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Brian242233884ykw
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April 27, 2022
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Repaginating Numbers in a PDF after converting from Powerpoint?

  • April 27, 2022
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Hi

 

I have a power point document which I have converted to PDF (50 Pages)

 

Within the PDF I delete pages 4 and 5 out leaving a total of (48 Pages)..  I've looked and I can't repaginate the PDF.  I have to manually update the pages 1 on 1 from where I deleted (starting at slide #4).  Sometimes the powerpoint presentation is 150 pages long.  Any idea how to resolve this repagination issue within a PDF from a converted powerpoint?  It should take a snap to do but I can't figure it out.

 

Thanks for your help....

 

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Amal

I can go in and edit the page number on the bottom right manually.  My question is if I have a PDF that's 200 pages.  I delete pages 3 and 4 from the PDF,  I have to manually update each page # on the right,  I was wondering if there was a way to have it automatically have ADOBE renumber the patches which is the question I'm trying to answer.  To update 197 pages one by one manually takes a good 30 - 40 mins so I wanted to know if ADOBE has a way to get around this.


Hi,

It is not possible to modify the Acrobat text, but here is a tip you can do:

Create a "thePage" field on the first page under the page number (here I did it in yellow to show you).

Then you duplicate this field across all pages.

You select all thumbnails on the left and right-click "Page Properties...".

and you type

this.getField("thePage").value=this.pageNum+1;

as "Run a JavaScript" action for Page Open.

Now this will give you the real page even if you delete some page!

Make a test with my example attached...

@+

2 replies

Dave__M
Dave__M
Community Expert
May 6, 2022

Have you explored the Page Labels feature?  You may be able to select all pages from your Pages Panel, right-click and choose Page Labels.  From there, Initiate a new page ordering scheme that starts at pg 1 and counts upward from there.  Not sure if this will address your issue, but might be worth a try.

My best,

Dave

Amal.
Community Manager
Amal.Community Manager
Community Manager
April 28, 2022

Hi Brian,

 

Hope you are doing well and sorry to hear that.

 

Please go through the help page https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/manipulating-deleting-renumbering-pdf-pages.html and see if that works for you.

 

Regards

Amal

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Brian242233884ykwAuthor
Participating Frequently
April 28, 2022
Hi Amal

Yes I tried the repaging through the document you posted, it still
doesn't work. The powerpoint document also has embedded pdfs into it
also.. not sure if that's causing an issue too...
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Brian242233884ykwAuthor
Participating Frequently
May 6, 2022

Hi Amal

 

I can't share the original file but will create an example for you and post it... I'll let you know when its ready.


Hi Amal

 

I created a simple 10 page powerpoint slide

I then saved it as a PDF file

 

I deleted two slides from the PDF and I'm just trying to figure out how to renumber the PDF so that it renumbers as 8 pages.

 

Thanks for your help.. documents attached..

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