Re: pdf page counting

On 2024-12-23 21:36, Paul Babiak wrote:

On 2024-12-23 11:34, legg wrote:

On Sun, 22 Dec 2024 17:58:16 -0700, Don Y
<blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> wrote:
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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.
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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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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.
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Thought it might take if I processed it through html formatting,
but that didn't seem to 'take' either.
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RL

 Have you looked at Libreoffice?
 https://ask.libreoffice.org/t/how-do-i-paginate-completed-document/58798

That is what I did. The pages are numbered correctly inside LO and in the printed result, and in the PDF export. However, the page counter in the PDF viewer doesn't reflect numbering styles or renumbering.
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Cheers, Carlos.