Add Header and Footer to PDF

Aspose.PDF for .NET allows you to add header and footer in your existing PDF file. You may add images or text to a PDF document. Also, try to add different headers in one PDF File with C#.

The following code snippet also work with Aspose.PDF.Drawing library.

Adding Text in Header of PDF File

You can use TextStamp class to add text in the header of a PDF file. TextStamp class provides properties necessary to create a text based stamp like font size, font style, and font color etc. In order to add text in the header, you need to create a Document object and a TextStamp object using required properties. After that, you can call AddStamp method of the Page to add the text in the header of the PDF.

You need to set the TopMargin property in such a way that it adjusts the text in the header area of your PDF. You also need to set HorizontalAlignment to Center and VerticalAlignment to Top.

The following code snippet shows you how to add text in the header of a PDF file with C#.

// For complete examples and data files, please go to https://github.com/aspose-pdf/Aspose.PDF-for-.NET
private static void AddHeaderText()
{
    var dataDir = RunExamples.GetDataDir_AsposePdf_StampsWatermarks();  // Dynamic path for data directory

    // Open document using 'using' block to ensure proper disposal
    using (var document = new Aspose.Pdf.Document(dataDir + "TextinHeader.pdf"))
    {
        // Create header as a TextStamp
        var textStamp = new Aspose.Pdf.TextStamp("Header Text")
        {
            TopMargin = 10,
            HorizontalAlignment = Aspose.Pdf.HorizontalAlignment.Center,
            VerticalAlignment = Aspose.Pdf.VerticalAlignment.Top
        };

        // Add header on all pages
        foreach (var page in document.Pages)
        {
            page.AddStamp(textStamp);
        }

        // Save the updated document with '_out' suffix
        document.Save(dataDir + "TextinHeader_out.pdf");
    }
}

Adding Text in Footer of PDF File

You can use TextStamp class to add text in the footer of a PDF file. TextStamp class provides properties necessary to create a text based stamp like font size, font style, and font color etc. In order to add text in the footer, you need to create a Document object and a TextStamp object using required properties. After that, you can call AddStamp method of the Page to add the text in the footer of the PDF.

The following code snippet shows you how to add text in the footer of a PDF file with C#.

// For complete examples and data files, please go to https://github.com/aspose-pdf/Aspose.PDF-for-.NET
private static void AddFooterText()
{
    var dataDir = RunExamples.GetDataDir_AsposePdf_StampsWatermarks();  // Dynamic path for data directory

    // Open document using 'using' block to ensure proper disposal
    using (var document = new Aspose.Pdf.Document(dataDir + "TextinFooter.pdf"))
    {
        // Create footer as a TextStamp
        var textStamp = new Aspose.Pdf.TextStamp("Footer Text")
        {
            BottomMargin = 10,
            HorizontalAlignment = Aspose.Pdf.HorizontalAlignment.Center,
            VerticalAlignment = Aspose.Pdf.VerticalAlignment.Bottom
        };

        // Add footer on all pages
        foreach (var page in document.Pages)
        {
            page.AddStamp(textStamp);
        }

        // Save the updated document with '_out' suffix
        document.Save(dataDir + "TextinFooter_out.pdf");
    }
}

Adding Image in Header of PDF File

You can use ImageStamp class to add image in the header of a PDF file. Image Stamp class provides properties necessary to create image based stamp like font size, font style, and font color etc. In order to add image in the header, you need to create a Document object and a Image Stamp object using required properties. After that, you can call AddStamp method of the Page to add the image in the header of the PDF.

The following code snippet shows you how to add image in the header of a PDF file with C#.

// For complete examples and data files, please go to https://github.com/aspose-pdf/Aspose.PDF-for-.NET
private static void AddImageHeader()
{
    var dataDir = RunExamples.GetDataDir_AsposePdf_StampsWatermarks();  // Dynamic path for data directory

    // Open document using 'using' block to ensure proper disposal
    using (var document = new Aspose.Pdf.Document(dataDir + "ImageinHeader.pdf"))
    {
        // Create header as an ImageStamp
        var imageStamp = new Aspose.Pdf.ImageStamp(dataDir + "aspose-logo.jpg")
        {
            TopMargin = 10,
            HorizontalAlignment = Aspose.Pdf.HorizontalAlignment.Center,
            VerticalAlignment = Aspose.Pdf.VerticalAlignment.Top
        };

        // Add image header on all pages
        foreach (var page in document.Pages)
        {
            page.AddStamp(imageStamp);
        }

        // Save the updated document with '_out' suffix
        document.Save(dataDir + "ImageinHeader_out.pdf");
    }
}

You can use Image Stamp class to add image in the footer of a PDF file. Image Stamp class provides properties necessary to create image based stamp like font size, font style, and font color etc. In order to add image in the footer, you need to create a Document object and an Image Stamp object using required properties. After that, you can call AddStamp method of the Page to add the image in the footer of the PDF.

