In this Acrobat how-to video, Chad Chelius demonstrates how to add bookmarks to a PDF to make it easier to navigate. He explains how to manually capture specific views and organize them into a hierarchy by nesting bookmarks. Finally, Chad reveals a pro tip for automating the process by generating a full set of bookmarks instantly from the document’s existing heading tags.
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This article was last modified on April 1, 2026
This article was first published on April 1, 2026
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