Add Header and Footer
Repeat text along the top and bottom of every page. Runs entirely in your browser, so your data never leaves your device.
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Output
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How to use Add Header and Footer
- 1. Load the PDF. Drop your document into the workspace. Headers and footers repeat across every page, so no page selection step is needed.
- 2. Type the header and footer text. Fill in Header text for the top of each page and Footer text for the bottom, useful for document titles, dates, or confidentiality lines.
- 3. Set size and alignment. Adjust Font size to fit the running text neatly, and pick Alignment as Left, Center or Right depending on where it should sit across the page width.
- 4. Download the finished PDF. Generate and save the file. Every page now repeats the header and footer text at the position you chose.
When to use Add Header and Footer
Add Header and Footer repeats text along the top and bottom of every page in a PDF. It covers the common need for a document title, author line, or page label that should appear consistently without editing each page by hand.
- Labeling a report with its title on every page. A multi-page report should remind readers what document they are in even if a page gets printed separately. A centered header with the report title solves that.
- Adding a confidentiality footer. An internal document distributed outside its usual audience needs a footer reading something like 'Internal use only' repeated on every page as a reminder.
- Including a revision date across a manual. A technical manual updated periodically benefits from a footer showing the revision date, so anyone printing a page later knows which version they are holding.
About the Add Header and Footer tool
Add Header and Footer does its work locally, right in the browser. Repeat text along the top and bottom of every page. There is no upload step, no queue and no account, and your data never travels over the network.
It belongs to the PDF Tools collection on EditSafely, a set of 92 small, focused PDF utilities that share the same instant, private workspace.
You can shape the output with 4 settings, including Header text, Footer text, Font size and Alignment, and the result refreshes the moment you change one. The finished file is put together in browser memory and saved with the Download button, so it never touches a server on the way to your disk.
Running locally also makes the tool fast and dependable: results appear as you type or drop a file, there is no server outage that can take it down mid-task, and confidential data can be processed without a second thought.
Frequently asked questions
Does Add Header and Footer cost anything?
Yes, it is completely free. All 2,658 tools on EditSafely work without an account, a subscription or usage limits.
Are my files uploaded to a server?
No data leaves your device. The whole tool is JavaScript that runs inside your browser tab, so there is no upload, no server-side processing and no log of what you did. If you disconnect from the internet after the page loads, it keeps working.
Which files does Add Header and Footer accept?
It accepts PDF documents. There is no file size cap imposed by a server; very large files are limited only by your device's memory.
Do I need to sign up or install anything?
Nothing to install and no account needed. Open the page in any up-to-date browser, including on a phone or tablet, and the tool is ready.
How do I save the output?
Click the Download button once the result is ready. The file is built in your browser's memory and handed straight to your downloads folder, without passing through a server.