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    • August 16, 2013 at 12:38 am #64887
      John Kelsall
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      Hi everyone

      When I export an InDesign file to PDF which has page numbers i-xxx for example at the beginning of the file, followed by 1-206 for example after that, the numbering of the actual PDF is correct (page i is shown as page i, page 1 is shown as page 1), but the printable version of the file if the PDF has trims on, shows the numbers displaying at the bottom of the page outside the trim as being numbered 1-236 – ie it does not show i-xxx.

      If I create a postscript file from the InDesign file then the numbering displaying outside of the trim is correct.

      Does anyone know of a workaround for this?

      Cheers in advance

    • August 16, 2013 at 6:58 am #64888
      David Blatner
      Keymaster

      That’s weird. It looks right on screen in InDesign but when you export PDF with file>export the numbers change? That seems very wrong.

      • August 16, 2013 at 11:22 am #64903
        John Kelsall
        Member

        Not exactly. The numbering of the actual PDF is OK, but the catch line outside the trims does not show i, ii, iii etc. but shows i as page 1 and carries on this count to the end of the document.

    • August 16, 2013 at 11:36 am #64905
      David Blatner
      Keymaster

      Oh! It sounds like you have Page Information turned on in the Marks section… no, I don’t think there’s any way to change that data easily. Those are just for the printer to see, right? So they want it to say “3” instead of “iii”.

      • August 17, 2013 at 10:30 am #64915
        John Kelsall
        Member

        Thanks for answering David, but it is still not quite right. Yes, it will say 3 instead of iii, but when the true page 1 kicks in, and for example there are 20 pages of Prelims numbered i-xx, page 1 will read as 21 instead of 1.

        This only happens when you export to PDF, the numbering is correct if you export to postscript first and then run it through Distiller.

        I work for a typesetting company and this happens on all our Macs. It is inconvenient because the customer might print out the PDF to make correction marks on the proofs and it can sometimes become confusing.

        If it works for postscript files, surely it should work for Export to PDF files.

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