Lets assume one drops, using the pages tool (button), two pages on the Inkscape canvas and then adds a third page before the first added page. When in the pages mode and not altered the page label the pages are going to be labelled: Page 3 - Page 1 - Page 2 When using [File] [Save a Copy] (as PDF) the pages in the PDF file will be ordered as Page 1, Page 2 and Page 3. Meaning that what need to be the first page ends at the end of the PDF. This is becoming a real mess when having a lot of pages and having add pages in front, at the end and in the middle. The PDF is then looking as a shuffled card stack.
I thought that giving the pages a a new label would nicely order them following the given labels, but that seems not the case. After giving ordered page labels, the created PDF still looks like a shuffled deck (need to go in with a PDF editor tool to organise the page order).~
How can I reorder the original page numbering so that after having add pages the final order can be restored so that the first page is Page 1 and following?
Open the XML editor [shift+ctrl+x] or [Edit > XML Editor...].
In the upper pane, expand the element sodipodi:namedview
This will reveal the sub-elements inkscape:page
When you export a pdf, pages are generated in the order that they appear here. New pages are always added at the end of this list. Use the [up] [down] icons to move a page in the sequence.
Probably you thought that moving the page on canvas was altering it's order in the generated .pdf : that doesn't seem to be the case (I you move the page on canvas, keeping an eye on tool control bar, you can see that nothing changes). Don't do this, or you'll get a mess : use the icons in tool control bar.
The actual numbering of page is displayed on tool control bar, between the two icons to alter page numbering (these icons swap pages to reorder them) : in precedent post, when I rename Page 3 tag to Page C, you can see left to this textfield that the Page is 3/3.
Also note that
by default, inkscape assigns a tag that corresponds to the actual number of the page (Page 3 for 3/3), which is greyed in Textfield and isn't displayed on canvas.
Custom page tags are displayed in the dropdown in status bar.
Thanks for the replies! The BEST solution is the one Paddy_CAD proposes
The solution of David248 renames the page tags in the Inkskape drawing, what is OK when staying in Inkscape, but does not change the order of the pages in a saved PDF.
The solution of David248 renames the page tags in the Inkskape drawing, what is OK when staying in Inkscape, but does not change the order of the pages in a saved PDF.
It does. You misunderstood my posts (they might not be that clear). Forget about tags informations (this was additional information).
Open the attached pdf
Click on page tool : first page, with the stars, is selected, if not, click on it.
Then click twice on the icon below and save as pdf.
Open it with a pdf viewer : the page with the stars is now the last page of pdf
> It does. You misunderstood my posts (they might not be that clear). Forget about tags informations (this was additional information).
I did understand your post :-) and I do know the meaning and action taking of the [move left] and [move right] page buttons. I also know how to tag a page by renaming it in the [page label] entry. And you explained it perfectly!
My question, and maybe there the given example was too simple, is about a Inkscape document with pages added in different places. Let's take that the document started with 3 pages (1, 2, 3). one day two pages are add, but not in order) at the front so it looks like (5, 4, 1, 2, 3) Later on pages 2, 3 are shifted right and a new page is add in the hole. The order looks now (5, 4, 1, 6, 2, 3). and so on. Finally a second row of pages is add and the Inkscape canvas looks as: (5, 4, 1, 6, 2, 3) ( 8, 7, 9) Making from that a pdf, click [File] [Save a Copy] set the pages in the order they were add in the Inkscape document (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) shuffling the deck.
Adding [page label] does not solve the issue. Start shifting using the [Move Left] {Move Right] buttons is also no option. I ruined already different documents doing that. The issue comes the second row of pages, Inkscape seems sometimes to go nuts because of that.
That's why I wrote that Paddy_CAD's solution was best. The reordering happens in the XML and the canvas with all pages stays the same.
Beyond the Basics Question about pages and page manipulation
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Hi,
Lets assume one drops, using the pages tool (button), two pages on the Inkscape canvas and then adds a third page before the first added page.
When in the pages mode and not altered the page label the pages are going to be labelled: Page 3 - Page 1 - Page 2
When using [File] [Save a Copy] (as PDF) the pages in the PDF file will be ordered as Page 1, Page 2 and Page 3. Meaning that what need to be the first page ends at the end of the PDF.
This is becoming a real mess when having a lot of pages and having add pages in front, at the end and in the middle. The PDF is then looking as a shuffled card stack.
I thought that giving the pages a a new label would nicely order them following the given labels, but that seems not the case.
After giving ordered page labels, the created PDF still looks like a shuffled deck (need to go in with a PDF editor tool to organise the page order).~
How can I reorder the original page numbering so that after having add pages the final order can be restored so that the first page is Page 1 and following?
Thanks
Open the XML editor [shift+ctrl+x] or [Edit > XML Editor...].
In the upper pane, expand the element sodipodi:namedview
This will reveal the sub-elements inkscape:page
When you export a pdf, pages are generated in the order that they appear here. New pages are always added at the end of this list. Use the [up] [down] icons to move a page in the sequence.
You can use page tool to reorder pages. See Gif.
The texfield allows you to give a tag to the page (see end of gif). The arrows left to textfield allow you to reorder pages.
Probably you thought that moving the page on canvas was altering it's order in the generated .pdf : that doesn't seem to be the case (I you move the page on canvas, keeping an eye on tool control bar, you can see that nothing changes). Don't do this, or you'll get a mess : use the icons in tool control bar.
The actual numbering of page is displayed on tool control bar, between the two icons to alter page numbering (these icons swap pages to reorder them) : in precedent post, when I rename Page 3 tag to Page C, you can see left to this textfield that the Page is 3/3.
Also note that
Thanks for the replies!
The BEST solution is the one Paddy_CAD proposes
The solution of David248 renames the page tags in the Inkskape drawing, what is OK when staying in Inkscape, but does not change the order of the pages in a saved PDF.
It does. You misunderstood my posts (they might not be that clear). Forget about tags informations (this was additional information).
> It does. You misunderstood my posts (they might not be that clear). Forget about tags informations (this was additional information).
I did understand your post :-) and I do know the meaning and action taking of the [move left] and [move right] page buttons.
I also know how to tag a page by renaming it in the [page label] entry.
And you explained it perfectly!
My question, and maybe there the given example was too simple, is about a Inkscape document with pages added in different places.
Let's take that the document started with 3 pages (1, 2, 3). one day two pages are add, but not in order) at the front so it looks like (5, 4, 1, 2, 3)
Later on pages 2, 3 are shifted right and a new page is add in the hole. The order looks now (5, 4, 1, 6, 2, 3). and so on.
Finally a second row of pages is add and the Inkscape canvas looks as:
(5, 4, 1, 6, 2, 3)
( 8, 7, 9)
Making from that a pdf, click [File] [Save a Copy] set the pages in the order they were add in the Inkscape document (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) shuffling the deck.
Adding [page label] does not solve the issue. Start shifting using the [Move Left] {Move Right] buttons is also no option.
I ruined already different documents doing that. The issue comes the second row of pages, Inkscape seems sometimes to go nuts because of that.
That's why I wrote that Paddy_CAD's solution was best. The reordering happens in the XML and the canvas with all pages stays the same.
Kind regards
Should work the same with move buttons if the "Move Objects with Page" button is disabled.