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Table of Contents

This tool reads the bookmarks (outlines) in your PDF and generates a formatted table of contents page that gets prepended to the document. If your PDF already has bookmarks but lacks a visible TOC page, this tool creates one automatically.

How It Works

  1. Upload a PDF that contains bookmarks.
  2. Customize the TOC title, font size, and font family.
  3. Optionally check Add bookmark for TOC page to include the TOC itself in the bookmark tree.
  4. Click Generate Table of Contents to process the file.
  5. The updated PDF downloads automatically with the TOC page inserted at the beginning.

Options

  • TOC Title -- The heading displayed at the top of the generated page. Defaults to "Table of Contents".
  • Font Size -- Choose from 10pt to 72pt. The default is 12pt.
  • Font Family -- Select from Times Roman, Helvetica, or Courier variants (regular, bold, italic, bold italic). Defaults to Helvetica.
  • Add bookmark for TOC page -- When checked, a bookmark entry for the TOC page itself is added to the PDF's outline tree.

Features

  • Reads the full bookmark hierarchy from the PDF
  • Generates a cleanly formatted TOC page with page number references
  • Supports nested bookmark levels with indentation
  • Choice of 12 built-in PDF fonts
  • Optional self-referencing bookmark for the TOC page

Use Cases

  • Adding a printable table of contents to e-books or reports that only have digital bookmarks
  • Creating a TOC for a merged document after combining multiple PDFs
  • Generating a reference page for long technical manuals
  • Preparing documents for print where a visible TOC is expected

Tips

  • If your PDF has no bookmarks, use the Edit Bookmarks tool first to create them, then come back here to generate the TOC.
  • For large documents, a bigger font size like 14pt or 16pt improves readability.