How to Add Footers to PDFs on a Mobile Phone

Footers are an easy way to give your document a professional look. Companies often use them as a branding tool by adding the brand name to each page or as a document management tool by adding the document version number. But for certain types of writing, such as academic papers, footers are a requirement. If you forgot to add footers to your document and don’t have a computer on hand, here’s some step-by-step guidance on how to automatically add footers to all pages on PDFs using a mobile phone. 

There are several online solutions, but the easiest and most user-friendly way is to do it through a reliable app. iScanner is a go-to solution for several reasons: 

1. It’s free.
2. It’s super easy to use.
3. There are no ads.
4. You don’t need to sign in or subscribe to anything.

How to Add Footers to PDFs on an iPhone

Step 1. Install the iScanner app.

Step 2. Open the PDF in iScanner. 

You can share it from the Files app, email, or messengers.  

Step 3. Enter the Footer menu.

To do this, tap Footer at the bottom of the screen. A box will appear at the bottom of the page. Type your footnote into the box and tap Add.

Step 4. Adjust the parameters of your footer.

Once you press Add, the footer will appear on all document pages. At the bottom of the screen, you will see an interactive menu where you can change

• Font
• Size 
• Color 
• Alignment 

How to Add Footers to PDFs on Mobile Phone (Android)

Step 1. Install the iScanner app.

Step 2. Open the PDF in iScanner. 

You can share it from the My Files app, email, or messengers. 

Step 3. Enter the Footer menu.

A box will appear at the bottom of the page. Type your footnote into the box and tap Add.

Step 4. Adjust the parameters of your footer.

Once you press Add, the footer will appear on all document pages. At the bottom of the screen, you will see an interactive menu where you can change

• Font
• Size 
• Color 
• Alignment

How to Edit Footers on Mobile Phone

If you’ve noticed a typo or want to change the text of your footnote, you can do it very easily in the app. 

Step 1. Enter the footer menu.

Step 2. Edit your footnote. 

Within the footers menu, you can edit the text and change the font, font size, font color, and the alignment of your footers.

How to Delete Footers From a PDF

You can easily remove footers from your document in the app. 

Step 1. Tap Footer at the bottom of the screen.

Step 2. Next, tap Delete. The footers will be removed from all pages. 

How to Remove Footers From the First Page

Quite often, we need footers to show on all pages except the first one. The good news is that there’s no need to split the PDF into two documents for that. In iScanner, you can do it in one tap within the footers menu.

1. Tap Footer.
2. Within the footers menu, tap the blue icon with a check mark. The footers will be removed from the first page. You’re all done.

If you like what you see, check out what else you can do in iScanner: 

Add Watermarks

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