The page numbers on the document pages do not always match the page numbers that appear below page thumbnails and in the Page viewing controls bar because some PDFs may contain preliminaries, e.g. a copyright page or table of contents that may not comply with the numbering.

Using Number Pages command, you can number the pages in the document in a variety of ways. You can specify a numbering style for a range of pages, or customize the numbering by adding a prefix and a starting number. For example, if you have two pages of table of contents in front and need to set the third page as Page 1, select the first two pages, specify a numbering style, such as i, ii, iii, and then set 1 as the starting number. As a result, you can see the numbering of the document displaying i, ii, 1, 2, 3, and so on in the Page Thumbnails panel.

To renumber PDF pages

  1. Open a PDF file and do either of the following to open the Page Thumbnails panel:

    • Choose Document > Assemble > Page Thumbnails.

    • On the Sidebar Navigation pane, click on the Page Thumbnails icon to open it.

  1. On the Page Thumbnails toolbar, click Pages Panel Option and select Number Pages….

  2. In the Page Numbering dialog box, under Pages, select All or specify a page range. The Selected refers to the page thumbnails selected in the Page Thumbnails panel.

  3. Under Numbering, select one of the following and click OK:

    • Begin new section. It starts a new sequence. Select a numbering style from the Style drop-down menu. Then, define the starting number of the section and enter a prefix as needed.

    • Extend numbering used in preceding section to selected pages. It continues the page numbering sequence from previous pages.


Logical page numbering (Left) The first two pages renumbered. (Right)

 

Note: the Number Page command affects only the logical page numbering shown in the Page Thumbnails panel and in the Page viewing controls bar. The page numbers shown on the document pages remain intact.

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