WORKLAZY TOOLS
Add PDF Page Numbers
Insert page numbers in your preferred format, with options to skip the cover page or set a custom starting number.
Use this tool directly in your browser without installing software or signing in.
- Starting number
- Starting page
- Cover exclusion
- Page ranges
- Parity filter
- Thumbnail selection
Page-level editing
Drag previews to reorder pages and remove unwanted pages. For PDFs by range, choose a range in the output workspace on the right and use page checkboxes, or quickly split the document between pages.
If a source page is already rotated, your rotation is added to its existing orientation so the exported page matches the preview.
Local processing and file lifetime
PDFs, images, and download links live in browser memory. Refreshing or closing the tab clears the current selection and any undownloaded result.
The site, advertising, and OCR model assets may use ordinary network requests, but your work files are not sent to a conversion server.
Protected PDFs and signatures
Password-protected PDFs are not supported. Use a legitimately unlocked copy provided by the document owner.
Merging, rotating, splitting, or rebuilding a PDF invalidates existing digital signatures. Forms, bookmarks, links, attachments, and advanced objects may not survive page copying.
Quality and performance
Reordering and extracting pages normally copies original PDF pages rather than rasterizing them. Image conversion and searchable OCR PDFs render pages at the selected resolution.
More pages and higher resolution increase processing time, memory use, and output size. Previews render lazily at lower resolution to keep long documents responsive.
What is the difference between editing text in a document and organizing pages?
Use page editing to merge submission files into one or keep only the necessary pages. This is not for rewriting text content, but for organizing the sequence, structure, and orientation of pages.
Choose PDF to Image to use pages like photos, or Image to PDF to bind multiple photos into one document. Use Document Conversion to bring PDF text into an editable document, or OCR to add searchable text to scanned documents. Always compare the result with the original text after conversion.
Examples and Selection Help
Common task examples: Try "Combine 3 submission documents into one" → Merge feature, "Save only pages 2-4 of a contract" → Split/Extract feature, "Convert entire pages to PNG" → Image conversion, "Search words in a scanned document" → OCR feature.
How do I skip the cover and start numbering from page 1 on the main content?
If the first page of the PDF is a cover, the file's page number and the printed body number may differ. Verify the starting page for the marks and the starting value for the numbers separately. For long documents, check the numbers on the first, middle, and last pages before saving.
Frequently asked questions
Can page numbers be added only to selected pages?
Yes. Use a page range and parity filter, or choose the exact physical pages with the thumbnail checkboxes.
Can numbering start at 1 on page 2 after a cover?
Yes. Enable cover exclusion and set the starting page and number. Numbering still follows the physical page order across skipped pages.