Bates Numbering

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Runs entirely in your browser, nothing is uploaded.

How it works

Bates Numbering: Stamp a Legal Series on a PDF

Stamps ABC000001 onward on every page, with your own prefix and suffix, padding from 3 to 8 digits and a choice of six positions.

What this does
  • Prefix and suffix around a number padded to 3–8 digits, or no padding at all
  • Start at any number up to 99,999,999, and the summary shows where the next file begins
  • Six positions, 28 pt in from the page edge, at a size from 6 to 18 pt
  • Pages carrying a /Rotate entry are stamped in the corner the reader actually sees
  • The first and last stamp are shown before anything is written to the file
FAQ

No. The PDF is opened, stamped and re-saved by pdf-lib, a JavaScript library running inside this tab, and the finished file goes straight to your downloads folder. No request carries the document at any point, so there is no server anywhere holding a copy of it. On discovery material that is the difference between a tool you can use and one you cannot: nothing to subpoena, no vendor to add to a data map, no retention schedule to go and read.

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