Add Page Numbers and Watermarks to a PDF the Professional Way
Make PDFs look professional: where to put page numbers, how to skip the cover page, and how to use watermarks without hurting readability.
Read article →Number every page of your document. Pick the position, the style and where numbering should start.
Numbers make long documents easier to navigate and to discuss: “see page 14” only works when pages are numbered. You can skip a cover page by starting numbering on page 2, and set the first number shown to 0 or 1 as you prefer.
Numbers adapt to pages that are rotated. Combine with Merge PDF first so the numbering runs through the whole document.
Top or bottom, left, center or right.
Plain numbers, “Page 1”, “Page 1 of 10”, “1 / 10” and more.
Choose the first page and the first number shown.
Numbers always appear upright, where you expect them.
Yes. Set “Start numbering on page” to 2. The cover stays unnumbered.
Yes, choose that format. The total reflects the pages that are numbered.
Yes. Numbers are placed relative to how the page appears on screen.
Make PDFs look professional: where to put page numbers, how to skip the cover page, and how to use watermarks without hurting readability.
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