General ⇒ hyperref | Page Number Display in PDF Viewer

[justdeath]

Hello to all!

I've been using LaTeX since 2008, but just yesterday found something which Google search couldn't resolve.

Actually this is about the page counter in the toolbar of the PDF viewer: 1 (1 of 6). This was introduced in hyperref 6.82a:
http://www.tug.org/applications/hyperref/ftp/ChangeLog

I found that when using the book class, if you have, lets say 2 pages of front matter, then the PDF reader will display: i (1 of 4), ii (2 of 4), 1 (3 of 4), 2 (4 of 4).

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\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{hyperref}

\begin{document}
\frontmatter
Front text.
\newpage
Front text (2).

\mainmatter
Main text.
\newpage
Main text (2).
\end{document}

Now if there isn't any front matter:

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\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{hyperref}

\begin{document}
\mainmatter
Main text.
\newpage
Main text (2).
\end{document}

The page numbering stays the same: 1 (1 of 2), 2 (2 of 2). That behavior applies to versions 6.82a-h.

Version 6.81z and previous display book without frontmatter, article, letter, scrartl, etc normally: 1 / 1, 2 / 2.

Therefore versions before 6.82a displays 1 (3 of 4) only when using book with frontmatter.

I use article mainly and that new behavior looks awkward to me.

For now I use 6.81g, but is there a setting to turn this off?

[kaiserkarl13]

I think the specific style you mention (that is, 1 [1 of 2], where [] denotes a box or something) is specific to your PDF editor. Mine (Evince 3.0.2) displays (1 of x) for ALL documents, regardless of hyperref setting.

If you don't like the fact that it says "ii (2 of 20)" and would prefer "2 (2 of 20)", try "\usepackage[pdfpagelabels=false]{hyperref}".

I will admit I actually have no idea what you expected, however.

[justdeath]

Yes, you are right.

I am using Adobe Reader and Sumatra PDF, and that page numbering is somehow activated only when viewing documents compiled with hyperref 6.82a or newer.

Foxit Reader and Evince Document Viewer display this page numbering with any version of hyperref.

My mistake.

Nikolay