How do I add page numbers to a PDF document?

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In order to add page numbers to a PDF where page numbers were never in the source that created the PDF, one would need a true PDF editor, or a user-created, Quartz Framework program to achieve the page numbering. You won't find this in Apple's Preview.

Saphira2021 wrote:

According to online searches, it is very easy, just open PDF in Preview, go to Tools, then Select "Add Page Numbers" or in another version "Show Page Numbers". Neither option appears on my Mac mini in Preview.

Please help.

Thanks

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PDFGear is a proper PDF editor, which is why as I have stated you need that type of application to edit the PDF.

Although one can use the Finder to select a file and from the Finder secondary menu, choose compress "..." to create a zip file of the document, there is no visual user interface to set an encrypted password on that newly zipped document.

If you want the Mac version of WinZip, be prepared to pay for it. There is a 1-month trial version of it in the Mac App Store with in-app purchases.

As for .zip simply select the file, right-click (a Windows term by the way) and select “Compress” which immediately zips the file. If you don’t have the secondary click turned on for your mouse then use control-click.