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Add page numbers
Number the pages of a PDF, and add headers, footers or Bates numbers. Free, with no account or uploads.
Drop a PDF to number its pages
Add page numbers, a header or footer, or Bates numbers to all its pages or to some, then download the result. You can also paste a file with ⌘V or Ctrl+V.
Stays on your device · up to 300 MB
Off, nothing is kept: closing the tab loses changes that were not downloaded. On, the file and your changes are kept in this browser until you close the file or throw the draft away. Nothing is sent anywhere.
What you can do
- Number the pages1, Page 1, 1 of 12 or Page 1 of 12, at the top or the foot, left, middle or right, starting at any number, on all pages or on the ones you name.
- Headers, footers and Bates numbersA line of your own with the date, the file's name or the page number in it, or a number that runs on from page to page with a fixed count of figures.
- Each one can still be changedEvery number is a piece of text on its page: select one to move it, restyle it or delete it. One undo takes them all away.
- Nothing is uploadedThe file is opened and numbered on your device, with no account and no limit on pages.
This is the PDF editor, opened for numbering pages. Its other tools (text, pictures, shapes, highlights, signing) are behind “All tools”.
A little help along the way
Follow the steps below. Every option is explained underneath.
- Open the PDFDrop the PDF, choose it from your device or paste it. A locked file asks for its password. The panel for numbers opens beside the pages.
- Choose how the number is written1, Page 1, 1 of 12 or Page 1 of 12, and the number the first page gets.
- Choose whereAt the top or the foot of the page, to the left, in the middle or to the right, with its size and its distance from the edge.
- Choose the pagesLeave Pages empty for every page, or type the pages: 2- leaves the first page out, 1-3, 7 names them, odd and even take every other page.
- Add and downloadPress Add. The numbers are on the pages at once, and one undo takes them away. Then press Download.
Every option explained
- Header or footer
- A line of your own on every page. In it, {page} is the page's number, {pages} how many pages there are, {date} today's date and {name} the file's name.
- Bates numbers
- A number that runs on from page to page, written with a fixed count of figures, with words before and after it: ACME-000120, ACME-000121. Set the first number to go on where another file stopped.
- Pages
- The pages are numbered in the order you type them. A header on pages 2- counts page 2 as its first.
- Each number is a thing of its own
- A number is a piece of text on its page. With the select tool it can be moved, restyled, retyped or deleted like any text you add.
- Order first
- Numbers are written as the pages lie when you press Add. Move, add or take out pages first (the Pages button), then number them.
- All tools
- This page is the PDF editor, opened for numbering. All tools shows the rest: text, pictures, shapes, highlights and signing.