Where the numbers go
- Six places: top or bottom, each on the left, in the centre or on the right.
- Bottom centre is the default, the usual place in books and reports.
- The thumbnails show the result before you save.
Add page numbers to a PDF
Number the pages of a report, a thesis or a manual and see the numbers on the thumbnails before you save. The document stays yours: we never receive or keep it.
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How it works
- Choose a PDFOpen the document you want to number.
- Pick a spotTap one of six places. The numbers appear on the thumbnails at once.
- Save the PDFEvery page gets its number, and nothing else on it changes.
How to number PDF pages
A long PDF without numbers is hard to discuss: “see page 14” only works if there is a 14 on the page. Here you add page numbers to PDF documents in three taps and check every page before saving.
Skip the cover page
Turn on Skip the first page and the cover stays clean. It still counts, so the second page reads 2, as in a printed book.
More settings
The settings gear holds the rest:
- First number: start at 31 when this PDF continues another document. Any number from 0 to 9999 works.
- Size: small, medium or large (9, 11 or 14 points).
- Style: just the number, like 3, or the number with the total, like 3 / 12.
How the numbers look
The numbers are real text in dark grey Helvetica, not a picture, so they stay sharp at any zoom and in print. A page turned sideways gets its number on the edge you see when reading. Text, pictures and links on the pages stay as they were.
Mixed page sizes and dark pages
Each page is measured on its own, so a PDF that mixes A4, Letter and landscape pages gets its numbers in the same spot on every one. The numbers are always dark grey, which makes them hard to see on a black page or a dark photo.
Number the pages last
Add page numbers to PDF files as the final step. Put the pages in order in Organize PDF pages first. To get one run of numbers across several files, join them in Merge PDF. Then page 7 stays page 7.
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Questions
Turn on Skip the first page. The cover stays blank, and the next page shows 2.
Not in words. The choice is the number alone or the number with the total, like 3 / 12.
You can leave the first page without a number. For other ranges, split the PDF, number the part you need and merge it back.
Open this page in Safari, choose the PDF from Files, tap a spot and save. The numbered copy lands in your downloads.
Your original file is not changed. Open it again and number it the way you want.
They sit close to the page edge, where margins usually are. Check the thumbnails, and pick another spot if a number lands on text.
No, only ordinary numbers: 1, 2, 3.
Yes. The number is drawn on top of the page, scan or not.