MacOS – Generate PDF with table of contents from Microsoft Word on Mac OS X

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I need to generate PDF documents with a PDF table of contents from Microsoft Word 2011.

The PDF table of contents can for example be viewed in Preview using View -> Table of Contents.

This works well on my Windows machine. I just:

  1. Select Save As > PDF
  2. Click Options
  3. Check the Create Bookmarks using headings check box.

But on Mac OS X this option is not available.

This has been asked multiple times before, for example here on SuperUser, but the only solution is to use the Windows version of Word, or using online tools like doc2pdf.

Best Answer

I think I should add that right now, for macOS, you can get this to work if you do Save As > PDF and then select Best for electronic distribution and accessibility.

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The option Best for printing does not produce the table of content in the PDF.

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