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20 responses to “Insert Page Numbers v2”

1. 

   24 April, 2023

   Leyla

   Is There anyway to have the numbering skip the first and last pages of a document?

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2. 27 May, 2022

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3. 23 May, 2022

   How do you start numbering from one again?

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4. 18 January, 2020

   6 consigli per lavorare più velocemente con Illustrator – Grafigata! Tutorial

   […] avere la necessità di numerare le tavole e anche per questa funzione esiste uno script chiamato Insert Page Number che per l’appunto aggiunge in maniera automatica la numerazione di pagina e volendo anche la […]

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5. 

   26 May, 2019

   mominul islam

   i want facing page no.
   left right alignment
   like indesign
   microsoft word

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6. 

   7 January, 2018

   Qazi

   This is very raw but it works Now you can enter Starting page Number if it is not 1
   please copy paste this script in any text editor and save as filename.jsx and use this in illustrator

   //—to start from page number greater than 1
   #target illustrator

   // script.name = UI_insertPageNumbers.jsx; // works with CS4 & CS5
   // script description = Inserts page numbers (or any other text) to all artboards in the active document;
   // script.required = at least one open document
   // script.parent = CarlosCanto // 11/14/11;
   // script.elegant = false;

   // Notes: The script creates a new layer (Page Numbers) then adds a text frame per Artboard that act as footer or header text.
   // Its primary function is to insert Page Numbers, but it could be used to insert any other kind of information.

   if (app.documents.length > 0) // continue if there’s at leat one document open
   {
   // start building User Interface
   var win = new Window(“dialog”,”MTools – Insert Page Numbers”);
   var panelMargins = win.add(“panel”, undefined, “Margins”);
   var lblMargins = panelMargins.add(“statictext”,undefined,”How far from the edge:”);
   var txtMargins = panelMargins.add(“edittext”,undefined, 0.25);
   var lblUnits = panelMargins.add(“statictext”,undefined,”inches”);

   var lblMargins = panelMargins.add(“statictext”,undefined,” Start Page# leave blank if 1:”);
   var startPageFrom = panelMargins.add(“edittext”,undefined, 0);

   var panelLocation = win.add(“panel”, undefined, “Location”);
   var radTop = panelLocation.add(“radiobutton”,undefined,”Top”);
   var radBottom = panelLocation.add(“radiobutton”,undefined, “Bottom”);

   var panelAlignment = win.add(“panel”, undefined, “Alignment”);
   var radLeft = panelAlignment.add(“radiobutton”,undefined,”Left”);
   var radCenter = panelAlignment.add(“radiobutton”,undefined, “Center”);
   var radRight = panelAlignment.add(“radiobutton”,undefined, “Right”);

   var panelFooter = win.add(“panel”, undefined, “Text to insert”);
   var grpPages = panelFooter.add(“group”);
   var btnPage = grpPages.add(“button”,undefined,”Insert Page”);
   var btnPages = grpPages.add(“button”,undefined,”Insert Pages”);
   var txtFooter = panelFooter.add(“edittext”,undefined, “[Type text to insert here]”);

   var btnOk = win.add(“button”, undefined, “Ok”);

   radRight.value = radBottom.value = true;

   win.alignChildren = panelFooter.alignChildren = “fill”;
   panelMargins.spacing = 3;
   panelMargins.orientation = panelLocation.orientation = panelAlignment.orientation = “row”;

   win.helpTip = “Coded by CarlosCanto”;
   btnPage.helpTip = “Adds *page* keyword, it represents a single page”;
   btnPages.helpTip = “Adds *pages* keyword, it represents total number of pages”;
   txtFooter.helpTip = “Type \r\t’Page *page* of *pages*’ \rto get \r\t’Page 1 of 3′ \rfor example”;

   //—————————————————————————————–
   btnOk.onClick = function(){
   doSomething(); // call main function
   win.close(); // close when done
   }
   //—————————————————————————————–
   //—————————————————————————————–
   btnPage.onClick = function(){
   footer(“*page*”);
   }
   //—————————————————————————————–
   //—————————————————————————————–
   btnPages.onClick = function(){
   footer(“*pages*”);
   }
   //—————————————————————————————–

   win.center();
   win.show();

