Bates numbering for PDFs

Add your PDFs to Bates Numbering, type a prefix and a start number, choose where the number goes, and download the stamped copies. The numbers run on from one file to the next. A CSV log lists each file's first and last number. Your files are stamped in your browser.

Use Bates Numbering. You get 2 free uses in total with no account, and one finished stamping counts as one use, however many PDFs it covers. Free files can be up to 50 MB each. Pro has no limit on uses and allows files up to 500 MB.

Bates numbering gives every page in a set of documents a unique, running identifier, such as ABC000001. Law offices use it for exhibits and productions so each page can be cited and found. A prefix names the case or the party, and the number is padded with zeros to a fixed length.

A prefix followed by a number padded with zeros, for example ABC000001, ABC000002. Some add a suffix. The prefix is usually the case, client or producing party, and six or seven digits is common. In Bates Numbering you set the prefix, suffix and digits yourself.

Yes. Add all the PDFs, put them in order, and the numbers continue from the last page of one file to the first page of the next. The tool lists each file's range before you stamp, and the CSV log records it, so the production has a clean index.

With Bates Numbering your PDFs are stamped inside your browser and are not sent to our servers, which suits confidential files. You can check this in your browser's network tab while you stamp: no request carries your files. Still follow your own firm's rules for client documents.

Bottom right by default, which is where most productions put them. You can choose any of six places: top or bottom, left, center or right. Set the margin from the edge, the text size and the color, and check the preview of the first page before you save.

Yes. Tick Add a date line and a second small line, today's date by default, is printed next to each number. You can edit the text, for example to a production date. It is optional, and the number is the same with or without it.

Yes. It works in the browser on a phone or tablet. Choose the PDFs, set the prefix and start number, and save the zip or the merged PDF. A set of very large PDFs needs a lot of memory, so it may go faster on a computer.

Leave the prefix empty and you get plain padded numbers, such as 000001. For simple page numbers like Page 1 of 10, use Add Page Numbers. To print a date or a title on every page, use Add Header and Footer.