What it does
Add page numbers to PDF puts a number on every page of your PDF, so a printed copy stays in order. Your original file isn’t changed.
- Position: bottom centre (the default), bottom right, bottom left, top centre, top right or top left.
- Format: “1”, “Page 1”, “1 of 12” or “Page 1 of 12”.
- Start at: under More options, the number on the first page, from 1 to 9,999. The numbers are black Helvetica at 11 points, 0.5 inch in from the edges (or a tenth of a small page’s shorter side). The result says how many pages were numbered, such as “12 pages numbered 1 to 12”.
How to use it
- Drop your PDFs on the box, paste them, or select Choose files. Select “Try a sample” to see a 4-page report, with a wide page, a turned page and a cropped page, numbered at once.
- Choose the Position and the Format, and Start at under More options to begin at another number. The files are ready a moment after each change.
- Select Download PDF to save the result. With several PDFs, select Download on a card to save one, or Download all to save them together in a ZIP file. Each PDF is named after your file, such as
report-numbered.pdf. - Press Ctrl+Enter (⌘+Enter on a Mac) to run it again, or Esc to stop a run that’s still working.
Good to know
- Each page keeps its text, pictures, size and rotation, and the pages keep their order; the number is added on top.
- On a page that’s turned, the number reads upright as viewers show the page; on a cropped page it sits inside the part you can see.
- Password-protected PDFs, and PDFs locked with restrictions, are refused. Save a copy without the protection first.
- Fillable form fields don’t stay fillable, and the new file has no title or author from the original.
Limits
You can number up to 10 PDFs at once, each up to 100 MB and 1,000 pages.
Privacy
Your PDFs stay on your device: the tool runs in your browser and doesn’t upload them. A numbered file starts without the original’s document details, such as its title, author and the app that made it. When the site shows ads, Google can use cookies for them: in the EEA, the UK and Switzerland, Google asks for your consent first, and elsewhere Google’s own policies apply. The Privacy page explains how.