JPDFNum

About

JPDFNum is a Java program I wrote to add page numbers to PDF files. I was helping to organize a student conference, and was in charge of getting the proceedings published. This required me to compile many PDFs into a single PDF, and also to add page numbers to each. Doing this manually is a nightmare, so I wrote this program to automate the process. It was quite easy to do using the iText Library, as well as the tips on this blog post. The source code is a cobbled together mess, but if you would like it, just send me an email.

NOTE: Right now the page numbers can only be added to the bottom of the page and centered.

Usage

Usage: JPDFNum [switch opt] <inputpdf> <outputpdf>
	 where [switch opt] is any of the following switch options:
	 -y : specify the y-offset in points of the page number from the bottom of the page.
	 -f : specify the font-face.  Can be one of the following:
		Courier
		Courier-Bold
		Courier-BoldOblique
		Courier-Oblique
		Helvetica
		Helvetica-Bold
		Helvetica-BoldOblique
		Helvetica-Oblique
		Symbol
		Times-Bold
		Times-BoldItalic
		Times-Italic
		Times-Roman
		ZapfDingbats
	 -F : specify the font-size in points.
	 -R : Use roman numerals.
	 -s : Start number on the page specified.
	 -e : Stop numbering on the page specified.
	 -p : Start the page counter at the value specified.

Example: ./JPDFNum.jar -y 35 -f Courier -F 12 -s 10 in.pdf out.pdf

Download

JPDFNum is written entirely in Java. As such the executable jar files provided here should run on any platform supporting Java 1.5+.