Cement Automatic Page Numbers in Place

hi everyone,

 

i have done search on i'm struggling find right answers.

 

i have document automatic page number on each page. want able lose 'automatic-ness' when shuffle pages around, number remembers used be. ie. on each page i'll have text reads "spread carried on page 22 of previous revision of document".

 

is there script can use achieve this?

 

please let me know if need further clarification!

 

much appreciated,

lewis

a few days ago wrote such script -- run against sample document see how works.

 

kasyan

 

var doc = app.activedocument;
app.findtextpreferences = app.changetextpreferences = nothingenum.nothing;
app.findtextpreferences.findwhat = "^#";
var finds = doc.findtext();
var found;

for (var = 0; < finds.length; i++) {
     found = finds[i];
     try {
          var pagename = found.parenttextframes[0].parent.name;
          found.contents = pagename;
     }
     catch(err) {}
}

app.findtextpreferences = app.changetextpreferences = nothingenum.nothing;

alert("done");

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