Word Footer Page x of y Conversion Error

[L***@adobeforums.com]

Condition: A multipage Word document with a standard page x of y footer becomes page y of y when converted via toolbar PDF File Maker--thus page 2 of a 10 page document is "page 2 of 2", etc.

HOWEVER: that same document, when printed directly to the PDF printer, retains correct pagination in the generated PDF document.

MBP 10.4.8, 2GB
Word 2004 11.3
Acrobat Pro 7.0.9

Advice would be most welcome. I see many posts re problems with links in footers, but not re pagination.

Larry

[s***@adobeforums.com]

I also convert word documents via toolbar of PDFMaker. But never came across this condition.
So when you encounter this problem, what happens to the pages beyond y. for example in your case what happens to page 3 of 10, page 4 of 10...etc.

Is there any setting you used in Page setup of word application?

[L***@adobeforums.com]

What happens to pages beyond y: the results are page 3 of 3; page 4 of 4; page 5 of 5, and so on--instead of 3 of 10; 4 of 10; 5 of 10, and so on. My Page setup in Word is strictly plain vanilla/standard default. Thus: Settings: Page Attributes. Format For: Adobe PDF 7.0; Paper Size: US Letter.

These standard settings produce normal footer pagination in Word on sequential pages, and they produce normal pagination in a PDF document that is printed to the PDF printer instead of PDF Maker. Only in PDF Maker do I get 1 of 1, 2 of 2, 3 of 3, etc. I should add that if I do the page # only, i.e. not "page x of y", the page #s generate correctly: 1, 2, 3, etc. It's only the "page x of y" autotext that creates the problem.

Larry