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Add page numbers
A number on every page: a corner or the middle, "3" or "Page 3 of 12", from any start.
More free conversions, where you upload. The Fylane extension does the same work inside any upload form, on its own free share every day.Add to Chrome
How to add page numbers
- Drop the PDF.
- Pick the position, the style and the first number.
- Press Add and download.
What happens to your file
A number is drawn on every page in a plain dark Helvetica, at the corner or middle you chose, a quarter inch from the edge — sized to each page, so a landscape page in a portrait document is numbered at its own corner. Everything else on the page is untouched and stays selectable.
The numbers are part of the page from then on; they are not form fields or annotations a reader can switch off.
Questions
Can I skip the cover?
Start at 0 so the cover is 0 and the first real page is 1 — or number the pages after the cover with Extract PDF pages first, then merge.
What if the page already has numbers?
They stay, and the new ones are added alongside. Choose a corner the old ones do not use, or crop the old ones away first.
Can I number a PDF without Acrobat?
That is what this page is for. Nothing to install and no subscription — the numbers are drawn into the pages and the file downloads.
Can I start at a number other than 1?
Yes. Set the starting number, which is how you handle a document that continues from another one, or a cover page you want counted but not numbered.
Can a reader remove the numbers?
No. They are drawn into the page content rather than added as annotations or form fields, so they behave like the rest of the page and print with it.
What happens on a landscape page?
It is numbered at its own corner, sized to its own dimensions. A landscape page inside a portrait document does not end up with the number floating in the wrong place.
Does the rest of the document change?
No. Everything already on the page is untouched and stays selectable and searchable; only the number is new.
Do it once, not on every form
Fixing a file here means downloading it and going back to the form. The Fylane extension does this work inside the form instead, on the file you already have.
And it keeps the result. The next application that asks for a résumé, a cover letter and a photo fills all three from one tap, each one refitted to what that site accepts.
Your files stay in the browser, encrypted, on your machine. Nothing is uploaded to keep them and nothing is sent anywhere to fill a form.
Related tools
Do this in code
curl -X POST https://api.fylane.dev/v1/jobs \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $FYLANE_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"file_id": "<file id>",
"operation": "pdf.number-pages",
"options": {
"position": "bottom-center",
"format": "n",
"size": "medium",
"start": 1
}
}'The same operation, pdf.number-pages — Page numbers on every page — a corner or the middle, "3", "3 / 12" or "Page 3 of 12", from any start — stamped over the content. Upload first with the quickstart; every option is on the operations page. 500 free credits a month, then $5 per thousand.