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How to Restart Page Numbering Partway Through a PDF
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Some documents need numbering to restart partway through — a new chapter starting at page 1 again, or an appendix using its own sequence. Page labels handle this without splitting the file.
Step-by-step
- 1Open the PDF Page Labels tool and upload the document.
- 2Add a numbering range for the first section, starting at 1.
- 3Add a second range beginning at the page where you want numbering to restart — set its starting number back to 1 (or whatever the new sequence should begin at).
- 4Repeat for any further sections that need their own restart point.
- 5Preview each range against the actual pages, then download.
Common use case: appendices
A frequent pattern is main-body pages numbered 1, 2, 3... and appendix pages labeled A-1, A-2, A-3 — page labels support letter prefixes for exactly this.
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