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How to Add Page Numbers, Covers and Bookmarks to PDFs

By the PDFPUMA team · Published · 1 min read

For page numbers, use the free Add page numbers tool: pick the format (1, Page 1, 1 of 9 or Page 1 of 9), position and starting number, and which pages to number. For a cover page and bookmarks, combine your files with Document assembly (Starter), which can also number the pages after the cover.

Add page numbers

  1. Open Add page numbers and add the PDF.
  2. Choose a format and one of six positions (top or bottom; left, centre or right).
  3. Set the number to start from, the size and the colour.
  4. To skip a cover, enter the pages to number — for example 2- numbers from page 2 to the end, and numbering counts only those pages.
  5. Download the numbered PDF.

Rotated pages are handled: numbers sit where the reader sees the bottom of the page, not where the page's internal coordinates say.

Add a cover, sections and bookmarks

Bookmarks are the clickable outline in a PDF reader's sidebar. Document assembly creates them for you while it combines your files:

  1. Open Document assembly and add your PDFs and images.
  2. Turn on Cover page and enter a title, subtitle and details line.
  3. Add section dividers and blank pages where you need them, and choose which pages to use from each file.
  4. Give each document a label — each label and section becomes a bookmark.
  5. Turn on Page numbers (after the cover) and build.

Need a contents page, a client logo on the cover and a footer on every page? That's the Agency Client pack builder.

Questions

Can I number pages in a language other than English?

The number formats are 1, Page 1, 1 of 9 and Page 1 of 9. The built-in fonts support Western European characters.