How to control the PDF page counter?

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Generally, JustOn prints the page number for produced PDF files. The templates by default include the pattern [PageLabel] [PageCounter] [OfLabel] [NumberOfPages] (see Built-In Placeholders) in the field Info Left (hidden on the first page, see PDF Contents). This produces a string like, for example, Page 2 of 4 in the top left corner of the page starting with the second page of a document.

Your business may require to modify the page counter display – move it to another area on the page or change a label. Assume, for example, you want the page counter on the page bottom and "of" replaced with a slash character.

To this end, proceed as follows:

Open the template to be edited.
In the Header & Footer section, delete the string [PageLabel] [PageCounter] [OfLabel] [NumberOfPages] from the Info Left field and insert it in the Footer field.
In the Overrides section, add the following JSON expression to the Override Labels field:
```
{
    "Calculated": {
        "OfLabel": "/"
    }
}
```

Since the footer is printed on every page of the PDF file, the page counter will be visible from page 1, and display like Page 1 / 2 for a two-page document.