Problem With Pasting Page Numbers into the PDF Print Dialog box from Another Program

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September 29, 2019
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Hi All, I used to be able to figure out what pages of a given PDF I need to print by typing them into a Word document or an email draft document, and then I would cut or copy and paste them into the PDF Pages box, and that was easy, and I did that for the last year or so, but then something changed. I'm not sure if it changed after an update, but I think an update occurred right before this happened. I am no longer able to copy and paste from any other program into that "Pages" print dialog box. When I hit "Paste," nothing appears. I have to manually type in all those page numbers in order to be able to print those specific pages. This is a time-consuming step that I would like to avoid, and I'm not sure what changed, but hopefully, someone can help. Thanks for your assistance.

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Galina5CEA

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Use Notepad insted of Word. The "Pages" print dialog box doesn't like the Word formating. It works if you type in Notepad.

jane-e

Community Expert

Hi

Here's another option that I prefer:

In Acrobat, I select the pages in the Pages panel (Shift if they are contiguous; Ctrl if they are not), then go to File > Print.

Acrobat Reader will then default to printing the selected pages.

~ Jane

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ChrysolagaAuthor

Participating Frequently

Hi Jane, thanks so much for your response. I'm sorry it has taken me so long to see this. It is still not working for me. I have a set of documents every day that are approximately 100+ pages. I go though the documents and write down which pages I need to print -- i.e., 4-6,12-16,19-43,47-53,56-64,79-81,83-91,93,95,97,99,101,103,109,115. I usually print about 60 of the 100 pages. I used to write them in an Outlook draft document or in a Word document and the copy and paste or cut and paste into the Print dialong box. It stopped working after an update and hasn't worked since. I am using the latest versions of Word and Acrobat Reader as I have Microsoft Office 365, which is updating my programs all the time. When I go to copy the page numbers and hit "Paste" the numbers that were there (i.e., the grayed out range of pages) disappear, and there is nothing there. I can't understand it. Thank you for helping me with this. My Adobe Reader is 19.021.20061.36636

jane-e

Community Expert

Hi

I tested in Acrobat since you posted in the Acrobat forum instead of the Reader forum. I’ll test with Word and Reader tomorrow, as I am about to leave the office for the evening. For testing purposes, does it work to Ctrl+Click the pages in the Pages panel, then print?

~ Jane

jane-e

Community Expert

Hi

I just tested and it works for me to copy and paste. I am using Word 16.29.1 and Reader 19.21.20047.353337. I tested with and without the pilcrow and both worked. Maybe another volunteer with Windows can test.

~ Jane