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October 15, 2025
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Conversion table of contents from word to pdf

When I convert a large word document to pdf, the tables and figures links are not converted correctly in the contents table. The table numbers also change during the conversion. How can I i fix this problem?

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October 19, 2025

@Krisztina Annamaria most conversion problems like broken TOC links and renumbered tables come from Word field or caption formatting being altered during export, or from using a PDF converter that doesn’t preserve Word’s internal hyperlinks and captions. To fix it, make sure every heading and caption in Word uses built-in styles and Word’s Insert Caption feature, update all fields and the TOC in Word before exporting, export using Word’s native Save As PDF or Acrobat’s PDFMaker add-in rather than printing to PDF, and verify that “Create bookmarks using” is set to Headings in the conversion options; if numbers still change, check for manual numbering in captions and convert them to automatic captions.

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October 19, 2025

@Krisztina Annamaria most conversion problems like broken TOC links and renumbered tables come from Word field or caption formatting being altered during export, or from using a PDF converter that doesn’t preserve Word’s internal hyperlinks and captions. To fix it, make sure every heading and caption in Word uses built-in styles and Word’s Insert Caption feature, update all fields and the TOC in Word before exporting, export using Word’s native Save As PDF or Acrobat’s PDFMaker add-in rather than printing to PDF, and verify that “Create bookmarks using” is set to Headings in the conversion options; if numbers still change, check for manual numbering in captions and convert them to automatic captions.

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October 23, 2025

Thank you, I will try.

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