Creating a Table of Contents from within a pdf.

[Steven27345227w0iu]

I have read lots of posts about TOC but the ones I could find didn't discuss excatly what I need to do. I would like to generate a table of contents within a pdf file. I have added bookmarks to headings but would like to have a TOC upfront in document. Thanks.

[try67]

There's no built-in function that does that in Acrobat, as it's usually something that is done in the authoring application, but you can do it using a script, such as this (paid-for) one I've developed:

https://www.try67.com/tool/acrobat-create-a-table-of-contents-toc-in-a-pdf-file-from-bookmarks

[Amal.]

Hi @Steven27345227w0iu 

++ Adding to the discussion

Please go through the correct answers marked in the similar discussions listed below:

https://answers.acrobatusers.com/How-Generate-PDF-table-contents-Acrobat-Professional-XI-q242422.asp...

https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat-sdk-discussions/toc-in-adobe-acrobat-pro-dc/m-p/8386356#M1859...

Hope it will works for you

Regards

Amal

[marastar_5]

You are not listening to what we are asking.  The thread you point to does NOT solve this issue. I am not a content creator and I don't create the PDFs I combine into bigger ones, so telling me to "just go make a ToC in Word and convert that to PDF" is a ridiculous and, frankly, RUDE response from the company that created the product that we are BEGGING you to improve.  Listen to your users! 

[Amal.]

Hi there

I hope you're doing well, and thanks for reaching out!

At the moment, Adobe Acrobat doesn’t have a feature to automatically create a Table of Contents (TOC) within a document. We know this could be a helpful feature, and we appreciate your feedback.

You can share your suggestion directly with our engineering team through Adobe Acrobat UserVoice for consideration and future implementation.

[Festive_Wave0180]

I was able to complete this by using Google Gemini after I had paginated the document and setup up the bookmarks.  The result is return as a canvas that can then be inserted into the document.  The prompt was simple: "Please generate a table of contents from the PDF using the bookmarks as entry and the page number in the lower right corner. Show result in canvas." I am always polite with the AI agent so the results were helpful. The document was 256 pages, and the original authoring tools were not available.