   //—————————————————————————————–

   function footer (page) //
   {
   txtFooter.text = txtFooter.text + page;
   }

   function doSomething()
   {

   //alert(“I’m doing something”);
   //——————————————— enter no where to start from
   // var startPageFrom=100;
   var idoc = app.activeDocument;
   var ilayer = idoc.layers.add();
   ilayer.name = “Page Numbers”;
   var startPageFromNo =Number(startPageFrom.text);

   var pages = idoc.artboards.length; // number of artboards
   var footerPages = (txtFooter.text).replace(“*pages*”,pages); // replace the “*pages*” keyword with the actual number fo pages (artboards)

   var margins = Number(txtMargins.text)*72; // get margins in points
   //$.writeln(margins);

   if (startPageFromNo > 1) {
   startPageFromNo = startPageFromNo-1;
   }

   for (i = 0; i<idoc.artboards.length; i++) // loop thru all artboards, and add input text from UI
   {

   footerPage = footerPages.replace("*page*",i+1+startPageFromNo); // replace "*page*" keyword with the actual page Number
   var itext = ilayer.textFrames.add();
   itext.contents = footerPage; //"page 1 of 1";
   var fontSize = itext.textRange.characterAttributes.size;

   var activeAB = idoc.artboards[i];

   var iartBounds = activeAB.artboardRect;

   var ableft = iartBounds[0]+margins;
   var abtop = iartBounds[1]-margins;
   var abright = iartBounds[2]-margins;
   var abbottom = iartBounds[3]+margins+fontSize;

   var abcenter = ableft+(abright-ableft)/2;

   if (radRight.value == true)
   {
   //var msg = "right";
   itext.left = abright;
   itext.textRange.paragraphAttributes.justification = Justification.RIGHT;
   }
   else if (radCenter.value == true)
   {
   //var msg = "center";
   itext.left = abcenter;
   itext.textRange.paragraphAttributes.justification = Justification.CENTER;
   }
   else
   {
   //var msg = "Left";
   itext.left = ableft;
   itext.textRange.paragraphAttributes.justification = Justification.LEFT;
   }

   if (radTop.value == true)
   {
   var msg = "top";
   itext.top = abtop;
   }
   else
   {
   var msg = "bottom";
   itext.top = abbottom;
   }
   } // end for loop thru all artboards
   } // end function doSomething();
   }
   else
   {
   alert ("there's no open documents");
   }

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7. 

   6 January, 2018

   Qazi

   i just added a variable in script to for starting page no
   but i do not know how to add that in dialog box
   please CARLOS add variable and start i loop from that variable
   right now i change every time when i need to mention starting page number.

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8. 

   6 January, 2018

   Qazi

   hi sig i just added it search
   open script by double click and find line
   var startPageFrom=100;
   i mentioned 100 you can change this no to start from

   #target illustrator

   // script.name = UI_insertPageNumbers.jsx; // works with CS4 & CS5
   // script description = Inserts page numbers (or any other text) to all artboards in the active document;
   // script.required = at least one open document
   // script.parent = CarlosCanto // 11/14/11;
   // script.elegant = false;

   // Notes: The script creates a new layer (Page Numbers) then adds a text frame per Artboard that act as footer or header text.
   // Its primary function is to insert Page Numbers, but it could be used to insert any other kind of information.

   if (app.documents.length > 0) // continue if there’s at leat one document open
   {
   // start building User Interface
   var win = new Window(“dialog”,”MTools – Insert Page Numbers”);
   var panelMargins = win.add(“panel”, undefined, “Margins”);
   var lblMargins = panelMargins.add(“statictext”,undefined,”How far from the edge:”);
   var txtMargins = panelMargins.add(“edittext”,undefined, 0.25);
   var lblUnits = panelMargins.add(“statictext”,undefined,”inches”);

   var panelLocation = win.add(“panel”, undefined, “Location”);
   var radTop = panelLocation.add(“radiobutton”,undefined,”Top”);
   var radBottom = panelLocation.add(“radiobutton”,undefined, “Bottom”);

   var panelAlignment = win.add(“panel”, undefined, “Alignment”);
   var radLeft = panelAlignment.add(“radiobutton”,undefined,”Left”);
   var radCenter = panelAlignment.add(“radiobutton”,undefined, “Center”);
   var radRight = panelAlignment.add(“radiobutton”,undefined, “Right”);

   var panelFooter = win.add(“panel”, undefined, “Text to insert”);
   var grpPages = panelFooter.add(“group”);
   var btnPage = grpPages.add(“button”,undefined,”Insert Page”);
   var btnPages = grpPages.add(“button”,undefined,”Insert Pages”);
   var txtFooter = panelFooter.add(“edittext”,undefined, “[Type text to insert here]”);

   var btnOk = win.add(“button”, undefined, “Ok”);

   radRight.value = radBottom.value = true;

   win.alignChildren = panelFooter.alignChildren = “fill”;
   panelMargins.spacing = 3;
   panelMargins.orientation = panelLocation.orientation = panelAlignment.orientation = “row”;

   win.helpTip = “Coded by CarlosCanto”;
   btnPage.helpTip = “Adds *page* keyword, it represents a single page”;
   btnPages.helpTip = “Adds *pages* keyword, it represents total number of pages”;
   txtFooter.helpTip = “Type \r\t’Page *page* of *pages*’ \rto get \r\t’Page 1 of 3′ \rfor example”;

