Page Numbers - Issues with not showing up on every page and/or wanting to alter headers already ther

[Cassidy5E49]

Hi community!

I have Adobe Acrobat Pro DC.

I need to have page numbers show up on legal documents.  These are files that I have used Adobe to combine into one PDF.  Therefore they all have different page numbers, headers, etc on them.  Some of them were Word but mainly PDF.

I have tried to add page numbers as a heading and also tried to add Bates numbering however the two issues I'm having:

1. The numbers don't show up on every page.

2. It wants to remove current header which as it's documents to be filed with the court, I don't want to modify anything. I just simply want to add page numbers in adobe rather than by hand after 🙂

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

[Amal.]

Hi Cassidy

Hope you are doing well and sorry for the trouble. As described the page numbers are not showing on every page of the PDF

- Is this a behavior with a particular PDF file or with all the PDFs? Please try with a different PDF file and check.

- What is the version of the Adobe Acrobat DC you are using? To check the version of the application, go to Help > About Acrobat and make sure you have the latest version 21.01.20142 installed. Go to Help > Check for updates.

- What is the workflow/steps you are doing to add header/bates numbering to the PDF file?

For more information about adding the header, footer and bates numbering to PDFs please check out the help page https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/add-headers-footers-pdfs.html 

Regards

Amal

[Cassidy5E49]

Hi Amal,

Thank you for the response!

1. I have tried with different PDF documents without success.

2. I double checked and it is the most up to date version of Adobe Acrobat Pro DC.

3. Here is the steps I take for the numbering: 

Edit PDF > Header & Footer > Add > enter how I want the page number to appear & click OK (I double check all page numbers have been selected in range)

Here is the steps I take for Bates numbering:

Scan & OCR > Bates Numbering > Add > select document and click OK > Click Add New > enter format and click OK (I double check all page numbers have been selected in range) > Click OK

Any ideas on what I can try next? The court now requires documents to be page numbered as it's all electronically. I don't want to have to write them out by hand if I can avoid it 😞

Thank you for all your help!!

Cassidy

[Amal.]

Hi Cassidy

Hope you are doing well and sorry for the delay in response.

Would you mind sharing the video recording of the issue you are experiencing for a better understanding. Also please share a sample PDF file so that we can check it at our end. To know how to share the PDF file please check the help page: https://helpx.adobe.com/document-cloud/help/sharing-pdfs.html

Regards

Amal