Auto Table of Contents (from Headings)

Detect H1/H2-style headings in a PDF (by font size) and prepend a generated Table of Contents page with page numbers.

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How does the Auto Table of Contents (from Headings) work?

Detect headings in a PDF (by font size β€” text rendered noticeably larger than body) and prepend a Table of Contents page with dot-leader entries showing each heading and its page number. Different from Auto-Bookmark from Headings (which adds bookmarks to the navigation panel) β€” this tool produces a printed TOC page that's part of the document itself, the way books do it. Useful for adding a TOC to a long PDF report or an exported manuscript before sharing or printing.

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All processing happens on your device. Your files never leave your browser, never touch our servers, and are not stored anywhere. Close the tab and the file is gone.

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Works in any modern browser β€” Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone, Android, and tablets. No installation, no app to download. Just open the page and start.

⚑ Quick & easy

Drag, drop, click. Most files process in seconds, not minutes. No watermarks added to your output, no per-day limits, and the tool always shows the result before asking you to download.

🎁 Always free, no signup

Free to use, every time. No account creation, no email required, no β€œtrial” that converts to a paid plan. We make money from ads so you don’t have to pay.

Frequently asked

They're not β€” the new TOC page becomes page 1, so heading-on-original-page-N becomes page-N+1 in the new file. The TOC accounts for this.

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