Add a header, footer or Bates number to every page
Office and court documents often need a company name, a date or a unique Bates number on every page. Write {n}, {total}, {date} or {bates} in your text and the right value is filled in on each page automatically.
Bates numbering stamps every page with a unique sequential reference, usually with a prefix — ABC-000001, ABC-000002 and so on. Courts, law firms and tender committees use it so that any page in a bundle of thousands can be named without ambiguity.
Merge the whole bundle into one file with Merge PDF before numbering, so the sequence runs continuously across every document in the submission.
For a report or an assignment, a header with the title and a footer with your name and the date makes a printed copy far easier to handle — especially once the staple comes out. Keep it short; a long header collides with the page content.
Giving each page a unique number such as ABC-000001 — a requirement in legal filing.
Leave the header box empty.
No, the stamping is done in your browser.
Yes, along with the prefix and how many digits to pad to.
It sits in the margin. If the document has no margin, reduce the text size.
Not from the stamped file. Keep your original.
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