Headers and footers give PDF documents a professional, document-management-ready look — page numbers, document title, company name, date, and more can appear on every page automatically. Here is how to add them for free.
Go to pdfeditor.onl/header-footer. No sign-up or installation is required. The tool loads in any modern browser.
Click to upload or drag your PDF into the tool. A page preview renders so you can see where the header and footer will appear relative to the existing content.
The header has three zones: Left, Center, and Right. Type any text into each zone. Use {{page}} to insert the current page number and {{date}} for today's date. Leave zones blank to skip them.
Tip: For legal documents, a common setup is: Left = company name, Center = document title, Right = {{page}} of total pages.
The footer works the same way as the header. Typical footer content: Left = document date or version, Center = confidentiality notice, Right = page number.
Select from Helvetica, Times Roman, or Courier in regular or bold. Set font size (typically 8–10pt for headers/footers) and pick a text color using the color picker. Adjust opacity if you want subtle watermark-style text.
Click Apply and Download. The header and footer are permanently embedded on every page of the PDF. Processing runs entirely in your browser — nothing is uploaded to a server.
Yes. Enable the "Skip First Page" option to leave the cover or title page without a header/footer while applying it to all other pages.
Yes. Type Page {{page}} of in the zone and the tool automatically fills in the total page count for each page.
The tool supports Helvetica, Helvetica Bold, Times Roman, Times Bold, Courier, and Courier Bold — the standard PDF core fonts that work without embedding.
The PDF must be unlocked first. Use the Unlock PDF tool at pdfeditor.onl/unlock-pdf, then add the header/footer.