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Add Bates Numbers to PDF

Stamp ABC000001-style Bates numbers across every page of every file.

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Bates-number a document production

Bates numbers give every page in a production its own reference, so anyone can cite “ABC000417” and land on the same page. Add your PDFs in production order, type a prefix — a party or matter code like SMITH or ABC — and pick 6, 7 or 8 digits. Every page gets the next number in the bottom-right corner (or wherever you choose), running on from the last page of one file to the first page of the next, and each file is renamed with its first and last number. The documents never leave your device.

  • Your files stay on your device

    Bates numbering runs in your browser, so nothing is uploaded — not the file, not even its name.

  • Free, with no sign-up

    No account, no watermark on your files and no daily limit for normal use.

  • Up to 20 files at once

    Each file can be up to 100 MB. Large or scanned files simply take a little longer.

  • Works on every device

    Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone, iPad and Android, in any modern browser. Nothing to install.

Bates numbering, step by step

  1. 1

    Select your PDFs in production order — Bates is already chosen.

  2. 2

    Type your prefix and pick the number of digits and the starting number.

  3. 3

    Press Add Bates numbers and download the numbered files.

Good to know

A way of giving every page in a set of documents its own number, usually a short prefix and a zero-padded number such as ABC000001. It’s used in litigation, discovery and document productions so pages can be cited exactly.

Yes. They follow the order of the files on screen: if the first file ends at ABC000012, the next starts at ABC000013. Drag files to change the order before you start.

Yes. Set Start at to the next number — for example 1201 to begin at ABC001201.

Each file keeps its name with its Bates range added, for example Contract_ABC000001-ABC000012.pdf.

Each file can be up to 100 MB, and you can add up to 20 files at once. Large or scanned files simply take a little longer.

Yes. It runs in any modern browser on Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone, iPad and Android, with nothing to install. You can also add pdfconva to your home screen and open it like an app.

No. This tool runs entirely in your browser. Your files never leave your device.

Yes. Every pdfconva tool is free, with no sign-up and no watermark on your files.

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