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Numbering for printed pages: roman numerals then standard numb

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2010-06-03 12:13:44
FreddyMac
Registered: Jun 3 2010
Posts: 2

Hi there:

I need to combine a bunch of word docs, rotate some tables, and then assign mumbers. I figured out how to do all of the combining but I cannot figure out how to number the pages so they come out appropriately when printed. i can get them to work for the 'pages' (electronic viewing pane -not sure if this is the right wording) section but when using the footer feature for numbering it appears to be limited as to the types of numbering you can use (1-n, 1 of n, etc.)..

How can I number the first 10 pages or so using lower case roman numerals (starting with ii on the second page) and then switch to standard numbers (starting with number 1) on the "11th" sequential page and continue sequentially through the end of the document?

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 8.1.7, Windows
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2010-06-03 14:39:08
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daka630
Expert
Registered: Mar 1 2007
Posts: 1420
As you've observed, the Header/Footer feature does not support use of roman numerals.
Using the numbering schemes available you can add multiple headers/footers to span a given sequence.
Each would have to be positioned such that one did not overlap another.
The Header/Footer dialog has a "positioning" feature (upper right of dialog).

I suppose you could go page by page using the Typewriter Tool or try something that uses Button fields.

Be well...

Be well...

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2010-06-04 07:06:57
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gkaiseril
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Registered: Feb 23 2006
Posts: 4308
I you were to use the typewriter tool, you would be adding an annotation or comment. Annotations and comments do not always prints by default since one needs to have this option selected. You could use a JavaScript to add a field to each page and then you could inset the page number to the added field's value or default value. After adding the field, you should use JavaScript to flatten the PDF and make the fields part of the PDF.

George Kaiser

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2010-06-04 11:04:55
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rbogie
Registered: Apr 28 2008
Posts: 432
use only the hearder/footer tool. experiment with these basics:
- for the pages to be numbered with roman numerals add a unique footer to each page one-by-one (example: apply roman i on page 1 to 1; apply roman ii on page 2 to 2, etc)
- for the pages that follow the roman numbered pages apply page numbers in the desired format on pages lastRoman+1 to n

you may need to experiment with settings and formatting. keep a clean backup so that you can easily start over.
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