Adobe ACROBAT READER 7.0 Manual page 38

Navigating with bookmarks
Bookmarks provide a table of contents and usually represent the chapters and sections in a
document. Bookmarks appear in the navigation pane. The creator of the Adobe PDF
document determines which bookmarks appear.
Bookmarks tab A. Bookmarks tab B. Expanded bookmark C. Click to display bookmark Options
menu.
To browse using a bookmark:
1. Click the Bookmarks tab on the left side of the window, or choose View > Navigation
Tabs > Bookmarks to display bookmarks.
2. To jump to a topic using its bookmark, click the bookmark. Click the plus sign (+) next to
a parent bookmark to expand it. Click the minus sign (-) next to a bookmark to hide its
children.
Note: Clicking a bookmark might perform an action instead of taking you to another
location. It depends on how the bookmark was defined.
If the list of bookmarks disappears when you click a bookmark, click the Bookmarks tab
to display the list again. If you want the Bookmarks tab to always remain open after you
click a bookmark, click the Options menu at the top of the Bookmarks tab, and make sure
that Hide After Use is not selected.