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MarkWalsh
MarkWalsh
Inspiring
May 14, 2019
Question

Retain page labels when combining multiple PDFs

  • May 14, 2019
  • 4 replies
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I have several PDFs that I have to combine into a single document. Each page of the PDF has a page label set which I need to retain.

I have tried several methods (create PDF from multiple, dragging pages from one to another, inserting pages from file), and it will screw up the page labels for the pages being inserted (it changes them to the same label as the page they are being inserted after)

Is there a way to merge multiple PDF documents and retain their page labels?

    4 replies

    C
    colleen298050193j35
    Participant
    February 5, 2026

    It has been six years since you asked this question. Adobe hasn’t solved this important issue yet?  

    B
    Brian27472827l5wr
    Known Participant
    January 3, 2025

    I have the same issue. Each of my chapters has a section-based page numbering scheme, but when I combine the chapter files into a single PDF using Acrobat, all of the numbers revert to sequential integers.

      Amal.
      Amal.
      Legend
      July 24, 2019

      Hi MarkWalsh,

      Apologies for the delay in response, as you are experiencing the issue in combining the multiple pdf into a single file with retaining the page labels, we need some more information for a better understanding

      • What is the OS/version?
      • What is the application version? To check the version of the product please follow the link - Identify the product and its version for Acrobat and Reader DC
      • What is the workflow you are using?
      • Could you please share the screenshots of the documents with the change in labels?
        To share the screenshot:
        -Click on the insert icon provided in the reply window as shown below:

        -An insert image window will appear.
        -Click on the insert image and browse the location where you have saved the screenshot
        -Select the file and click OK.

      • Have you tried the combine pdf tool in the toolbar?

      Waiting for your reply

      Regards,

      Amal

      ls_rbls
      Community Expert
      ls_rblsCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      August 9, 2019

      I believe I've seen Try67 and Thom Parker  answer  similar questions before in these forums.

      From reading their posts frequently  I can honestly affirm that this is their domain and you may want to try reaching out to them for a quicker answer. Meanwhile, don't forget to  provide the  feedback that MarkWalsh has suggested above.

      MarkWalsh
      MarkWalshAuthor
      Inspiring
      May 14, 2019

      I haven't found any process to do this within the program, so I wrote a javascript to insert pages and reset the page labels after insert, and that works with just one issue, which I will bring up in the Javascript forum.

      If anyone has a solution to this that doesn't involve Javascript, I'd still be interested in knowing.

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