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PDFOutliner for Mac

Embed a table of contents in PDF files.

$4.99
In English
4.6
Based on 8 user rates

PDFOutliner overview

PDFOutliner can auto-magically add a table of contents (TOC) to your PDF. Use powerful tools to quickly build and edit a TOC.

Use PDFOutliner to:
  • Add a TOC to PDFs exported by Pages.app
  • Clean up messy TOC provided by PDF's original publisher
  • Organize multipage scanned documents in a PDF
  • Build a TOC for a PDF built from scanned or OCR pages

What’s new in version 1.7.3

  • Fix for app not opening PDFs correctly on macOS 10.14.6 and earlier.
  • Use File > Export Selected TOC to csv... command to work on your TOC items in Numbers or Excel, and re-import with File > Import TOC. Note: This does not support a nested TOC hierarchy. It flattens the list of selected TOC items before exporting to a csv file.
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PDFOutliner for Mac

$4.99
In English
Version 1.7.3
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4.6

(8 Reviews of PDFOutliner)

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jsmm
jsmm
Nov 11 2017
1.4
5.0
Nov 11 2017
5.0
Version: 1.4
I think there is no other app capable of automatically generating TOCs for pdfs. When it cannot recognise them atumatically, it offers a convenient way to enter them manually. I keep using this app although some features have partially stopped working in version 1.4. I hope its devoloper releases a new version soon.
asm985
asm985
Dec 15 2014
1.4
5.0
Dec 15 2014
5.0
Version: 1.4
trial works great and the auto TOC maker was awesome
Rdyornot
Rdyornot
May 16 2013
1.4
4.5
May 16 2013
4.5
Version: 1.4
It works exactly as advertised and does it quickly. The only other PDS apps I've been able to find that can create a ToC (and none of them do it automatically) have been complete editing solutions with prices starting around $60 and quickly going up. It was not immediately clear how to set up page numbering, and this was not explained in the guide. But after emailing the author, I got a reply the next morning with a link to a video tutorial showing how this feature works, and it works well - like the rest of the app. Highly Recommended.
Dedalus271
Dedalus271
Dec 29 2012
1.4
3.5
Dec 29 2012
3.5
Version: 1.4
Good software, nice price. With text-based pdf the Auto ToC works and works great. And even with pdf where text's pages are just tiff/jpg you cannot use auto ToC of course, but it can help to build a ToC.
Drdul
Drdul
Aug 25 2011
1.2.1
4.5
Aug 25 2011
4.5
Version: 1.2.1
PDFOutliner is great! It works as advertised, and quickly and accurately created a table of contents (what Acrobat calls bookmarks) for a lengthy document. It's easy to use, and the built-in "quick start" guide does a good job of explaining most of the functions. The only thing I wish I could do in PDFOutliner is indent existing TOC items with the keyboard or a toolbar button, and be able to do it to multiple items at once. As it is, I can only indent them by dragging them up and in with the mouse, and can only indent them one at a time.
jsmm
jsmm
Nov 11 2017
5.0
Nov 11 2017
5.0
Version: null
asm985
asm985
Dec 15 2014
5.0
Dec 15 2014
5.0
Version: null
Rdyornot
Rdyornot
May 16 2013
4.5
May 16 2013
4.5
Version: null
Dedalus271
Dedalus271
Dec 29 2012
3.5
Dec 29 2012
3.5
Version: null
taja
taja
Feb 9 2012
4.5
Feb 9 2012
4.5
Version: null
Drdul
Drdul
Aug 25 2011
4.5
Aug 25 2011
4.5
Version: null
Lumac52
Lumac52
Aug 15 2011
5.0
Aug 15 2011
5.0
Version: null
Josetgmac
Josetgmac
Mar 25 2011
5.0
Mar 25 2011
5.0
Version: null