How can you save Pdf as spreads but when someone searches for a page number it doesn't take you to the spread?

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Hi, I need to make pdf which has been saved as spreads (from Indesign) so when you search for a page within Acrobat, you go to the page number not the spread number i.e. if you search for page 5 it doesn't take you to page 8-9 which is the 5th spread, is there a setting or even a script that I can add to my pdf?

try67 · Accepted Answer

Its a printed document that the client now wants to use as an interactive document viewed as spreads but when they use the Acrobat search for the page feature it of course doesn't work, your solution works if they search for page 6 and so it goes to p6 not spread 6 but then if you search for page 7 it goes to page 12 (the 7th spread)....I thought maybe there would be some script that we could add to the pdf? Thank you anyway, its a step closer!

I'm sorry, but it's not possible with a script, either. A possible solution could be to split the spreads to two physical pages and set the viewing option for the file to show two pages at a time. That way, if the user enters either page number they'll see the whole spread.

Sajid317264442kye · Answer

Oh man, I've been in the same boat, Indesign's spread numbering can be a real pain when you need page-specific navigation in the final PDF. I'm not sure if there's a built-in setting in Acrobat for this, but you might want to look into custom scripts that adjust the page numbering after you export the PDF. I've read some forums where they talk about using JavaScript to manually adjust the page numbers in Acrobat. Definitely something to explore if you can't find a native solution. Hope you sort it out!

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