Add PDF Bookmarks
Build a clickable outline (the Bookmarks panel) so readers can jump straight to any section.
Select a PDF
Click to choose, or drop a file here
About adding bookmarks to a PDF
Bookmarks (the clickable outline in a PDF reader's sidebar) make a long document navigable — jumping straight to a section instead of scrolling. Many exports drop them.
You build the outline by naming entries and pointing each at a page, and PDFCure writes the bookmark tree into the file in your browser. The page content is untouched. Nothing is uploaded.
How to Add PDF Bookmarks
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Open the tool
Open the Add PDF Bookmarks tool and drop your file onto the page, or click to browse for it. Everything runs in your browser — the file is never uploaded.
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Build the outline
Add a bookmark for each section with its title and target page; indent one to nest it under the bookmark above.
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Download with navigation
Click Apply and download the PDF — the Bookmarks panel now jumps straight to each section.
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Add PDF Bookmarks — frequently asked questions
Are these real PDF bookmarks?+
Yes — they're written into the document's outline, so they show up in the Bookmarks/Outline panel of Acrobat, Preview, Chrome, and other viewers, and each one jumps to its page.
Can I nest bookmarks?+
Yes, one level deep — indent a bookmark and it becomes a child of the top-level bookmark directly above it, so you can build a chapter/section structure.
What happens to bookmarks the PDF already has?+
They're replaced by the list you build here. If you need to keep the existing outline, this tool isn't the right fit yet.
Does it add a visible table of contents page?+
No — it only adds the navigation panel outline, not a printed contents page inside the document.
Do you upload my files to a server?+
No — every tool here processes your files entirely on your device, and nothing is uploaded to a server. The only exception is the AI tools, which send the extracted text (not the file) to Claude to do their work.
Is there a file size limit?+
There's no artificial limit we impose, but since processing happens in your browser, very large files (500+ MB or 1,000+ pages) are limited by your device's memory rather than by us.
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