Hi, PageLabels may help you. See section §8.3.1 in the PDF Reference v1.7. [1]
PageLabels are accessible through the Document Catalog. BR, Eric [1] http://www.adobe.com/devnet/pdf/pdf_reference_archive.html 2012/7/30 Rachel Arbit <[email protected]> > Hi all, > I'm using PDFbox on an book in PDF format, I'm trying to map between terms > mentioned in the index and the chapters. > > As I understand it, there are actually two page numbering schemes. One is > the straight page number in the pdf, which counts the cover page, all the > introductory pages, etc. The second is the numbering as it appears on the > pages of the book, so that all the introductory page numbers are roman > numerals, and page 1 is only on page 25 of the PDF. > When I look at the PDF using a reader it shows me both numbers, e.g.: xi > (12 / 841) or 18 (43 / 841) > > I'm only managing to get the number of the page in the PDF, and not the > number as it's written on the page. I need to be able to get that number > because the index uses these numbers, to map terms to pages. E.g. page 15 > in the index actually means page 40 of the pdf. > > Anyone have any idea how to get the numbers on the pages? Is that info part > of the PDF at all? > > Thanks in advance! > Rachel >
