Bates Stamp Options in DocReviewPad
Add, customize, and manage Bates numbers for documents during review or before production.
DocReviewPad allows you to customize how Bates numbers appear before applying them to documents.
Bates Stamp Options
These settings apply to the documents or pages you’ve selected:
- Prefix: Up to 64 characters (shown at the start of a Bates Range).
- Separator: Adds a dash (-) between the prefix and the number.
- Starting Number: Up to 9 digits with leading zeros.
- Ghost Stamp: Assigns a Ghost Bates number instead of a stamp on the page.
- Size: Choose from three sizes.
- Border: None, solid, or dashed.
- Color: Choose one of the preset background colors (yellow, green, blue, pink, or black) or leave it transparent.
- Position: Choose a corner of the page.
- Rotation: Change the direction of the stamp.
A preview shows how the stamp will look before you apply it.
Please review Assigning Bates Numbers in DocReviewPad on our Help Center for more information.
A Ghost Bates number tracks a document by Bates number without stamping anything on the page. Use it when you want Bates numbering for organization but don’t want the number on the exported file.
Ghost Bates Numbers
Ghost Bates numbers appear:
- In the document list
- Over the document or video in DocReviewPad
- In reports
- In export file names, when you name exports by Bates number
Ghost Bates numbers are never applied to the page when you export.
Note: Video always uses Ghost Bates numbers because nothing can be stamped on a video.
Note: Ghost Bates numbers can’t be found with TrialPad’s in-document text search because they aren’t on the page.
Why Bates Numbers Include Leading Zeros
DocReviewPad uses a monospaced font, meaning each character occupies the same width.
Leading zeros maintain consistent alignment as numbers increase. This makes it easier to flip through pages and visually locate a specific number.