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How To Add Bookmarks to a PDF on Windows

PDFelement's bookmarking feature significantly enhances PDF navigation and organization. It allows users to create bookmarks manually as well as automatically generate them based on heading styles within the document, saving considerable time. The software provides flexibility to customize bookmarks, including renaming, deleting, and creating hierarchical bookmarks for better document structure. To learn how to access the bookmark utility on PDFelement, read the steps mentioned below:

1. Auto Bookmark

• When you have opened a certain document within the tool’s interface after launching it on your device, head to the sidebar on the left and press the “Bookmark” icon. Now, click on the “Auto Bookmark” option to let the platform automatically create bookmarks from the document.

Add auto bookmarks

2. Add Bookmark

• To add your own bookmark, open the page that you want to bookmark, click on the “Add Bookmark” icon within the panel, and name the bookmark.

Add bookmarks manually

3. Rename Bookmark

• Change the name of the created bookmark by tapping on the “Rename Bookmark” icon next to the “Add Bookmark” icon. Amend the name of the specific bookmark according to your preferences.

Rename added bookmark

4. Delete Bookmark

• To delete a specific bookmark from the document, select the bookmark from the list and tap on the “Bin” icon located above the bookmarks.

Delete existing bookmarks

5. Change Text Size

• You can enlarge or shrink the text of the bookmark by clicking on the magnifying glass icons located on the panel.

Zoom in/out bookmark text