Post Substituted Fields

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Syntax rules

The post substituted code value consists of one or more codes, the formatting codes are preceded by a percent sign (%). Characters that do not begin with % are copied unchanged.
The formatting codes for are listed below:

%C Begin formula
%c End formula
Example: "page %C2*%p%c" = page 2

%p Page Number in logical document
%P Number of pages in logical document. An optional number preceding the "P" character is added before displaying.
Example: "page %p of %P" = page 1 of 7
Example : "page %p of %-1P" = page 1 of 6

%f Paper Number in logical document (counts just front pages of duplex; for simplex same as %p)
%F Number of papers in logical document. (number of front pages of duplex document; for simplex same as %P)
Example:"sheet %f of %F" = sheet 1 of 3

%n Page Number in output file
Exaxmple: "page %p of %n" = page 3 of 134

%s Set current page number to value preceeding "s" character
Exaxmple: "page %3s%p" = page 3; next "%p" will be 4