Add, Save, and Update Page Numbers
Apply Page Numbers to Actual Pages in a PDF
Acrobat X Pro has a feature that lets you add page numbers to actual pages in the PDF document, which is similar to the process of adding headers and footers
1. On the right side of the PDF file, click on Tools
2. In the Tools pane, click Pages > go to Edit Page Design section > click Header & Footer > choose Add Headers & Footer…
3. In the Tools pane, click Pages > go to Edit Page Design section > click Header & Footer > choose Add Headers & Footer…
- Locate where you want to place the page number in the actual pages of the document
- Enter text into the text box under a selected position you want to insert the page number > click Insert Page Number button to add the special dynamic field used for tracking the page number of the document
- Under the Preview section, you can preview the actual display of the page number on each page of the document
- The top thumbnail represents the Header
- The bottom thumbnail represents the Footer
- The blue dash line represents the margins of the page
- Click Appearance Option… link to select any additional display settings of the page numbers
- Select Shrink document to avoid overwriting the document’s text and graphics check box if there is any graphic or text that appears on top of the header or footer text in order to scale the page content down
- Select Keep position and size of header/footer text constant when printing on different page sizes check box if you are going to print on different page sizes in the same PDF so that the position of the page number will remain constant
- Click Page Number and Date Format… link to customize some additional formatting for the page numbers > click the Page Number Format down arrow in the dialog box to select a desired formatting
Save Settings of Page Number Styles
1. In the Add Header and Footer dialog box, click Save Settings…button to save the current setting of the page numbers for use again in the future
2. In Save Settings dialog box, under Save current settings as:, type a name for the current setting in the text box > click OK button
Update Page Numbers in PDf Document
If you add more pages or combine other PDF documents together with the document that contains the numbered pages, you need to update your page numbering
1. On the right side of the PDF file, click on Tools
2. In the Tools pane, click Pages > go to Edit Page Design section > click Header & Footer > choose Update…
3. In the Update Header and Footer dialog box, click OK
