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Incremental Numbering - Little Help Please ??

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2007-08-26 00:07:33
itzrandy
Registered: Aug 25 2007
Posts: 9

Completely new to using Acrobat (version 8 Pro) for anything other than simple usage. I've now been tasked with developing a method of electronic track reading for an animation project. I have the physical design completed (used Illustrator), I now need to add usability to the form.

I have a 500 page document that I need to have incremental numbering on for the pages. For intance, I need to have a form field (that can be hidden/shown by a button) that counts from frame #1 to Frame #40,000. I really do not want to go in and manually label 40,000 form fields. I then need a single locked field on each page to indicate page footage which would be in increments of 5 (e.g. 5, 10, 15 ...... 2500). Then I need to have a locked field that simply numbers the pages from 1 to 500. Tall order I suspect?

This is a bit out of my realm of audio editing, needless to say. Any help would be greatly appreciated! I'm going to assume any or all of this can be done with JScript?

Thanks,

Randy

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2008-04-29 08:00:38
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lkassuba
ExpertTeam
Registered: Jun 28 2007
Posts: 3636
Will any of the recipients of your form be using Reader? Is it possible that multiple people might be accessing the form at the same time? Will the form be on a desktop/laptop, local network drive or a web server? All these things are important when developing a solution.
To simply have a form field that increments check out the following post:
http://www.acrobatusers.com/forums/aucbb/viewtopic.php?id=13806

For a more complex solution you'll need to assign a serial number to the form by connecting to a database a database or use a global object and create a subscription.

To number the pages you can use the Document --> Header&Footer --> Add command in Acrobat 8.

Lori Kassuba is an AUC Expert and Community Manager for AcrobatUsers.com.

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2008-04-29 16:01:46
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itzrandy
Registered: Aug 25 2007
Posts: 9
Thank you for the response! Actually the form would only be used by persons with 8 Pro and would only be accessed by one at a time. In other words, one person will do their work on the form, save it and send to the next person who will then do their work based upon the previous person's work.

The process itself is very labor intensive and time consuming but such is the "process" in the animation biz. Page numbering won't work unless I can specifically position where the number falls and then have it increment by 5 rather than one page at a time.

Again, thank you for the help, it gives me a start!

Randy
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