Add Header and Footer to PDF

Reports, theses, contracts and handouts usually need a running header and footer: the document title, a date, the file name and "Page 3 of 12". This tool adds them to an existing PDF without changing anything else on the page — you get six positions (left, centre and right, top and bottom), automatic fields, and control over pages, font, colour and distance from the edge. It all runs in your browser.

How to use this tool

1. Drop one or more PDF files.
2. Type text into any of the six positions; use {page}, {pages}, {date}, {filename} and {title} for automatic values.
3. Optionally limit the pages, skip the cover, or change the number shown on the first page.
4. Adjust the font, size, colour and margin, then download the PDF.

Formula

{page} = page position + start − 1 · {pages} = page count + start − 1

With the default start of 1, page 3 of a 12-page file shows "Page 3 of 12". If page 1 should show 5 (because the document continues an earlier one), page 3 shows 7 and {pages} becomes 16. {title} uses the PDF's title property, or the file name when there is none. Text is placed relative to the page as displayed, so rotated pages get upright headers.

Example

For a 12-page report with Header left = {title}, Header right = {date} and Footer centre = Page {page} of {pages}, page 1 shows "Quarterly Report" and "2026-11-08" at the top and "Page 1 of 12" at the bottom, 10 mm from the edges in 9 pt Helvetica.