one page without any sections in the report body.
Can the PDF output be configured to not automatically show the Bookmarks pane when opening the final PDF?
Best regards,
Chris

Hi Chris,
Following solution will help you resolve your query.
Here are the steps to follow:
1. Open a new document in Notepad and copy the following code into it:
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\5.0\AdobeViewer]
"TrustedMode"=dword:00000001
"EULA"=dword:00000001
"AntialiasThreshold"=dword:00000011
"DefaultSplitterPos"="0"
2. Save the file as "RemoveBookmark.reg". Make sure that you include the double-quotation marks (") in the "Save As" dialog box so that a *.reg format file is created instead of a standard *.txt format file.
3. Distribute this file to your end user(s) so that they can double-click it to set the bookmark panel so that it is not visible.
Note: Future PDF documents will now be viewed without displaying the bookmark panel. If this setting is later overridden (for example, a user manually moving the bookmark panel splitter and then closes Adobe Acrobat Reader), then users can double-click the "Removebookmark.reg" file again to reset the bookmark panel.
Regards,
Sarbhjeet Kaur

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