Header & Footer
Apply custom headers, footers, titles and dates to page edges.
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Fine-tune exact dimensions, qualities, ranges, or security tokens for this feature.
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Same-Page Workflow
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Headers and footers add consistent labelling to the top and bottom of every page — a document title, a date, a classification marking, a file reference, a confidentiality notice.
Because the text is stamped into the page content rather than added as an annotation, it prints, survives flattening and cannot be switched off by a reader.
How it works
- 1Load the document. The label is applied to every page unless you restrict the range.
- 2Compose the text. Set the header and footer content, alignment, font size and margin from the edge.
- 3Download. Every page carries the same labelling.
When you need it
- Marking a document with a classification such as Internal or Confidential
- Adding a document reference and revision date to every page
- Labelling a printed handout with the meeting and date
- Applying a required footer to a regulatory submission
Frequently asked questions
- Can I have different content left, centre and right?
- Yes, each alignment position is set independently.
- Can it include the page number?
- Yes, though Page Numbers gives you finer control over the sequence and its formatting.
- What if there is no margin for it?
- Use Resize PDF to add one; otherwise the label will overlap existing content.
- Are my documents uploaded anywhere?
- No. Every tool in PDF41 runs inside your browser tab using WebAssembly and JavaScript. Your file is read from disk into memory, processed locally, and handed back as a download. It is never transmitted to a server, so there is nothing to intercept, retain, or delete afterwards.
- Does this work without an internet connection?
- Yes, once the page has loaded. The PDF engine, fonts and character maps are all served from this site rather than a third-party CDN, so an unstable connection or a locked-down corporate network does not stop the tool from working.
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