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Bates Numbering (or Bates Stamping) assigns unique identifiers to each page in a collection of documents. It's a way to index document contents so they're easier to find later.

You cannot edit Bates page numbering after you've added it to a document. You can, however, delete Bates numbering and apply a different Bates numbering formula.

Easy Bates is a simple program that stamps Bates numbers onto PDF, JPEG, and TIFF documents. If you need to stamp only one or two PDF files, then many tools will do the job well. If you need to stamp Bates numbers onto thousands of PDF, JPEG, and TIFF files, then Easy Bates will save you time, money, and frustration.

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.

Bates patented the Bates Automatic Numbering Machine in the late 1800s. Bates' rubber stamp device automatically changed numbers, sequentially, every time it was pressed down onto a sheet of paper. So, if you stamped ?0001? on a page, you would then stamp ?0002? on the next page, and so on.

While the original Bates stamps only used numbers (up to a maximum of 9999), there is no set format for Bates numbering. It may be purely numeric or alphanumeric. Either way, Bates numbering is essentially a paper-based method, most useful for printed productions or page-based images.

Bates numbering best practices Use the right number of digits. In Bates numbering, the number of digits in a number is often used to indicate how many pages are in a specific document set. ... Add extra information. ... Make sure each number is unique. ... Keep it consistent.

ESI evidence (which derives from the 1s and 0s of computer bits and bytes) does not require a Bates-stamp because it has something even better - a unique fingerprint. For every computer file, there is a 32-digit key that is unique to that file.

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. Select ?Add? and click on your document to highlight it. Click ?Ok.? 5.

Then follow these steps to automatically add Bates Numbers to each page in the document set: Open the file. Click Tools. Select Edit PDF. Choose More. Click Bates Numbering and Add. Select Output Options to customize the serial numbers. Click OK.