Bates numbers

bates numbering adds unique, sequential numbers to each page in a pdf, often used in legal and business documents it helps with organizing, referencing, and tracking pages across large document sets how to add bates numbers to a pdf document in the edit edit tab, click on bates numbers which is located in the headers/footers section bates numbers menu a dialogue box will open, where you can specify the settings and parameters of the bates numbers bates numbers dialogue box specify the font, pages, layout, location of numbers, number of digits, and what number to start from once done, click add to add the digits portion to the number add the numeric values the result looks like this numbers added once done, click add to save these settings as a preset add to presets then select the preset and click ok select the preset and proceed the result looks like this final result on pdf how to remove the bates numbers from a pdf document to remove an existing bates number the quickest method is to select the small triangle icon ▼ ▼ next to the bates number text and the menu to remove headers/footers will appear removing the bates number this will remove the bates numbers from the document