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How to add Bates numbers to a PDF

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Open your PDF in Header, footer and Bates, choose Bates numbering and set a prefix, a start number and a digit count. Each page gets the next number, such as ACME-000001, written into the page.

Three pages of an exhibit, a letter about a heating repair, each with a Bates number at its bottom right, ACME-000001, ACME-000002 and ACME-000003, and a close-up of one corner reading ACME-000001.
Three pages stamped ACME-000001 to ACME-000003.

Add Bates numbers in six steps

  1. Open your PDF. Choose it in Header, footer and Bates; Add header & footer opens.
  2. Choose Bates numbering.
  3. Fill in Prefix, Suffix, Start at and Digits. The preview shows what the first two pages will say.
  4. Pick a Position. For only some pages, set a range in Pages to stamp.
  5. Choose Apply. The numbers appear on the pages.
  6. Choose Download. Each page now carries its number.

Good to know

  • A set of PDFs. Start each file at the number after the last one’s, or, with a free account, run a sequence in your library that counts on from one file to the next.
  • Written into the page. It prints, and search and copy find it.
  • Private. Without an account, the PDF never leaves your device.
  • Plain page numbers? Add page numbers writes “Page 1 of 10”.
  • Anything to hide first? Redact it for good. Everything starts at pdfeditor.page, and there are 45 single-purpose tools at pdfeditor.page/tools.

Questions

Where on the page can the number go?

In any of six places, top or bottom, at the left, centre or right, with margins you set in points.

Can I take the numbers off again?

Yes, if this app added them: open the PDF in Header, footer and Bates again and choose Remove.

Try it

Choose a PDF and set the first number. No sign‑up, no install.

Add Bates numbers