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Doitsu · 03-16-2012, 08:35 AM

Originally, I had planned to use a JavaScript script to add missing TOC bookmarks, but then I found a great Open Source Java program that allows TOC boookmarks to be added from a text file: JPdfBookmarks

To use it you'll have to create a bookmarks text file that looks at a bare minimum like this (bookmark title/page number):

Code:

Chapter 1/1
Chapter 2/10
Chapter 3/20

Then all you have to do is:
1. Open the .pdf file with JPdfBookmarks.
2. Click the Load Bookmarks from a text file... button and select your bookmarks text file.
3. Save the .pdf file.

For more information, see the program's Wiki page.

The only downside is that JPdfBookmarks is a bit slow. If you have an older machine or a very large .pdf file, it might take some time until all bookmarks are added.

03-16-2012, 08:35 AM	#1
Doitsu Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,737 Karma: 24031401 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: Kindle PW2	Automatically adding TOC bookmarks from a text file Originally, I had planned to use a JavaScript script to add missing TOC bookmarks, but then I found a great Open Source Java program that allows TOC boookmarks to be added from a text file: JPdfBookmarks To use it you'll have to create a bookmarks text file that looks at a bare minimum like this (bookmark title/page number): Code: Chapter 1/1 Chapter 2/10 Chapter 3/20 Then all you have to do is: 1. Open the .pdf file with JPdfBookmarks. 2. Click the Load Bookmarks from a text file... button and select your bookmarks text file. 3. Save the .pdf file. For more information, see the program's Wiki page. The only downside is that JPdfBookmarks is a bit slow. If you have an older machine or a very large .pdf file, it might take some time until all bookmarks are added. Last edited by Doitsu; 03-17-2012 at 05:02 AM.