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Headers & Footers

Every PDF page produced by XPress can include a header line at the top and footer line at the bottom. Page numbers are a separate toggle with positional control.

Where to set them

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The Settings sidebar on the XPress space page. Header text, footer text, and the page-numbers toggle live there alongside layout settings.

Header text

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Type any text into the Header Text field. It appears at the top of every PDF page, inside the top margin.

Use it for:

  • Document title (e.g., Q3 Engineering Handbook)
  • Company name and project
  • Confidentiality marker (e.g., Bytera Internal — Do Not Distribute)
  • Date stamp

The header is plain text — no markup or images today. If you need something richer, the simplest workaround is to mention a key phrase (“Bytera — Quarterly Review”) that conveys the meaning.

Footer text

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Same idea, but at the bottom of every PDF page inside the bottom margin.

Use it for:

  • Confidentiality notice
  • Copyright line
  • Document version / revision number
  • Author or owner name

Page numbers

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A separate toggle. When on, you choose a position:

  • Bottom Left
  • Bottom Center
  • Bottom Right

The page number itself takes the form “N / Total” — e.g., 3 / 18. Both the current page and the total are shown so readers know how far along they are.

Combining header / footer / page numbers

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The bottom margin can hold both a footer line and page numbers — they don’t fight for space, since page numbers go to one of the three corners and the footer text occupies the middle row.

A common combination:

  • Header: Document Title (centered, defaults)
  • Footer: Bytera Internal — © 2026
  • Page Numbers: on, Bottom Right

That’s enough to make any XPress PDF feel like a real document.

Tips

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  • Keep margins (especially top and bottom) at a reasonable size — 15–25 mm leaves comfortable room for header/footer content.
  • For very long bulk exports, page numbers are essential for navigation. Always turn them on for bulk PDFs over a dozen pages.
  • The header and footer are the same on every page — there’s no first-page-vs-rest variation today.

What you can’t currently do

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  • Embed images in header/footer (no logo upload).
  • Distinguish first page (e.g., title-page-only header).
  • Different left/right pages (odd/even).
  • Insert dynamic fields beyond page number/total (e.g., date macros).

These are all reasonable future enhancements — tell us at support@bytera.tech if any would meaningfully change your workflow.

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