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How to add pages to existing PDF without changing the page numbers?

Forum|Forum|5 years ago
June 18, 2020
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I have an existing PDF that has a TOC and hyperlinks. I want to prepend 3 pages to the document. However, when I do that, all the page numbering changes and the TOC and hyperlinks from the original PDF are all off by 3 pages. How do I add the pages without changing the page numbering in the original document?

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JR Boulay

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"I am disappointed that Adobe Acrobat does not support adding pages without changing the page numbering in a doc."

Yes, but it makes sense since it is impossible to do otherwise.

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Sunil0D4D

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How in living name do I even add a page?

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defaultgqbin2l7y0sh

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Go to Organize Pages, insert a blank page.

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mdougalAuthor

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Thanks to everyone who replied. I am now using a different tool to do this. I am disappointed that Adobe Acrobat does not support adding pages without changing the page numbering in a doc.

Karl Heinz Kremer

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You can submit an enhancement request here: http://www.adobe.com/products/wishform.html

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mdougalAuthor

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Submitted. Thanks for the great suggestion!

Bernd Alheit

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Add the pages to the end of document.

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mdougalAuthor

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Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately, they have to go at the beginning of the doc.

Karl Heinz Kremer

Community Expert

Is this a one-time job, or will have to do this on a regular basis? If it's just this one time, you may have to manually edit each link in the document, but if it's something you have to do on a regular basis, or if there are too many links in your document, there are batch link editing plugins available that you can install in Acrobat to make this step easier. You could then for example export the links as an Excel spreadsheet and just edit the target pages there, then import that spreadsheet into the batch editor and be done with it in no time. I have not used any of these tools in a decade, so I am in no position to make any recommendations.

JR Boulay

Community Expert

You cannot.

To be page numbering independant, TOC and hyperlinks must use "Destinations" instead of the page number or Go to view.

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