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Add professional page numbers to your PDF. Choose position, format, starting number and font size — all in your browser.
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This tool adds page numbers to every page of a PDF, with control over position (such as bottom centre, bottom right, or top corners), starting number, and number format. It's useful for documents that don't already have page numbers, or where the existing numbering needs to be replaced after pages were added or removed.
This happens entirely in your browser — your document is never uploaded to a server.
If a PDF already has page numbers printed as part of its content (not added by this tool), adding new numbers will result in two sets of numbers appearing. This tool adds numbers as a new overlay — it doesn't detect or remove existing printed numbers. If you need to replace existing numbering, you would need to address the original numbers separately (for example, if they were added by a previous pass of this same tool, starting from the original unnumbered file would avoid duplication).
The right format and position often depends on the document's purpose and how it will be used. For formal documents — reports, contracts, academic papers — a simple number in the bottom centre or bottom right is the most common convention and tends to look the most professional. The "Page X of Y" format is particularly useful for documents that will be printed and physically handled, since it tells the reader both their current position and the total length at a glance — useful for confirming nothing is missing from a printed packet. For documents intended primarily for digital viewing where the total page count is visible in the PDF viewer anyway, a simple number may be sufficient without the added "of Y" detail.
For multi-part documents — a report split into separate volumes, or a series of related documents that should be read as one continuous sequence — setting a custom starting number allows each part's numbering to continue from where the previous part left off. For example, if Part 1 of a document ends on page 42, Part 2 can be numbered starting from 43, so that references to "page 57" remain meaningful regardless of which physical file that page is actually in. This is particularly useful for large reports or books that are managed as separate PDF files but need to read as a single numbered sequence.
Page numbering is often one of the last steps in preparing a document — after merging multiple files, reordering pages, or removing unwanted pages, adding page numbers as a final step ensures the numbering reflects the final page sequence.
Yes, you can set a custom starting number, useful if this document continues numbering from another document.
Common positions include bottom centre, bottom right, bottom left, and corresponding top positions.
This tool adds new page numbers as an overlay without detecting or removing existing printed numbers, so both may appear if the document already has numbering as part of its content.
You'll need to unlock it first using Unlock PDF, then add page numbers to the unlocked file.
No, page numbers are added entirely within your browser.