How to Add Page Numbers to Adobe Acrobat Documents

You can add page numbers to PDF documents using one of the Adobe Acrobat programs.

The Adobe Acrobat programs, Standard, Pro and Suite, are among the more popular PDF (Portable Document Format) writing programs. In addition to creating PDF documents, they also have a wide variety of PDF editing features. While text may be edited and deleted, additional text and other objects may be added. Among these features is the ability to add pages numbers to existing files. You can add page numbers to Adobe Acrobat documents by following a few steps.

Instructions

1. Open the PDF file to which you want to add page numbers. Please note that the the following process will work for all three versions of Acrobat: Standard, Pro and Suite. Click the "File" menu and select "Open." Use the "Look in" drop down menu to select the folder in which the PDF is saved. Double-click the PDF file name to open.

2. Click the "Tools" menu and highlight the "Pages" option to display a list of available page editing features. Click "Header and Footer" and select the "Add Header and Footer" option. This action will open a separate dialogue window.

3. Click once in the box that corresponds with the desired location of the page number. Note that there will be six boxes, one for the left, center and right for both the header and footer. Click the "Insert Page Number" button.

4. Click the "Page Range Options" button to use the page numbering in all documents or to specify a page range. To delete a page number, highlight the text in the appropriate box and press the "Delete" key.

References

• Adobe Acrobat: Add Headers and Footers