Re: pdf page counting

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.

In Acrobat, you can assign "Page Labels" as synonyms for the
ordinals used.
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.
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.
[This is called a "section"]
The pages after the selected group will constitute another
"section" and will be LABELED (as different from NUMBERED)
beginning with '1' (as expected).
For non-Adobe tools... <shrug>