Page Numbers
Number the pages with your own position and format
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About Page Numbers
Adds a page number to every page, with control over position, starting number, number format and font size. Formats range from a bare digit to 'Page 3' or '3 / 42', which tells a reader at once whether a page has gone missing.
Numbering is drawn into the page content locally. Nothing about the document's length or contents is reported anywhere.
How to use Page Numbers
- Load the document.
- Choose where the number sits — any of the six standard header or footer positions.
- Pick a format, a start number and a font size. Every page is numbered, and the first page carries the start number.
- Apply and download.
On a production
An unnumbered PDF is fine on screen and a liability on paper. Once a 40-page insurance schedule has been printed and someone has dropped it, numbers are the only thing that makes it reassemblable.
Frequently asked questions
- Can I start numbering at something other than 1?
- Yes. Set the start value to any integer — useful when the document is one section of a larger set and needs to continue a sequence that began elsewhere.
- How do I leave the cover page unnumbered?
- This tool numbers every page, the cover included. To keep a cover clean, remove it with Delete Pages, number the rest from the value you want, then put the cover back in front with Merge PDF.
- Will the numbers collide with content already at the bottom of the page?
- They can, on documents with tight margins. Open the result before sending it on, and if there is a clash move the number to a different corner rather than trying to shrink it.