How to Add Bookmarks to a PDF Online Free

Bookmarks are the outline a reader sees beside a long PDF. Add them in the Bookmarks panel, nest them under their sections, and they are saved with the file.

Step by step

1.Open the PDF

Click Open file in the toolbar, or drop the PDF onto the page.

The PDF editor with a sample report open.

2.Open the Bookmarks panel

Open the Pages menu and click Bookmarks. The sidebar switches to the bookmarks list.

The Pages menu open, with Bookmarks outlined in red.

3.Start a bookmark

Click the + at the top of the list. The list is empty at first, so Papr also offers an Add Bookmark button there.

The bookmarks list with the plus button outlined in red.

4.Place it and name it

Click the page where the section starts. The bookmark is placed there and its name is selected. Type the section title and press Enter.

The new bookmark named Revenue in the list. An arrow points at its place on the page.

5.Add a bookmark under it

Move the pointer over a bookmark. Its buttons appear: Add sub-bookmark (the plus), Edit and Delete. Use the plus to nest a section under its chapter.

A bookmark row with its Add sub-bookmark button outlined in red.

6.Jump to a bookmark

Click a bookmark's name. The viewer scrolls to the page where the bookmark is placed.

The page scrolled to the bookmark's place, with the bookmark row outlined in red.

7.Export with the bookmarks

Click Export in the toolbar and save the file. The bookmark outline is written into the exported PDF.

The editor with the Export button in the toolbar outlined in red.

Try it on your own file

Everything in this guide happens in your browser tab. Your file stays on your device.

Open the PDF editor