Keep unique page numbering when combining PDFs

I have a series of PDFs that I am combining for a project, but I need to keep the unique page numbering found in each file. Each PDF is a volume in a set and has page numbering like "v1 100" for page 100 of volume one. There are also seperate page numbering styles for unnumbered pages that have images. This is done so that each page has a unique page number in acrobat that matches the number on the image of a page.
However when I combine PDFs it throws out all of the page numbering and goes back to 1, 2 ,3, etc. If I open the first PDF and insert the second at the end it just sets the whole second volume to have the page numbering schema for the last page of volume one.
Does anyone know of a solution for this problem? I don't want to go through 1000+ pages of renumberingagain.

Hi Sunder,
Thanks for your reply.
My xml will have only one invoice header group per invoice.If at all I need have xml tag, my xml need to have two invoice header groups one for remittance and second one per customer copy.
I am looking for solution handle this scenario in template with one invoice header group per invoice.
Kavipriya,
I have two pages template, I put customer copy in first page and remittance copy in second page header.
Only one for-each@section at the start of the first page and end loop at the second page.
Thanks
Javvaji
Edited by: praveen javvaji on Oct 28, 2010 10:23 PM

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