How To Edit Table Of Contents From PDFs

Background

Editing table of contents from PDFs can be a hassle. With our free tool, you can edit table of contents from your PDFs online, without any watermark, and preview results before downloading.

Step-by-step

1. Open The Editor Tool

Navigate to the Edit page. You will be presented with the following screen:

Upload a PDF file in the input drop zone. You should be redirected to the Editor page. You will be presented with the following screen:

2. Activate The TOC Editor In The Left Panel

Click either the Toggle Sidebar or the Add Table Of Contents button to open the left panel which can be found at the top left of the screen.

3. Edit Table of Contents Item Properties

Each TOC item has its own settings. Click the three-dot menu beside an item to open the available actions.

• Add Parent: (Found beside the title label) Inserts a new top-level item into the TOC.
• Edit Destination: Change where this item navigates in the PDF. You can select the target go to page and/or fine-tune the vertical position using the Y Offset.
• Add Child: Create a nested item under the selected entry. This is useful for building multi-level or hierarchical TOC.
• Rename: Update and rename the title of the item.
• Move Up: Move the item higher in the list to adjust the reading order.
• Move Down: Move the item lower in the list to adjust the reading order.
• Delete: Removes the selected item from the document.

4. Preview And Download results

You can either click the Download or Preview button to export your changes which can be found at the top-right corner.

5. View

View your updated TOC (and navigate to each item) using a PDF viewer.

Tips

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