How to add headers and footers to a PDF
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To add a header or footer, open the Header & Footer tool, add your PDF, type the text for the top or bottom margin, and choose its position — PDFER stamps it on every page in your browser and downloads the result.
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Quick steps
- 1Open Header & Footer and add your PDF.
- 2Type the header and/or footer text and choose its position.
- 3Download the stamped PDF.
What you can add
A header sits in the top margin and a footer in the bottom. Common uses are a document title, a date, a matter or version ID, a confidentiality label, or a filename.
You choose the text and where it sits (left, center, or right), and it repeats on every page.
Step by step
Open Header & Footer, add your PDF, enter the header and/or footer text, pick the position, and download. The stamp is applied uniformly across all pages.
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The text is stamped in your browser, so the file never leaves your device.
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Frequently asked
- Can I put different text in the header and the footer?
- Yes — set the top-margin (header) and bottom-margin (footer) text independently, each with its own position.
- Will the header or footer overlap my content?
- It's placed in the page margin, so on normal documents it sits clear of the body text. Very dense pages with no margin can be tight.
- Can I add automatic page numbers this way?
- For pure pagination, use the Add Page Numbers tool. Header & Footer is for fixed running text like titles, dates, and IDs.
- Is the PDF uploaded?
- No. The header and footer are stamped in your browser and nothing is sent to a server.
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