Mathematic Calculation with Current page numbering

[Arihant Jain Mg]

Hi,

Currently I am in situation where I need 2 types of page numbers for one single page.

For the right side I am using the current page number marker.

Is there a way to do mathematic calculation with current page number on the left side?

Something like 460+current page number

I cant use the data merge feature because all the page are already layed out.

Regards.

[Jump_Over · Accepted solution]

Hi,

You could run a script:

app.findGrepPreferences = null;
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "~N";
var 
     FindGrep=app.activeDocument.findGrep(),
     len = FindGrep.length, 
     item, pageNo, calcNo, rightSide,
     mDiff = 460;          // edit this value according to needs
     while (len-->0) {
          item = FindGrep[len];
          pageNo = item.parentTextFrames[0].parentPage.name;
          calcNo = parseInt(pageNo) + mDiff;
          item.paragraphs[0].contents = calcNo + "\t" + pageNo;
          rightSide = item.parentTextFrames[0].textFramePreferences.textColumnFixedWidth;
          with (item.paragraphs[0]) {
               tabStops.add({alignment: TabStopAlignment.RIGHT_ALIGN, position: rightSide});
               justification = Justification.LEFT_ALIGN;
               }
          }

which should work assuming textFrames with pageNumbers are overridden (accessible)

Jarek

[Arihant Jain Mg]

Hi,

Sorry for the delay in responding. But your script did just what I wanted.

Thank you so much.

Regards