About the Table of Contents

You can create a Table of Contents (TOC) within a PDF document based on its bookmarks and their hierarchy. The program converts your bookmarks into a Table of Contents with page numbers and links. In a PDF file bookmarks act as a TOC; this feature is useful when the PDF document will be printed.

The Table of Contents can be

Main steps in creating a Table of Contents

  1. Open your PDF and create bookmarks from headings you want to include in the TOC.

  2. Build up a bookmark hierarchy.

  3. Create a TOC.

To create bookmarks from headings

  1. Click the PDF Converter selecttext About the Table of Contents Select Text tool.
     

  2. Select the heading you want to appear in the Table of Contents and click Ctrl + B, or select the heading, right-click and select Add Bookmark from the shortcut menu. The heading is displayed on the Bookmarks Panel. Click Enter.

  1. Point your cursor on the currently created bookmark, right-click and select Set Destination or select a bookmark and click the PDF Converter set destination About the Table of Contents Set Destination tool.
     

  2. Click OK in the dialog box that displays a warning message. The bookmark is now linked to the selected location.
     

  3. Repeat steps from two to five until all the headings you want to include in the TOC appear on the Bookmarks Panel.

To build up a bookmark hierarchy

  1. On the Bookmarks Panel, select a bookmark and drag it into its new position. A dotted line shows you where the bookmark will be placed. To demote a bookmark to a lower level, drag it to the right. To promote a bookmark to a higher level, drag it to the left.

  2. Release the button when the bookmark reaches its proper level in the hierarchy.

To create a TOC

  1. On the Bookmarks Panel, select the Create Table of Contents item from the Options drop-down menu.
    The Table of Contents Settings dialog box appears.
     

  2. In the Contents tab of the dialog box, select a display level. Decide whether or not page numbers should be displayed and right-aligned, and select a symbol-line. From the Format drop-down list select a predefined or a customized TOC appearance. To define a new appearance, select Custom and click the Edit… button. Make desired settings in the Style dialog box and save it under a name to be entered in the Save As Format dialog box. The new format is added to the Format list.

  3. In the Content Page tab of the dialog box, click Appearance to change and reformat a TOC title if needed, define the paper size and the orientation for the Table of Contents and define its position within the document. See the details in the Table of Contents Settings topic.

  4. Click OK.
    The Table of Contents will be displayed.

About the Table of Contents