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Bates Numbers typically have a prefix or suffix. For example, a paralegal might label the first page of Mr. Smith's case file with 0001/SMI.

Click on ?Tools? at the top left side of the PDF document. 3. Locate ?Stamp? under Review and Approval and click ?Add? and ?Open.? 4. At the top right of the page, you will find a ?Bates Numbering? drop down.

Contents of native-format files cannot readily be Bates numbered. Similarly, files like Excel spreadsheets aren't necessarily formatted for or conducive to pagination.

To add a Bates Number: Select Edit > Insert > Bates Numbering and select Add from the drop-down list to open the Add Bates Numbers dialog box. Click Add Files. ... Click Output to display the Add Bates Numbers - Output Rules dialog box. ... Click OK in the Add Bates Numbers dialog box to call the Header and Footer dialog box.

Each time the machine was pressed down onto a sheet of paper, a rotating wheel was moved incrementally. The original machine described by Bates allowed numbering with a four-digit sequence, ranging from 0000 to 9999. For example, page 852 in a document set would be 0852.

Bates numbering is a method of indexing legal documents for easy identification and retrieval. Each page of each document is assigned a unique Bates number that also indicates its relationship to other Bates-numbered documents. Bates numbers appear as headers or footers on the pages of each PDF in the batch.

Choose Tools > Edit PDF. The Edit PDF toolset is displayed in the secondary toolbar. In the secondary toolbar, choose More > Bates Numbering > Add. In the Bates Numbering dialog box, click Add Files, and choose Add Files, Add Folders, or Add Open Files.