Roman Numeral page numbering in Adobe Acrobat Pro

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March 9, 2025
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I am trying to page number a document with front matter in Roman Numerals. I thought the issue would be using two number types but I can't even get past the step to use Roman Numerals as the format. I tried in adobe for google drive, the desktop version, and the web version. I saw there was an issue in 2017. Could it be true that this still has not been figured out? Any help or referrals to something that actually works would be great!

Correct answer try67

The two things are not related. You can add page labels using Roman numerals, but there isn't a similar option in the Add Header & Footer command. However, you can do it using a script, like this (paid-for) one I've developed:

https://www.try67.com/tool/acrobat-reader-advanced-add-header-footer-text

try67

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Are you referring to page labels (ie. what you see under each thumbnail in the Pages panel) or actual text on the page itself?

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actual text. I read you have to change the labels first, which I did. But that did not translate into roman numerals showing up as a choice for formatting a roman numeral on the actual page.

try67

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The two things are not related. You can add page labels using Roman numerals, but there isn't a similar option in the Add Header & Footer command. However, you can do it using a script, like this (paid-for) one I've developed:

https://www.try67.com/tool/acrobat-reader-advanced-add-header-footer-text

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