Table of contents links in Word that you can click on in PDF?

kilroyscarnival · #3 07-29-2019, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by buddyhackit9

I have a word document with a table of contents that I inserted using Word's built-in option. The headings are correct and the table of contents table works well in Word (CTRL + left click) taking to you the appropriate page.

Is there a way to change the format so that when I print to PDF, a user can just click on the text in the table of contents and it takes them to that page or do you have to manually enter a table of contents to do this?

thanks in advance!

What version of Word are you using? I work with Word 2010, and I have no problem having my table of contents and Level 1 and 2 headings translating into Adobe Acrobat.

I believe you must use the "Save as Adobe PDF" item off the main File menu rather than doing a Save As... and selecting PDF format that way. Then, look at the Options and make sure it's selected to "Create Bookmarks" and "Convert Word Headings to Bookmarks." I think in this case it's also a must that your TOC was created based on your Headings.

Then in the PDF click on TOC lines and see if it advances to that part of the report. Mine does. I can also display the Adobe bookmarks. I usually have to manually set bookmarks for any attachments or appendices added later.

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