Add bookmarks to self-joined PDFs

join pdfs like this with pdftk

Adapted from here Show archive.org snapshot :

pdftk in.pdf dump_data > pdf_data.txt
Edit pdf_data.txt like so (add or enhance Bookmark Section):

InfoBegin
InfoKey: Producer
InfoValue: Haru Free PDF Library 2.2.1
NumberOfPages: 1
BookmarkBegin
BookmarkTitle: Ein Bookmark, yay!
BookmarkLevel: 1
BookmarkPageNumber: 1
PageMediaBegin
PageMediaNumber: 1
PageMediaRotation: 0
PageMediaRect: 0 0 595.304 841.89
PageMediaDimensions: 595.304 841.89

Update the metadata in your PDF file like this: pdftk in.pdf update_info pdf_data.txt output out.pdf

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Last edit

2021-09-29

Judith Roth

Posted by Judith Roth to Judith's Dev Notes (2021-09-29 05:58)