Add Page Numbers
Add page numbers to a PDF.
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About Add Page Numbers
Reports, exhibits and merged bundles often need numbers the source files never had. Choose one of six spots on the page, pick a bare number or the Page 1 of N style, and set the first number if the document continues from earlier pages. The label is drawn in small gray Helvetica on every page, near the edge. When you start above 1, the N in Page 1 of N is the last number, not the page total, so starting at 5 on a ten-page file ends at 14.
Features
- Six positions: top or bottom, left, center or right
- Two formats: a plain number or Page X of N
- Start at any whole number from 1 to 1,000,000
- Numbers every page in one pass
Limitations
- Every page is numbered; there is no option to skip a cover page or number only a range.
- The style is fixed: small gray Helvetica at 10 pt, close to the page edge, with no choice of font, size or color.
- Files up to 50 MB are accepted, and saving numbered.pdf needs a free account.
How it works
- Add the PDF; the page count is shown under the file name.
- Click one of the six Position buttons, from bottom center to top left.
- Choose a Format, either 1, 2, 3 or Page 1 of N, and fill in Start at if the first page should not be number 1.
- Select Add Page Numbers.
- Save numbered.pdf from the Download button.
Frequently asked questions
- Fill in the Start at box before applying. Any whole number from 1 to 1,000,000 works, and an empty box falls back to 1. Zero, negatives and decimals are rejected with a message. The first page gets that number and the rest count up from it.
- N is the number the last page will carry, not the count of pages in the file. Start at 5 on a ten-page file and every label ends in of 14. That keeps the sequence consistent with a document that continues from earlier pages.
- Not in this tool, because numbers go on every page. To keep a cover clean, extract the other pages into their own file, number that file, and merge the cover back on the front afterwards.
- They are drawn as text over the existing page, close to the edge, and there is no preview before saving. A full-bleed design or very tight margins can clash with them, so open the result and check a few pages.