Add page numbers to a PDF
'Page 3' and 'Page 3 of 12' are drawn with a font that only covers English, so those labels read in English even on a document in another language. The plain number formats don't have that limit.
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About this tool
Page numbers are the thing you notice missing right before a document goes out. A contract people will cite by page, a report that's getting printed and passed around a meeting, a scanned stack that never had numbers to begin with. Pick a corner and a format, and every page gets its number, with a preview on the page before you download anything.
Three settings, and that's the whole tool. Position: any of the four corners, or centered top or bottom. Format: the bare number, 1 / 10, Page 1, or Page 1 of 10. And the starting number, for when this PDF is section three of something bigger and should open at 47. The numbers go in as real text in a standard font, so they stay sharp at any zoom and print cleanly.
pdf-lib does the numbering in your browser. The file is read into memory, numbered, and handed back as a download, and the original on disk isn't touched. Given what people tend to number (contracts, statements, filings), not shipping them off to a server for a one-line change seems like the least a tool can do.
Frequently asked questions
Where can the page numbers go?
Can I start numbering from a number other than 1?
What number formats are available?
Can I skip numbering the cover page?
Are my files uploaded anywhere?
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