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kilroyscarnival
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February 12, 2025
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Page numbering with letters, not numbers, in footer in Acrobat Standard

  • February 12, 2025
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Hi, looking for any workaround to being able to "number" or sequence page numbering in a footer if I have to number attachments 3A, 3B, etc.  I have Acrobat Standard, and it only seems to give me options for "1" or "1/n" type numbering.  Most of the time when I have to apply numbering, it's as actual numbers, so adding a footer works great.  But for 5A through 5AN (it's happened), I had to type a comment, copy/paste to the rest, then manually change the letter after the number.  I'm hoping there's an easier way, something akin to a SEQ in MS Word.   Does Pro accommodate lettering?  

 

Thanks,

 

Ann

Correct answer Amal.

Hi there,

 

Hope you are doing well and thanks for reaching out.

Acrobat Standard does not have a built-in option to add letters instead of numbers for page numbering in the footer. However, you can achieve this using a custom text footer or JavaScript in Acrbat Pro.

 

Hope this information will help.

 

 

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try67
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try67Community Expert
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February 12, 2025

>  Does Pro accommodate lettering? 

No, it doesn't. This can only be achieved using a script.

I've developed a (paid-for) tool that does something similar, but it doesn't have the letters feature in the format you asked for. I can certainly add it for you, though.

You can find it here: https://www.try67.com/tool/acrobat-reader-advanced-add-header-footer-text

 

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    kilroyscarnivalAuthor
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    February 17, 2025

    Thank you - I appreciate the input.  As I mentioned above, I did find a workaround that is working for me for the time being.  Will keep your add-in in mind, though, if I could get it approved.  

    Amal.
    Amal.Correct answer
    Legend
    February 12, 2025

    Hi there,

     

    Hope you are doing well and thanks for reaching out.

    Acrobat Standard does not have a built-in option to add letters instead of numbers for page numbering in the footer. However, you can achieve this using a custom text footer or JavaScript in Acrbat Pro.

     

    Hope this information will help.

     

     

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      kilroyscarnivalAuthor
      Participant
      February 17, 2025

      Thank you.  I haven't been granted Acrobat Pro, but I found a workaround.  I wrote a flow in Power Automate that uses the keystrokes necessary to place a string of comments in the same position.  I don't have it as a variable, so if I have to customize the list, I'll do that in a text editor first, but it does work. 

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