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2009-09-16 18:50:27
mcguirejw
Registered: Sep 16 2009
Posts: 10
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I want to put page numbers into a header on each page of a huge pdf file. I know how to do so (Document/Add Headers...) Problem is, the header is being inserted right into the midst of test on the page. How can I create enough room at the top of each page for this header?

Acrobat 7 Standard (7.1.1)

My Product Information:
Acrobat Standard 7.0.9, Windows
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2009-09-16 20:02:54
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daka630
Expert
Registered: Mar 1 2007
Posts: 1420
Something to try -

Open the crop tool (on the advanced editing toolbar).
At bottom of the dialog - "change page size"
Look over the drop-down menu for "Page Sizes" - bump your PDF page size up... try different ones to get a good fit.

Be well...

Be well...

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2009-09-17 07:57:20
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mcguirejw
Registered: Sep 16 2009
Posts: 10
Thanks! Unfortunately, there is no dialog "change paper size." The crop tool allows me to set the cropping, either at the top of the page or proportionally. However, cropping part of the page this way means that the portiokn remining is enlarged to fit the page. E.g., I set cropping to 0.5 inches all around and for all pages. Instead of ending up with 0.5 inches of blank or white space around the text, Aczrobat removed 0.5 inch of the text and enlarged the remainder to fill the 8.5 x 11 inch page. Interestingly, the crop tool allows you to set the amount of cropping from zero up using an up-arrow. I tried using the down-arrow thinking I might get the very opposite of cropping (adding white space) but the down-arrow does not work.

P.S. I'm not sure what "Accepted Answer" means but I sure appreciate (and accept) your help and suggestions.
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2009-09-17 08:50:58
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mcguirejw
Registered: Sep 16 2009
Posts: 10
I found a much simpler way to do this. I added a footer, inserted reference information and a page number format, and reduced the bottom margin to 0.1 inches. The footer appears on the screen below any text of the document or scanned artifacts (e.g., punch holes in the original paper documents which are hospital records). As printed the header shows up nicely near the bottom of the page (clearly more than 0.1 inches from the bottom but less than 0.5 inches). Scanning artifacts at the top of the pages (some sort of heavy but irregular black line, perhaps a gap between the top of the paper page and top of the scanner plate) preclude doing this as a header.
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