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Bates Numbering Online — Stamp Legal Document Numbers on PDFs, No Upload
Sequential, zero-padded document numbers across all your files — on your device.
Sequential, zero-padded document numbers across all your files — on your device.
Private by design: processing happens on your device with open-source libraries served from this site (licences). Nothing is uploaded, and once loaded the tool keeps working offline. Need other tools? All tools are on the homepage.
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Runs on your deviceTested on Pixel 7 & MacBook Air M2Open-source engines · licences
About this tool
Set a prefix (ABC), the start number and the number of digits, choose the position and size, add the PDFs in order and press Stamp. The counter continues across files — ABC000001 on page 1 of the first file through to the last page of the last file — and the note reports the range used, so you can record it in your index.
Discovery and disclosure documents are exactly the kind of files that should never be uploaded; here they are not.
How it works
- Step 1. Choose or drop the PDFs in sequence order.
- Step 2. Set prefix, start number, digits, position.
- Step 3. Press Stamp and download each numbered file.
Questions
Can the numbering continue in a later session?
Yes — set the start number to the next free number.
Where is the number placed?
Bottom-right by default (1 cm margin); bottom-left, bottom-centre and top-right are available.
Can I add a suffix such as "CONFIDENTIAL"?
Yes, the optional suffix is printed after the number.
Good to know
- Helvetica only.