# Add Margins to PDF

> Expand page edges without rasterizing the original content.

Canonical HTML: https://pdf.bqtools.com/add-pdf-margins/
Release: 2.8.0
Language: en

## Purpose

Expand page edges without rasterizing the original content.

## Inputs

- Accepted types: application/pdf.
- Multiple source files: no.
- Local file selection may require explicit user or user-agent permission.

## Native controls

- Choose PDF — `#file-input` / name `file-input`; type: file; accepts application/pdf,.pdf.
- Pages — `#page-range` / name `page-range`; type: text.
- Measurement unit — `#margin-unit` / name `margin-unit`; type: select. Options: Millimetres (mm); PDF points (pt); Inches (in).
- Add above — `#margin-top` / name `margin-top`; type: number; min 0, step 0.5.
- Add on right — `#margin-right` / name `margin-right`; type: number; min 0, step 0.5.
- Add below — `#margin-bottom` / name `margin-bottom`; type: number; min 0, step 0.5.
- Add on left — `#margin-left` / name `margin-left`; type: number; min 0, step 0.5.
- Search PDF tools — `#tool-finder-input` / name `tool-finder-input`; type: search.

## Actions

- Install BQ PDF Tools — `#install-app-button`.
- Share this page — `#share-button`.
- Accessibility and keyboard shortcuts — `#accessibility-button`.
- Use dark theme — `#theme-toggle`.
- Open menu — `#menu-toggle`.
- View keyboard and display options — `#open-accessibility-guide`.
- Got it — `#dismiss-first-run`.
- Reset settings — `#reset-restored-settings`.
- Add PDF margins — `#process-btn`.
- Clear — `#clear-btn`.
- Reset settings — `#reset-settings`.
- Cancel processing — `#cancel-btn`.
- Retry — `#retry-processing`.
- Copy privacy-safe diagnostics — `#copy-diagnostics`.
- Update app — `#pwa-update-button`.
- Close tool finder — `#close-tool-finder`.
- Close accessibility options — `#close-accessibility`.
- Reset display options — `#reset-accessibility`.
- Done — `#done-accessibility`.

## Outputs

- Possible output types: application/pdf.
- Monitor `#status-box` for processing state and `#results` for completed outputs.
- Dynamic result controls expose stable agent actions when applicable.

## Privacy and execution

- Execution mode: browser UI.
- Core document processing: local browser.
- Account required: no.
- Application-server document upload required for normal tool use: no.
- Do not claim completion until the page reports a completed state and exposes results.