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Put something in the top and bottom margin of every page: a running header with the document title, a footer with the page number, a date, a filename, or a confidentiality note. Font, size, colour and position are all set independently for header and footer, and odd and even pages can differ, which is what a bound document needs. The content is drawn into the page rather than floated over it. No upload, no watermark, no sign-up, and it works with the network off.
To add headers and footers to a PDF free, add the file, type your header and footer text with formatting and position, choose whether odd and even pages differ, and download. Nothing is uploaded and there is no watermark.
A small footer on every page — CONFIDENTIAL, plus a reference code and the date — is a marking convention that survives photocopying and does not interfere with the text. Put it in the footer rather than as a watermark so it reads as part of the document instead of a stamp over it.
Set the header to the document title on even pages and the current section on odd pages, which is the convention for anything printed double-sided. Alternating the alignment keeps the header on the outer edge, where it does not fight the binding.
Almost always a page whose size is smaller than the rest, so the fixed distance from the bottom edge lands outside the printable area of that page. Mixed-size documents are common after merging. Resize the pages to one size first, then add the footer.
Decide whether the footer should appear on both sides. On duplex output it usually should, and the odd/even option handles the alignment. If the document will be folded into a booklet, put the footer on the outer edge of each page or it will land in the fold.
Use the page-number token in the footer text rather than typing a number, so the footer reads correctly on every page. Position, alignment and font are set on the same control as the footer text itself.
Yes, and that is the usual choice for a bound document: the chapter title on the outer edge, alternating left and right. Turning the option on gives you independent header and footer content for odd and for even pages.
Position and intent. A footer sits in the margin in the reading flow, at a fixed distance from the edge, in the same size as body text. A watermark is a mark laid over the page, usually diagonal and translucent, meant to be noticed rather than read. Use Page Numbers for the number, this tool for everything else in the margin.
It is drawn on top of whatever is there, so yes, if you position it over existing text. Check the bottom of a page in the preview and move the footer clear. Documents with existing footers are the main case where this matters.
Yes — a date token that resolves per document, either today's date or one you type. Today's date is resolved in your browser, so the footer says what your machine says rather than what a server says.
At least 12 mm, and more on the binding edge of a document that will be stapled. Anything closer than about 5 mm sits in the unprintable margin and will be missing from a printout while still looking correct on screen.
Yes. The footer is drawn on top of the scan, so a page that is mostly white space at the bottom takes a footer cleanly. A scan with content running to the paper edge will overlap, and there is no way to make room without cropping the page.
Yes. Free, no account, no watermark, no upload. Headers and footers are drawn locally and work offline.
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