insert pdf without messing up page numbers

lauras231279 · 10-04-2011, 11:09 PM

Hi

I have just started to scan all my recipe books in order to view them on my Xoom. I decided to keep them as pdf's so as not to mess up the page formats etc (too much work to change them all). However, I am trying to work out how I can insert a front cover scan to the pdf file, without messing up the numbering of pages. As it is a recipe book, I really want to keep the pages the same as those in the paper copy so that I can easily jump to recipes, having looked in the index (which I will bookmark). Does anyone have any ideas how I could do this? Is it possible to NOT number some pages at the beginning (I already decided I would have to lose the introduction etc)? I don't think this would be possible but you never know! I really want to keep an image of the front cover so that my books look good in my "library".

Thanks

DSpider · 10-05-2011, 03:06 AM

Adobe Acrobat can easily number pages.

If you're working with Adobe Acrobat X here's how:

Either select "None" or rename it something else like "i", "A", etc.

Edit: This also depends on the software displaying it... I remember Foxit Reader when it was in its infancy and couldn't properly read Adobe's numbering. In Adobe Reader I could jump to any page number I wanted and it would be the correct page, while in Foxit Reader it was off by a few pages because of the cover, info pages, etc.

So yeah. If it doesn't work, I'm sure there's a plethora of other PDF readers in the Android Market.

lauras231279 · 10-05-2011, 01:40 PM

thanks so much for this. Ill have to check my reader!

Laura

10-04-2011, 11:09 PM	#1
lauras231279 Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2011 Device: sony reader / xoom	insert pdf without messing up page numbers Hi I have just started to scan all my recipe books in order to view them on my Xoom. I decided to keep them as pdf's so as not to mess up the page formats etc (too much work to change them all). However, I am trying to work out how I can insert a front cover scan to the pdf file, without messing up the numbering of pages. As it is a recipe book, I really want to keep the pages the same as those in the paper copy so that I can easily jump to recipes, having looked in the index (which I will bookmark). Does anyone have any ideas how I could do this? Is it possible to NOT number some pages at the beginning (I already decided I would have to lose the introduction etc)? I don't think this would be possible but you never know! I really want to keep an image of the front cover so that my books look good in my "library". Thanks

10-05-2011, 03:06 AM	#2
DSpider Evangelist Posts: 450 Karma: 343115 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Romania Device: PW2 2014	Adobe Acrobat can easily number pages. If you're working with Adobe Acrobat X here's how: Either select "None" or rename it something else like "i", "A", etc. Edit: This also depends on the software displaying it... I remember Foxit Reader when it was in its infancy and couldn't properly read Adobe's numbering. In Adobe Reader I could jump to any page number I wanted and it would be the correct page, while in Foxit Reader it was off by a few pages because of the cover, info pages, etc. So yeah. If it doesn't work, I'm sure there's a plethora of other PDF readers in the Android Market. Last edited by DSpider; 10-05-2011 at 03:16 AM.

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10-05-2011, 01:40 PM	#3
lauras231279 Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2011 Device: sony reader / xoom	thanks so much for this. Ill have to check my reader! Laura

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