Add a clickable bookmark outline (table of contents) to a PDF.
Build a PDF’s bookmark outline — the clickable table of contents that appears in a reader’s side panel. List a title and target page for each entry and readers can jump straight to any section. Files are processed securely and never stored.
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A contents page is printed content — text on page two listing where things are. Bookmarks are navigation built into the file, shown in your reader’s sidebar, letting you jump straight to a section from anywhere. Long documents benefit from both, and they are entirely independent of each other.
Because bookmarks are added by whatever produced the PDF. Export from Word with proper heading styles and you get them automatically; scan a paper document and there is no structure to derive them from. That is exactly when adding them by hand is worth the few minutes.
Enough to reach any major section in one click without turning the sidebar into a wall of text. Chapter or section level is usually right. For a long report, top-level sections plus their immediate subsections strikes the balance — every heading in the document is more than most readers want.
Yes, Edit PDF Table of Contents is completely free. No signup, no account, and no watermark on outputs. A Pro tier is available for 100 AI ops/day and larger file sizes.
Edit PDF Table of Contents uploads your file over an encrypted connection to our own processing server, converts it, and returns the result. The file is deleted immediately after processing and is never used for anything else. It is not sent to any third party, and we keep no copies.
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Create a clickable table of contents / outline
Add a real outline: Bookmarks (a.k.a. the outline or table of contents) appear in a side panel in every PDF reader and let readers jump straight to a section. This lets you build that outline by listing a title and target page for each entry.
Replaces existing bookmarks: The outline you build here replaces any existing bookmarks in the file.
Privacy: Your PDF is sent over an encrypted connection, updated in memory, and deleted immediately after — never stored.