Copy the contents of a PDF book or report as a list with page numbers, ready for Excel
Processed in your browser. Nothing is uploaded. Checked against sources on 16 Oct 2026.Most long PDFs, from e-books to annual reports and manuals, carry their table of contents as bookmarks: the clickable outline in a PDF reader’s sidebar. This page reads that outline and opens with CSV chosen, so the chapters, their levels and their page numbers drop straight into a spreadsheet. A PDF with no bookmarks is reported as such, and nothing is uploaded.
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Bookmarks are the clickable outline in a PDF reader's sidebar. Long documents carry their whole structure there: the chapters of a book, the sections of a contract, the parts of a manual. Getting that structure out of the file is useful for a contents page, a study plan, a spreadsheet of sections to review, or a check that a combined PDF still points to the right pages.
What is read. A PDF's outline is a tree of items, each with a title and a destination. The page follows the PDF specification's rules for destinations: an explicit page, a named destination looked up in the file's name tree, or a GoTo action. A bookmark that opens a web address shows link instead of a page, and one whose destination is missing shows no page, exactly as a reader would fail to open it.
| Save as | Looks like | Use it for |
|---|---|---|
| Text | titles indented two spaces per level, page at the end | pasting into a document |
| CSV | Level, Title, Page | Excel and Google Sheets |
| Markdown | a nested list with (p. 12) | notes and documentation |
| JSON | a nested tree | scripts |
The rest of the article, and all 6 questions about PDF Bookmarks Extractor, are on the PDF Bookmarks Extractor page.
Drop the PDF on PDF Bookmarks Extractor. The outline is read in your browser and listed at once, indented by level, with the page number each bookmark opens. Choose Text, CSV, Markdown or JSON under Save as and press Download, or Copy to paste the list somewhere else.
Choose CSV under Save as and press Download. The file has three columns, Level, Title and Page, one row per bookmark in reading order, and opens directly in Excel or Google Sheets. Filtering on Level 1 gives the chapters alone; sorting is never needed because the order is the book's own.
Bookmarks are a separate outline stored in the file, not the contents page printed in the text. Many PDFs, especially scans and files printed to PDF, have none. The page says so when the outline is empty; PDF to Text can then read the printed contents page instead.
No. The PDF is opened by pdf.js inside your own browser, and the bookmark list and the downloaded file are made on your device. Nothing is sent to a server, so confidential reports and books stay private. Closing the tab clears the file from memory.
Rates and rules change; check the source before you rely on a figure.
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