Create Table of Contents in Acrobat

Question

This has been infuriating for well over a decade now. Why, why, why, WHY can we still not create a table of contents INSIDE of Adobe Acrobat? This relatively simple task should not even be considered a "feature" at this point, but a requirement. PLEASE add this update.

Meenakshi_Negi · Accepted Answer

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Festive_Wave0180 · Answer

With AI this has gotten a bit easier. This is a python script that run in the same directory will generate a TOC as a markdown file. To get the right side page, I used a table format. Just hide the grid (width = 0), and it works nicely. Drop this script into AI and tune it how you want it to be. (I continue to be stunned that Adobe lets this capability not be native). This script does not generate internal hyperlinks, but works well in a printed document. Given that the input to the TOC are well-ordered bookmarks, there still is navigation using the bookmarks.

Run the script -
python3 pdf_to_markdown_toc.py docname_final_9-27-25.pdf

The python file is attached - change extension from txt to py

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