header and footer bug? Acrobat modifies format when inserting page number

[jerezpindaro]

I am using Acrobat 2017 in Windows. I create figures from PDF files for publication, and then put them together in a single PDF file with Acrobat. I want to add page numbers to the file.

After I insert the page numbers, however, the line thickness in the figures is modified. The help feature in Acrobat suggests that... ''To prevent overlapping, click the Appearance Options link and select Shrink Document To Avoid Overwriting The Document’s Text And Graphics..." However, I cannot find the appearance option in Acrobat 17, and in any case I do not know whether this would address the issue. I upgraded from Acrobat X to DC (2017), and Acrobat X does not have that problem. Is this a known bug? Any solutions? Thanks, J 

[cari-ann_4544]

i have inserted a page on my adobe at the end of my document however now the header and footers are not carrying over.  it offers to replace when i click add but no option to continue current to the newly inserted page. any ideas?

[S. S]

Hi @cari-ann_4544,

Hope you are doing well. Thanks for writing in!

To answer your question:

Yes! When you insert a new page into a PDF, headers and footers do not automatically carry over to the new page. Instead, the new page is treated as a separate from the existing header/footer settings.

You can try the steps below:

• Go to Edit > Header & Footer > Add....
• Note the current settings (text, alignment, font, etc.).
• Click "Cancel" (so you don’t overwrite existing headers yet).
• Go to Edit > Header & Footer > Update....
• Click "Apply to all pages", including the newly inserted page.

This method reapplies the same header/footer across the entire document, including the new page.

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Souvik.