   //—————————————————————————————–
   btnOk.onClick = function(){
   doSomething(); // call main function
   win.close(); // close when done
   }
   //—————————————————————————————–
   //—————————————————————————————–
   btnPage.onClick = function(){
   footer(“*page*”);
   }
   //—————————————————————————————–
   //—————————————————————————————–
   btnPages.onClick = function(){
   footer(“*pages*”);
   }
   //—————————————————————————————–

   win.center();
   win.show();

   //—————————————————————————————–

   function footer (page) //
   {
   txtFooter.text = txtFooter.text + page;
   }

   function doSomething()
   {

   //alert(“I’m doing something”);
   //——————————————— enter no where to start from
   var startPageFrom=100;
   var idoc = app.activeDocument;
   var ilayer = idoc.layers.add();
   ilayer.name = “Page Numbers”;

   var pages = idoc.artboards.length; // number of artboards
   var footerPages = (txtFooter.text).replace(“*pages*”,pages); // replace the “*pages*” keyword with the actual number fo pages (artboards)

   var margins = Number(txtMargins.text)*72; // get margins in points
   //$.writeln(margins);

   for (i = 0; i<idoc.artboards.length; i++) // loop thru all artboards, and add input text from UI
   {

   footerPage = footerPages.replace("*page*",i+1+startPageFrom); // replace "*page*" keyword with the actual page Number
   var itext = ilayer.textFrames.add();
   itext.contents = footerPage; //"page 1 of 1";
   var fontSize = itext.textRange.characterAttributes.size;

   var activeAB = idoc.artboards[i];

   var iartBounds = activeAB.artboardRect;

   var ableft = iartBounds[0]+margins;
   var abtop = iartBounds[1]-margins;
   var abright = iartBounds[2]-margins;
   var abbottom = iartBounds[3]+margins+fontSize;

   var abcenter = ableft+(abright-ableft)/2;

   if (radRight.value == true)
   {
   //var msg = "right";
   itext.left = abright;
   itext.textRange.paragraphAttributes.justification = Justification.RIGHT;
   }
   else if (radCenter.value == true)
   {
   //var msg = "center";
   itext.left = abcenter;
   itext.textRange.paragraphAttributes.justification = Justification.CENTER;
   }
   else
   {
   //var msg = "Left";
   itext.left = ableft;
   itext.textRange.paragraphAttributes.justification = Justification.LEFT;
   }

   if (radTop.value == true)
   {
   var msg = "top";
   itext.top = abtop;
   }
   else
   {
   var msg = "bottom";
   itext.top = abbottom;
   }
   } // end for loop thru all artboards
   } // end function doSomething();
   }
   else
   {
   alert ("there's no open documents");
   }

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9. 

   31 October, 2017

   Driss

   Thanks man if I had money I would donate to this

   Reply
10. 

    25 October, 2017

    Tani

    Hi Carlos …Thanks for the script… It is useful for starting the numbering.
    But, if there are many Illustrator files, say 4 files of 15 artboards each and one wants to continue the numbering…
    1st Ai files – has 1 to 15, the 2nd Ai file has to have the numbering starting from 16 to 30
    BUT this script restarts from 1 again and not as a continuity.
    So can you please have another option in the dialog box to “SPECIFY the STARTING INDEX”
    I guess a lot of people have the same thought!
    Please do a future release! Thanks

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    1. 

       25 October, 2017

       Carlos

       Hi Tani, I hear you, I’ll add starting page feature as soon as I have some time.

       Thanks for posting
       Carlos

       Reply
11. 

    7 September, 2017

    Umesh Verma

    Nice tool, Thanks…

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12. 

    29 August, 2017

    Jae

    Fantastic!

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13. 

    5 August, 2017

    Kun

    thank you man!

    Reply
14. 

    23 June, 2017

    Qassim Haider

    So Great,

    Reply
15. 

    14 July, 2016

    Courtney

    Hi
    Awesome script! Is there a way to have the script place numbers in the left corner of odd numbered pages and the right corner in even numbered pages so that when we run it we can submit it for print with numbers in the correct corners?

    Thanks

    Reply
    1. 

       14 July, 2016

       Carlos

       Hmm…I think it’s possible, let me see, I’ll add log it for a future release

       Reply
16. 

    30 May, 2016

    Suraj Shrestha

    Thanks! was great help with your Script!

    Reply
17. 

    17 March, 2016

    yunus

    To start the required number???

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18. 

    22 September, 2013

    SIG

    hey, i have a problem and i really need your help… your script’s really usefull, but i have over 100 artboard (example: i have 150 artboard) and AI just give you 100 artboard for each file, so i have save on 2 file ai. In first file ai, your script is ok, but in second file, i cannot make number page from 100th page.
    Can you upgrade your script??? i do with more artboard, so i need your script so much…
    Ah, can you plus whitle line for your number? (incase i must print with black background.)

    Reply