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Number every page in your PDF with a clean, printable footer or header

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Add Page Numbers to PDF Online — Complete Guide

Insert clear, consistent page numbers into PDF documents for reports, manuscripts, and legal filings. PdfPeaks lets you choose position and style so readers can reference specific pages in meetings, citations, and table-of-contents workflows.

How It Works

Upload your PDF, configure numbering options — start number, position, font size — and apply. The tool stamps numbers on each page and produces a downloadable PDF ready for print or digital distribution.

  • Step 1 — Upload: Select the document to number.
  • Step 2 — Configure: Set starting page, alignment, and format.
  • Step 3 — Download: Save the numbered PDF.

Security & Privacy

Files are encrypted in transit and deleted after processing — see our Privacy Policy for details.

Common Use Cases

  • Academic papers: Meet journal pagination requirements.
  • Board reports: Align page references in agendas and minutes.
  • Legal: Number exhibits and briefs for court submission.
  • Manuals: Help support teams refer to exact pages.
  • Books: Prepare print-ready PDFs with folios.

Tips for Best Results

Number after final page order is set so indices stay correct. Supported format: PDF (.pdf).

Frequently Asked Questions

Bottom or top, left / center / right. Set Start Number to 1 for a full document or to a higher value when this file is chapter 3 of a larger book.

Organize (and rotate) first so the folio matches the final reading order. Numbering a file you will still reshuffle means doing this step twice.

They stamp on top of the page. If a design already has a footer bar, pick a corner that is empty or crop/erase the old folio first.

Yes for standard use. Files are encrypted in transit and deleted after processing. See the Privacy Policy for details.
Numbering Notes
Use start number 1 for normal numbering.
Use a higher start number when numbering a continuation section.
Bottom center is usually best for print-ready documents.

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