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At 06:55 AM 10/7/99 -0400, Dick Margulis wrote:
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>When we deliver the same book as a PDF file, Acrobat wants to number the
>pages from 1. Period. So we have to make a choice. Either the page
>number reported by Acrobat does not match the folio printed on the page,
>or we rethink the whole prelim thing and just start out with page 1,
>forgetting about the roman numerals. So the first page of chapter 1 may
>be page 25 of the book.
Good news, Dick. In Acrobat 4, you can modify the page numbering
after generating a PDF. I've successfully reset it so that the front
matter page numbers are in lower-case roman numerals, and the
main part of the book restarts with the proper page 1.
martha
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Martha Jane {Kolman | Davidson}
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If I am only for myself, what am I?
If not now, when?"
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