Insert Titles, Dates, Page Numbers and Custom Text
Upload a PDF and add repeated header or footer text across pages. Insert document titles, dates, page numbers, company names, file names, version labels or custom notes with no account and no extra PDFPro watermark.
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To add a header and footer to a PDF online, upload your PDF, enter the repeated text you want to place at the top or bottom of each page, choose alignment such as left, center or right, then download the updated PDF. Headers and footers are useful for document titles, dates, page numbers, company names, file names, version labels and confidentiality notes.
Adding a header and footer to a PDF means placing repeated text or information at the top or bottom of PDF pages. You can use headers and footers for document titles, page numbers, dates, company names, file names, version labels, client names, confidentiality notices, or any other detail that should appear consistently across the document.
A header appears near the top of each page, useful for document titles, company names, and project labels. A footer appears near the bottom, useful for page numbers, dates, version notes, and confidentiality labels. Together they give any PDF a professional, consistent look that helps readers identify and navigate the document.
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Drop any PDF or click to browse. Works on reports, contracts, manuals, scanned files, assignments, or any document you want to add headers and footers to. No account required.
Enter the text you want in the header, footer, or both. Type document titles, company names, dates, page numbers, version labels, confidentiality notices, or any custom text that should repeat across every page.
Select left, center, or right alignment for your header and footer text. Adjust additional formatting options such as page range and font size where the tool supports them.
Click Apply and download your updated PDF . Review all pages before sharing, printing, or submitting. No extra PDFPro watermark is added.
Add professional repeated header and footer text to any PDF. Free, in your browser, no extra PDFPro watermark, no account.
Place any text you choose near the top of every PDF page. Use the header for document titles, company names, project names, client names, version labels, or report identifiers that should appear at the top of each page.
Place any text near the bottom of every PDF page. Use the footer for page numbers, dates, confidentiality labels, author names, department names, or short reference notes that should appear at the bottom.
Include page numbering in your header or footer text. Page number insertion depends on the tool options available. Check the settings when adding your header or footer to see if page number variables are supported.
Type dates, version numbers, file names, or document references directly into the header or footer text field. If dynamic date variables are available, they can populate the current date automatically.
Choose whether the header or footer text aligns to the left, center, or right of the page. Consistent alignment makes the document look polished and professional across all pages.
PDFPro does not add watermarks, logos, or branding to updated PDFs. The only addition is the header and footer text you choose. Nothing else from our tool appears in the output file.
Header and footer text is added as a new layer on top of the existing page content. This works on digital PDFs, scanned documents, image-based PDFs, and any standard PDF file without needing editable text.
PDFPro never requires an account, email, or sign-up. Upload your PDF, add your header and footer, and download the result with no registration at any step.
Headers and footers make documents more professional, more identifiable, and easier to navigate and review.
A document with consistent headers and footers immediately looks more polished and complete. Clients, reviewers, and recipients notice when a document has been prepared carefully.
Printed pages can become separated from their document. A header with the document title or project name on every page ensures each page can be identified independently even if it is printed, photocopied, or shared separately.
Reports, proposals, and contract drafts often need a date or version number on every page so reviewers know which version they are reading. Footers are the natural place for this information.
Adding "CONFIDENTIAL", "INTERNAL USE ONLY", or a similar label in the footer ensures every page of a sensitive document carries the appropriate marking, even if pages are separated from the cover sheet.
Headers and footers are the natural location for page numbers in professional documents. Adding "Page 1 of 24" in the footer gives readers context about how much of the document they have read and how much remains.
A proposal or report sent to a client with company name, project name, and date in the header looks like a professional corporate document. Consistent headers and footers build trust and credibility with clients.
Thesis files, dissertations, and research papers typically require running headers with chapter names, author names, or institution titles. Adding these with a header and footer tool saves manual formatting time.
When a multi-page document is printed and collated, headers and footers make each page self-identifying. Page numbers, document titles, and dates allow printed copies to be sorted, filed, or distributed without confusion.
Scanned documents often have no visible labelling. Adding a header with a document reference or a footer with a date and file name makes scanned PDFs more identifiable without needing to open the file in an editor.
Any professional document shared, reviewed, printed, or submitted benefits from consistent headers and footers.
