How to Create PDF Bookmarks with a Table of Contents in InDesign and Acrobat
See pro tips for creating a table of contents and PDF bookmarks from that TOC.
In this InDesign how-to video, Colleen Gratzer shares tips for creating a table of contents and how to create PDF bookmarks from that TOC. She demos how the TOC items become bookmarks and then goes on to demo how to create additional bookmarks from within Acrobat itself. As a bonus tip, Colleen shows how to create multiple tables of contents in the same InDesign file.
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This article was last modified on August 29, 2025
This article was first published on August 22, 2021
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