What it does
Bates Numbering stamps unique sequential identifiers on every page across one or more PDFs for legal and business records.
- Sequential page IDs
How do I add Bates numbering to a PDF?
Add Bates numbering to a PDF by uploading your files and setting a prefix, starting number and digit padding; the tool stamps a unique, sequential identifier on every page across the documents — the standard for legal and business records. Download the numbered files. It runs in your browser.
- Sequential Bates stamps across pages and files
- Custom prefix, suffix, start value and padding
- Choose position and font size
- 100% client-side
What is
Bates Numbering
A tool that stamps unique, sequential Bates numbers — a fixed prefix plus an incrementing zero-padded number — onto every page for legal and business document identification.
PDF Tools
Related terms
legalpage numbers
Frequently Asked Questions
Sequential legal page IDs.
It is a unique, incrementing identifier stamped on each page (e.g. ABC-000123) used to reference documents in legal discovery.
Yes.
The counter continues sequentially across multiple documents in the batch.
No.
Numbering is stamped with pdf-lib in your browser.
Detailed Explanation
How it works
The tool increments a zero-padded counter with your prefix/suffix and draws it at the chosen position on each page with pdf-lib, continuing across files.
- pdf-lib stamping
Use cases
Prepare documents for legal discovery, litigation and audits where every page needs a traceable reference.
- Legal discovery
Limitations
It stamps text identifiers; it does not build a load file or index, and existing numbering is not detected automatically.
- Stamps only
Privacy
Numbering runs in the browser; documents are never uploaded, which matters for confidential legal files.
- 100% local