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Change numbering value on lists to start at value other than 1.

Forum|Forum|6 years ago
December 19, 2019
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Hello all,

I'm having to edit some documents that were signed to fix the numbering of some questions and cannot figure out how to change the numbering of a list to start at a different value.

ex.

1. aaaaa

2. bbbbb

3. ccccc

standard listing is set as such and I want to start the list as shown below.

5. aaaa

6. bbbb

7. ccccc

I appreciate any help.

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londong85021444

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Having the same issue.
The workaround I found is, go to the last number you want to follow, say it's 32 and you wanted to insert the number 33... at the end of the paragraph of 32 click 'Enter' to bring up the 33.
Type or paste your text after the 33.
Then copy and paste the whole paragraph box (which includes the new 33) and paste it where needed in the document.

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Sanjukta34753026st34

Participant

it's not working, cant copy the numbering 😞

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gemy_mar

Participant

I was just looking at doing this exact thing, on an existing contract I wanted to add a paragraph and continue the list below the one I added

What I ended up doing was to remove all of the numbering list below the one I added and re-type them afterwars, begining with the number I needed.

Some one might find this usefull on a year or so!

Thom Parker

Community Expert

You need to explain more about what you are trying to do. What is the context of this list?

To this point, Acrobat is not an document editing tool. It does provide some editing functions, they are only good for simple fixups, not for major changes. If major updates are needed, then the edits need to be made to the original document. Since this PDF is scanned, then the best strategy may be to convert it to a Word document for editing.

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Stephen2324727764q0

Participant

I don't why such a simple question from Christine should need "explain more about what you are trying to do...",.

I like to know why a numbered list must start from "1", "1)", "i", "i)", what is I want to continue the numbered list on another page which should start with 21) because the numbered list on the previous page ends on 20)!

This is A Designer's Short Sighted issue, and Acrobat PRO has to be updated!

try67

Community Expert

Acrobat is not a word-processing tool. The fact you can edit the static contents of PDF files at all is a small miracle, and goes beyond what was ever meant to be possible to do with them. So don't expect the capabilities you have in Word or InDesign when editing a PDF file.

And if we're asking a question it's because the answer is important in trying to understand the situation and providing help. If you can't even be bothered to answer then don't expect to get any help from the volunteers who post here on a regular basis.

Thom Parker

Community Expert

What is the document format?

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christianw8380842Author

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Document is a scanned pdf.

I can set listings without issue just cant dictate the list starting number.

Thom Parker

Community Expert

And this list is regular text on the PDF page?

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