Re: pdf page counting

On Sun, 22 Dec 2024 17:58:16 -0700, Don Y
<blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> wrote:

On 12/22/2024 5:04 PM, legg wrote:

I want the pdf reader to 'recognize' page numbers from the print,
even if I have to do it manually on a per-page basis.
 
The pdf document is intended as a replica of existing hard copy,
so those original numbers/roman numerals can't change.

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In Acrobat, you can assign "Page Labels" as synonyms for the
ordinals used.
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You open the thumbnails view (left side pane) and click on the
"options" dropdown.  There, use "Page Labels..." to pick a
style, start point, etc. for the thumbnails THAT YOU HAVE
PRESENTLY SELECTED.
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This will not change the page "number" -- so, the first page
will still be '1'.  But, it will appear as 'i' if you have selected
the first page in a group of pages to use the "i, ii, iii..."
LABELING scheme.
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[This is called a "section"]
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The pages after the selected group will constitute another
"section" and will be LABELED (as different from NUMBERED)
beginning with '1' (as expected).
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For non-Adobe tools... <shrug>
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It'll have to be somebody else who has the right software, then.
I get pdfs either from a scan or through printing utilities.
No intention of giving Adobe money for a format that was developed
for common usage.

Thought it might take if I processed it through html formatting,
but that didn't seem to 'take' either.

RL