Add Bates Numbers

Add Bates Numbers in Adobe Acrobat — with two ready prompts: the immediate one, and the one that makes it stick. 1 real situation leads here.

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Add Bates numbers to inspection exhibits so every page in a long investigation is uniquely identified.

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Execute — do the immediate task

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Apply Bates numbers to all exhibits for [investigation=Investigation 112] so every page has a…
Apply Bates numbers to all exhibits for [investigation=Investigation 112] so every page has a unique identifier, then save the Bates-numbered file to the investigation folder.

Improve — make it easier to accept

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Number the exhibits for [investigation=Investigation 112] in a way that stands up in court: use a…
Number the exhibits for [investigation=Investigation 112] in a way that stands up in court: use a consistent prefix, include county and case number, embed Bates numbers in the footer, and export a Bates index mapping file name to page range for the prosecutor and case file.

Who does this, and with what

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Zoning InspectorAdobe Acrobat ProBluebeam Revualso: Index Inspection Exhibitsalso: Create Page Identifiers

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