RE: OT: Acrobat printing bug with logical page numbers
Rick, You wrote: I have a PDF file set up with logical page numbering. If I want to print page 7-10 and type this in the Pages field, Acrobat prints physical pages 7 through 10 from the PDF file instead of logical page 7-10. I tried it in Acrobat X and XI and the problem occurs in both. I am pretty sure it worked in early versions, but I don't know what version it stopped working on. Is this a known issue? Thanks. The hyphen in the page label is ambiguous, as it is also used to specify page ranges. Technically, if page labels use a dash instead of a hyphen, it is possible to get the expected result (e.g. print page 7-10 only). However, having to type Alt-0150 instead of a hyphen in the Print dialog box outweighs the inconvenience of getting to the right page (and to make it even worse, it is not interpreted properly when typed in the Current Page field). As a workaround (when chapter numbers are used), one could type the page label in the Current Page field, then print, selecting Current page (or select the pages to be printed in the Pages/Thumbnails pane, then right-click and select Print Pages). Unfortunately, Adobe's support for page labels in recent versions of Acrobat/Reader is not as consistent as it used to be. Starting with v6, page numbers in the tool tips for search results relate to the physical numbers in the PDF, not to the page labels (actual page numbers). Shlomo Perets MicroType, http://microtype.com FrameMaker/Acrobat/Captivate training consulting | FrameMaker-to-Acrobat TimeSavers/Assistants ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: OT: Acrobat printing bug with logical page numbers
At 02:17 a.m. 7/05/2013, Rick Quatro wrote: I have a PDF file set up with logical page numbering. If I want to print page 7-10 and type this in the Pages field, Acrobat prints physical pages 7 through 10 from the PDF file instead of logical page 7-10. I tried it in Acrobat X and XI and the problem occurs in both. I am pretty sure it worked in early versions, but I don't know what version it stopped working on. Is this a known issue? Thanks. Certainly it's an issue known to me! ;-) It has been the way you describe in all the versions of Acrobat Pro I have worked through (4, 6 and 8) and also in Nitro Pro (all versions so far). I'm typically working with books, having more than one logical numbering sequence, so I've just assumed that it had to be that way because Acrobat had no way to distinguish one set of numbers from another. Helen ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: OT: Acrobat printing bug with logical page numbers
Helen Borrie wrote: At 02:17 a.m. 7/05/2013, Rick Quatro wrote: I have a PDF file set up with logical page numbering. If I want to print page 7-10 and type this in the Pages field, Acrobat prints physical pages 7 through 10 from the PDF file instead of logical page 7-10. I tried it in Acrobat X and XI and the problem occurs in both. I am pretty sure it worked in early versions, but I don't know what version it stopped working on. Is this a known issue? Thanks. Certainly it's an issue known to me! ;-) It has been the way you describe in all the versions of Acrobat Pro I have worked through (4, 6 and 8) and also in Nitro Pro (all versions so far). I'm typically working with books, having more than one logical numbering sequence, so I've just assumed that it had to be that way because Acrobat had no way to distinguish one set of numbers from another. Hmm. My books have Roman front-matter numbering followed by Arabic numbering for the main body of the book. That numbering scheme is transferred to the PDF using Rick's PageLabeler plugin. So, for instance, one book has frontmatter on pages i-xii, followed by pages 1-576. If I specify a print range of v-xii, I get the appropriate frontmatter pages; if I specify 5-12, I get the appropriate main body pages. This has been the case for more versions of Acrobat than I can remember. I don't use folio numbering (chapter-page), so I can't say for sure, but since the hyphen is used to specify a page range, I suspect a hyphen in the logical page numbers might totally confuse things. But if the logical page ranges don't use a prefix with a hyphen, it seems like it should work. It certainly works for me (and always has) if the logical page ranges differ only in their style. Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 -- rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-903-6372 -- ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
