Page numbering with letters, not numbers, in footer in Acrobat Standard

Question

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

Amal. · Accepted Answer

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.

try67 · Answer

> 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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