Does my PDF get uploaded anywhere?

No. The file is read and rewritten entirely in your browser using pdf-lib. No page, no number and no metadata is ever sent to a server, which makes this safe for confidential contracts, court bundles and financial reports.

What number formats can I use?

You can type any template using three tokens: {n} for the current page number, {total} for the count of numbered pages, and {roman} for lowercase roman numerals. Presets include "1, 2, 3", "1 / 10", "Page 1", "Page 1 of 10", "- 1 -" and "i, ii, iii". Add a fixed prefix if you want something like "Exhibit 1".

Can I start numbering at a page other than the first?

Yes. Use the From page and To page fields to limit numbering to a range, and tick "Skip first page" to leave a cover unnumbered. You can also set the starting number, so a section can begin at 1 even if it is the fifth physical page.

Will it work on landscape or rotated pages?

Yes. The tool reads each page's rotation and draws the number upright in the corner you chose, so pages rotated 90, 180 or 270 degrees still read correctly rather than appearing sideways.

Can I match my document's typeface and colour?

You can choose Helvetica, Times or Courier, toggle bold, set any point size from 4 to 96, and pick any colour with the colour picker. The side and top/bottom margins are adjustable in PDF points so the number sits exactly where you want.

Is this suitable for legal Bates numbering?

It handles the common case of sequential page numbering with a prefix and a chosen start value, which covers many Bates-style workflows. For strict legal production with zero-padded numbers and confidentiality stamps, treat it as a fast first pass and confirm against your firm's requirements.

Add Page Numbers to a PDF

Add clean, professional page numbers to any PDF without uploading it to a website or installing desktop software. This tool opens your PDF in the browser, lets you decide exactly how the numbers should look and where they sit, then writes them straight into the document so the result is a normal PDF you can print, email or merge. It is built for the everyday moments where a numbered document matters: a contract you are about to sign, a court or tribunal bundle, a tender response, a thesis, a board pack or a scanned report that arrived without numbering.

How it works

When you add a file, the tool reads it locally with pdf-lib — a pure-JavaScript PDF library — and counts the pages. As you change the controls, a live preview shows how the first numbered page will read. You choose a position from the six-corner grid, a format string built from the tokens {n}, {total} and {roman}, plus the font, size, colour, side and top/bottom margins, the starting number, and an optional page range with a skip-first-page toggle for cover sheets.

When you click Add page numbers, the tool embeds one of the standard PDF fonts, walks the pages in your chosen range, measures each label so it can align left, centre or right, and draws the text at the correct point. It also reads each page’s rotation and re-maps the coordinates so that the number always reads upright — even on landscape or 90/180/270-degree pages. The new file is offered as a download. Because all of this happens in your browser, the document never touches a server, which is what makes the tool genuinely safe for sensitive material.

Example

Say you have a 24-page signed agreement and need “Page X of Y” in the bottom-right corner, starting after the cover. Drop the PDF in, pick bottom right, choose the preset Page 1 of 10, tick Skip first page, and the preview shows Page 1 of 23. Download, and pages 2 through 24 carry Page 1 of 23 … Page 23 of 23 while the cover stays clean.

Need lowercase roman numerals for a preface? Set the format to {roman}, restrict the range to the first six pages, and you get i, ii, iii … running independently of the main body.

Everything is calculated on your device — your PDF is never uploaded or stored.