Add a header, footer or Bates numbers to a PDF
Add custom headers, footers and Bates-style sequential numbers to every PDF page, with page, total and date tokens. Free and private in your browser.
- Files never leave your device
- Free, no sign-up
- No watermark
About PDF Header & Footer
Stamp every page of a PDF with the same header or footer text, such as a company name, a case reference or “Confidential”, and use tokens to insert the page number, the total page count and today’s date automatically. For legal and compliance work, add Bates-style sequential numbering with a prefix and starting number. Stamping happens in your browser, so the document is never uploaded.
How to use PDF Header & Footer
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Drop the PDF you want to stamp.
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Type your header and footer text, using {page}, {total} and {date} where you want them filled in.
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Choose positions and font size, and enable Bates numbering with your prefix, start number and digit count if needed.
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Click Stamp and download the PDF.
Why use this tool
- Custom header and footer text on every page.
- Tokens for page number, total pages and date.
- Bates numbering with prefix, starting value and zero padding.
- Separate positions for header and footer.
- No upload, no watermark, no account.
Frequently asked questions
It is a sequential identifier stamped on each page of legal documents, for example ABC000001, so every page can be referenced precisely.
Yes. Set the starting number to continue where the last document ended.
{page} inserts the page number, {total} the total page count and {date} today’s date.
No. Stamping is done in your browser.
Yes. There is no account, no watermark and no usage limit. The tool runs in your own browser, so there is no server cost to charge you for.
Yes. It runs in any modern browser on Android and iOS as well as on Windows, macOS and Linux, with nothing to install.
The same text is stamped on every page. Split off the first page, stamp the rest, then merge them back if you need a different cover.
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