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ahmedfarrag17
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How to add automatic numbered circles in Adobe Acrobat Pro?

  • December 28, 2021
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What I am looking for is an efficient (and very quick) way to add numbered circles in any part of a pdf document.
The nearest thing I found is Tool --> Comment --> Add Text Box, in which I insert manually the number. Is there any way (a "Macro" tool or whatever) so I can click somewhere on a page and number 1 is added, I click on another part and number 2 (in a circle/rectangle) is added automatically without inserting manually each time? (it will save me A LOT of time since I have to do it very frequently).

I am a student and I find it very easy to study in this way: reading the textbook (pdf file) and where I want to give more explanation I put next a circled number and on a paper I indicate that number and write down how much I want. Now I want to do everything digitally. So I would use Acrobat as pdf reader and Word to type all my notes. Finally, (a time consuming process) I would merge my notes + the pdf textbook in one pdf file and LINK each circled number with its clone on my typed notes (so I can quickly go to that specific part without scrolling).
IF YOU HAVE any suggestion to link "automatically"  (while creating them) a circled number to its correspondant on my opened Word document it would be appreciated.

 

(Note: by "automatically" I also mean using Keyboard shortcuts. The goal is to save time as much as I can during that process, considering that my textbooks and Word documents will be huge. doing it all manually will last hours and hours).

 

Thank you so much! 

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Correct answer ahmedfarrag17

I found it here: 

 (github.com)https://github.com/q335r49/AcrobatIncrementStamp 

 

Thank you! 

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Document Geek
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Document GeekCommunity Expert
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December 28, 2021

Tnere is a tool that does this. It's a little known tool used exclusively in the accounting indistry, called PDFlyer. It's enterprise software, and they have no online purchasing option, but I'm including this inforation here in case someone else ever needs to track down this company.

Wolters Kluwer 

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    ahmedfarrag17AuthorCorrect answer
    Inspiring
    December 28, 2021

    I found it here: 

     (github.com)https://github.com/q335r49/AcrobatIncrementStamp 

     

    Thank you! 

    try67
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    try67Community Expert
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    December 28, 2021

    The first part can be done using the Stamp tool. A script can be used to automatically increment the value of the stamp you apply after you press it. Linking those stamps to a Word document is not possible, though.

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    ahmedfarrag17Author
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    December 28, 2021

    Thank you! Unfortunately I have no Coding knowledge so I don't know how to write a Script and even how to add it to make it work. Do you please have any further suggestion or a link where I can copy the Script from? (if someone already wrote it somewhere on the Web). 

    Thank you! 

    Thom Parker
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    Thom ParkerCommunity Expert
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    December 29, 2021

    >>This is a much better tool...

    Definitely looks better--but, just for the record, one has to subscribe to PDFScripting at $150 per year. Is that correct?

    (PDFScripting is an excellent resource; I just want to make sure the OP realizes the cost.)


    You only have to subscribe once, and then that tool, and all the others can be downloaded.  You also get discounts on customized updates for you're specific process. 

     

     

     

    Thom Parker - Software Developer at PDFScriptingUse the Acrobat JavaScript Reference early and often
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