Custom page numbering in Acrobat

[Guest]

I have been using Acrobat 4.0 for ever and it has served me well, but I now need to number a multi page document beginning with a random page number and then have it numbered consecutively from there to the end. What is a more recent version that I can use for this? I have a windows 7, 32 bit system. Thank you, Jerry

[try67]

Acrobat 4??? You're about 20 years behind the times, my friend. That's like still using Windows 98...

No version of Acrobat has such a feature built-in, but it can be achieved using a custom-made script.

[Guest]

Sorry, Acrobot 6.0 was confusing it with my version of photoshop. If it ain’t broke why fix it.

[Karl Heinz Kremer]

What exactly do you mean by a "random page number". Should this be a truly random number, selected by the system (one time you run it, it will be 9872, the next time 9 and after that 64012), or do you mean that it is a number, potentially different from "1", but one that you specify? If so, you can use the header&footer feature in Acrobat DC (the current version that is available for purchase or subscription). If that's the case, you would select Tools>Edit PDF>Header & Footer, then select to "Add" and specify the page number using the "Page Number and Date Format" function:

[Guest]

Karl, thanks. What I mean is that I want to insert pages into an existing document, let’s say at page 1500 and than have the additional pages numbered consecutively up to page 1586. I will look into Acrobat DC. Although very tedious I can individually number the pages in my version 6.0. I was confusing 4.0 with my version of photoshop. Thanks for your help. Jerry