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Add Headers, Footers, and Page Numbers to a Text-to-PDF

Mon Sep 29 2025

Turn plain text into a professional PDF by adding headers, footers, and page numbers—right in your browser.

Turning raw text into a professional PDF takes more than “Save as…”. With Text → PDF you can add headers, footers, and page numbers in one pass.

Why add a header or footer?

  • Identity: Show project, client, or organization name.
  • Context: Include document title or version.
  • Compliance: Add dates, confidentiality labels, or page counts.

Step-by-step

  1. Open text4pdf.com/convert.
  2. Paste your text or drop a .txt file.
  3. In PDF Options:
    • Header: e.g., Sprint Notes – Q4
    • Footer: e.g., Confidential – ACME Corp
    • Show page numbers: keep enabled
  4. Choose Paper size, Orientation, Margins, and Font size.
  5. Click Download PDF.

Tip: For dense text, Normal margins and 12 pt font maintain readability; switch Landscape for wide content.

Best practices

  • Short headers/footers: Keep to one line to avoid crowding.
  • Consistent casing: Title Case for headers, sentence case for footers.
  • Meaningful page numbers: “Page X of Y” clarifies the total length.

Example setups

Reports:

  • Header: Q3 Operations Report
  • Footer: © 2025 Your Company – Internal Use

Meeting notes / minutes:

  • Header: Engineering Weekly – 2025-09-29
  • Footer: Author: P. Rangani
  • Page numbers: On

Logs or code:

  • Orientation: Landscape
  • Margins: Narrow
  • Font size: 11–12 pt
  • Header: Service Logs – Sept 2025

Troubleshooting

Header overlaps the first line.
Increase font size slightly or reduce header text. The tool automatically reserves space, but very long lines can crowd.

Footer too close to page numbers.
Shorten the footer or disable page numbers for title pages.

Make your next export look polished: open Text → PDF and add your header, footer, and page numbers in seconds.