Add a header or footer to every PDF page - with a live preview on the real page. Local, no upload.
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No. Everything runs in your browser - your file never leaves your device. How this is verifiable
Headers and footers organise a document: a case number at the top, a note like "Confidential" or a page reference at the bottom. This tool stamps your text onto every page - into the header (top) and the footer (bottom). The placeholders {n} and {total} are replaced per page by the current number and the total, so "Page {n} of {total}" automatically becomes "Page 3 of 12".
As you type, the preview shows the real page with your header/footer exactly where it will end up - no guessing from blind text fields. Additionally you can enable Bates numbering: a sequential, unique number per page, common in law firms and evidence management. Give a prefix (e.g. "DOC-") and the number of digits; the tool then numbers DOC-0001, DOC-0002 and so on - each at the bottom right of the page, also visible live. Without a prefix, Bates numbering stays off.
Everything runs locally in the browser via pdf-lib. Honestly framed: the text is set in the standard Helvetica font; an embedded fallback font also renders Cyrillic, Greek and extended-Latin characters (e.g. Vietnamese, Turkish, Polish) correctly, and only characters from a script with no available font (e.g. Chinese, Arabic) are omitted. Existing page content is preserved, the labelling is only stamped on top. Header, footer and Bates have fixed margin positions - only the preview is live, not a freely draggable text.
| Input formats | |
|---|---|
| Auto-conversion | PNG, JPG, WebP, GIF, BMP, TIFF, ICO, SVG, HEIC, ZIP, DOCX, 7Z, DDS, HDR, PCX, WBMP |
| Output format | |
| Batch processing | No |
| Processing | Locally in your browser (JavaScript) |
| File upload | None |
Limitations: Stamps a header (top left) and footer (bottom left) with the {n}/{total} placeholders plus an optional Bates number (bottom right, prefix + leading zeros, starting at 1) onto every page. Standard Helvetica font, plus an embedded fallback font for Cyrillic, Greek and extended-Latin characters (e.g. Vietnamese, Turkish, Polish); characters from a script with no available font (e.g. Chinese, Arabic) are omitted. Fixed margin positions, no free placement - but the live preview shows the real result beforehand. Open password-protected PDFs first with "Unlock PDF".
{n} is the current page number, {total} the total number of pages. So "Page {n} of {total}" automatically becomes "Page 1 of 10".
Yes, the preview shows your real page with header/footer and Bates number live as you type.
A sequential, unique identifier per page (prefix + counter with leading zeros), common in law firms and evidence management. It is only added when you give a prefix.
Umlauts, yes. An embedded fallback font also renders Cyrillic, Greek and extended-Latin characters (e.g. Vietnamese, Turkish, Polish) correctly; only characters from a script with no available font (e.g. Chinese, Arabic) are omitted.
No, the labelling happens entirely locally in the browser.
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