Add Page Numbers to PDF

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Number the pages of a PDF.

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How It Works

1

Upload / Input

Select your files or paste your content to get started.

2

Process

The work happens in this browser tab. Your file never leaves your device, so nothing is queued, stored or transmitted.

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Download / Result

Get your results instantly. Download files or copy output in one click.

Features

Six positions, top or bottom
1, Page 1, or Page 1 of N
Start from any number
Follows rotated pages
Client-side processing

How to use Add Page Numbers to PDF

  1. Add the PDF

    Drop in the document and check the preview.

  2. Pick position and format

    Choose where the number sits and whether it reads 1, Page 1 or Page 1 of N.

  3. Set the start number

    Leave it at 1, or enter the number the first page should carry.

  4. Download

    Every page of the downloaded file carries its number.

When to use Add Page Numbers to PDF

  • Numbering a report or thesis assembled from several files
  • Adding page numbers to scanned documents
  • Continuing the numbering of a document that is part of a larger one
  • Making pages referable in a meeting

FAQ

Yes. Set Start at to any whole number from 0. With Page 1 of N, N is the number on the last page, so a three-page file starting at 5 reads Page 5 of 7.
Not in one pass: every page is numbered. Split the cover off first, number the rest, and merge them back.
No. The numbers are drawn in your browser and the file never leaves it.
No. Only Arabic numerals are supported.
No. Every page is numbered. Split the document, number the part you want, and merge again.

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About Add Page Numbers to PDF

Page numbers make a long document referable: in a meeting, in a legal exchange, in a table of contents. Many exports and scans have none.

The numbers are drawn into the page, positioned against the page as it is displayed. A landscape page rotated in the file still gets its number at the bottom of what you see.

Every page is numbered, the cover included. To leave the cover unnumbered, split it off, number the rest starting at 2, and merge them again.

Tips and limits

  • To continue another document, set Start at to its last page number plus one.
  • Page 1 of N uses the number on the last page, so a document starting at 5 with three pages reads Page 5 of 7.
  • Number after merging, so the numbering is continuous.
  • Use a bottom position unless the pages have a footer there.