The following code snippet shows you how to add image in the footer of a PDF file with C#.

// For complete examples and data files, please go to https://github.com/aspose-pdf/Aspose.PDF-for-.NET
private static void AddImageFooter()
{
    var dataDir = RunExamples.GetDataDir_AsposePdf_StampsWatermarks();  // Dynamic path for data directory

    // Open document using 'using' block to ensure proper disposal
    using (var document = new Aspose.Pdf.Document(dataDir + "ImageInFooter.pdf"))
    {
        // Create footer as an ImageStamp
        var imageStamp = new Aspose.Pdf.ImageStamp(dataDir + "aspose-logo.jpg")
        {
            BottomMargin = 10,
            HorizontalAlignment = Aspose.Pdf.HorizontalAlignment.Center,
            VerticalAlignment = Aspose.Pdf.VerticalAlignment.Bottom
        };

        // Add image footer on all pages
        foreach (var page in document.Pages)
        {
            page.AddStamp(imageStamp);
        }

        // Save the updated document with '_out' suffix
        document.Save(dataDir + "ImageInFooter_out.pdf");
    }
}

Adding different Headers in one PDF File

We know that we can add TextStamp in Header/Footer section of the document by using TopMargin or Bottom Margin properties, but sometimes we may have the requirement to add multiple header/footers in a single PDF document. Aspose.PDF for .NET explains how to do this.

In order to accomplish this requirement, we will create individual TextStamp objects (number of objects depends upon the number of Header/Footers required)and will add them to PDF document. We may also specify different formatting information for individual stamp object. In following example, we have created Document object and three TextStamp objects and then we have used AddStamp method of the Page to add the text in the header section of the PDF. The following code snippet shows you how to add image in the footer of a PDF file with Aspose.PDF for .NET.

// For complete examples and data files, please go to https://github.com/aspose-pdf/Aspose.PDF-for-.NET
private static void AddDifferentHeaders()
{
    var dataDir = RunExamples.GetDataDir_AsposePdf_StampsWatermarks();  // Dynamic path for data directory

    // Open source document using 'using' block to ensure proper disposal
    using (var document = new Aspose.Pdf.Document(dataDir + "AddingDifferentHeaders.pdf"))
    {
        // Create three stamps
        var stamp1 = new Aspose.Pdf.TextStamp("Header 1");
        var stamp2 = new Aspose.Pdf.TextStamp("Header 2");
        var stamp3 = new Aspose.Pdf.TextStamp("Header 3");

        // Set stamp1 properties (Header 1)
        stamp1.VerticalAlignment = Aspose.Pdf.VerticalAlignment.Top;
        stamp1.HorizontalAlignment = Aspose.Pdf.HorizontalAlignment.Center;
        stamp1.TextState.FontStyle = Aspose.Pdf.Text.FontStyles.Bold;
        stamp1.TextState.ForegroundColor = Aspose.Pdf.Color.Red;
        stamp1.TextState.FontSize = 14;

        // Set stamp2 properties (Header 2)
        stamp2.VerticalAlignment = Aspose.Pdf.VerticalAlignment.Top;
        stamp2.HorizontalAlignment = Aspose.Pdf.HorizontalAlignment.Center;
        stamp2.Zoom = 10;

        // Set stamp3 properties (Header 3)
        stamp3.VerticalAlignment = Aspose.Pdf.VerticalAlignment.Top;
        stamp3.HorizontalAlignment = Aspose.Pdf.HorizontalAlignment.Center;
        stamp3.RotateAngle = 35;
        stamp3.TextState.BackgroundColor = Aspose.Pdf.Color.Pink;
        stamp3.TextState.Font = Aspose.Pdf.Text.FontRepository.FindFont("Verdana");

        // Add the stamps to specific pages
        document.Pages[1].AddStamp(stamp1);
        document.Pages[2].AddStamp(stamp2);
        document.Pages[3].AddStamp(stamp3);

        // Save the updated document with '_out' suffix
        document.Save(dataDir + "MultiHeader_out.pdf");
    }
}
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