Title and date on every page
Document and page labels
Reference labels per page
Company name in footer
Client name in header
Section title in header
Author and title per page
Student and course labels
Academic running headers
Event name and date footer
Course name and version
Dept name and version label
Form name in header
Author and institution footer
Reference label on each page
Policy name and review date
Not sure which tool you need? Here is a quick guide.
Use when you want to add any repeated text to the top or bottom of PDF pages. Add titles, company names, dates, page numbers, version labels, confidentiality notices, or any custom text. More flexible than Page Numbers alone and more subtle than a Watermark.
Use when the only goal is adding simple sequential page numbers to a PDF. A faster, simpler option when you just need numbering and no other header or footer content. Use Header and Footer when you also need titles, dates, or other text alongside the page numbers.
Use when you want to add prominent marks across the centre or body of the page, such as DRAFT, CONFIDENTIAL, or a company logo. Watermarks are more visually prominent than footers. Use both when you want subtle footer labels and a prominent centre mark.
Use for legal, compliance, and document review workflows where every page needs a unique alphanumeric reference identifier with prefixes and zero-padded sequences for strict document control. Bates numbering is a specialised legal standard distinct from general header and footer labelling.
Follow these steps to choose the right placement and content before downloading your updated PDF.
Adding a header and footer places text near the top or bottom of pages. It does not edit or move the existing page content.
No software. No account. PDFPro processes your PDF privately and deletes everything automatically.
No Adobe Acrobat or desktop app required. PDFPro adds headers and footers entirely in the browser on any device.
PDFPro never requires an account, email, or sign-up. Upload and download with no registration.
All uploads and downloads use 256-bit TLS encryption during processing.
Uploaded PDFs and updated output files are permanently deleted 1 hour after processing.
PDF downloads clean with no PDFPro branding. Only the header and footer text you added appears.
PDFPro does not read, analyse, or share uploaded file content. No personal data is collected.
Free, no account, no extra PDFPro watermark. Type your header and footer text, upload your PDF, and download the updated document .
Open PDFPro Header and Footer in your browser, upload your PDF, add your header text, footer text, or both, choose the position and alignment, and download the updated PDF. No account required and no extra PDFPro watermark.
Yes. PDFPro Header and Footer is free for everyday Header & Footer tasks, with no account required and no extra PDFPro watermark.
Yes. Enter your header text and leave the footer field empty. Only the header will appear on the pages.
Yes. Enter your footer text and leave the header field empty. Only the footer will appear on the pages.
Page number insertion depends on the tool options available. Check the settings when adding your footer to see if page number variables are supported.
You can type a date directly into the header or footer text field. If a dynamic date variable is available, it will insert the current date automatically. Check the tool options when adding your header or footer.
Yes. Type the document title, file name, company name, project name, or any text you want directly into the header or footer text field.
Yes. Choose left, center, or right alignment. Header text appears near the top of the page and footer text appears near the bottom.
Page range selection depends on the tool options. Check the settings when uploading to see if you can apply the header or footer to specific pages only.
Cover page skip depends on the tool options. If supported, you can apply the header or footer starting from the second page, leaving the title page or cover page clean.
Font size, style, color, and margin options depend on the tool settings available. Check the formatting options when adding your header or footer.
No. PDFPro does not add watermarks, logos, or branding. The output contains only your content plus the header and footer text you added.
No. PDFPro never requires an account, email, or sign-up. Upload and download with no registration.
Yes. PDFPro runs in the browser with no app required. Works on iPhone, iPad, Android, Mac, Windows, and Linux.
Yes. Header and footer text is added as a new layer on top of the page content. This works on scanned documents, image-based PDFs, and any standard PDF.
Yes. PDFPro Header and Footer works on any standard PDF including business reports, contracts, legal documents, invoices, manuals, school assignments, proposals, and all other common document types.
Header and Footer lets you add any repeated text including titles, company names, dates, labels, and optionally page numbers. Page Numbers is a simpler tool focused only on adding sequential page numbers. Use Header and Footer when you need more than just page numbers.
Header and Footer adds text near the top or bottom edge of the page. Watermark PDF adds prominent marks across the centre or body of the page such as DRAFT or CONFIDENTIAL. They can be used together on the same document.
Header and Footer adds repeated text for general document presentation. Bates Numbering is used in legal and compliance workflows where every page needs a unique alphanumeric reference identifier for strict document control.
Yes. Always keep the original PDF. This lets you change the text, position, or alignment and re-apply headers and footers from the clean original if the output does not look right.