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Utilize Bates Format Feature: Simplifying Document Management

The Utilize Bates Format feature offers a reliable solution for managing documents that require organization and reference clarity. This tool allows you to label documents systematically, ensuring that you can locate and reference each document with ease.

Key Features

Automatic numbering for easy reference
Consistent formatting across all documents
Customization options for numbering styles
Integration capabilities with document management systems
User-friendly interface for seamless operation

Potential Use Cases and Benefits

Law firms managing case documents
Corporate teams organizing contracts and agreements
Educational institutions cataloging research papers
Consultants tracking project-related documents
Nonprofits maintaining records for accountability

By implementing the Utilize Bates Format feature, you can eliminate the frustrations of manual document numbering. This tool saves you time, reduces errors, and enhances the professionalism of your documents. Whether you are a lawyer, a business professional, or a student, this feature provides a structured approach to document management that addresses your needs effectively.

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There is no standard method for numbering documents, nor is there a standard type face used for such numbers. Manual Bates stampers use a self-inking mechanism with four to seven numbered wheels. Some stampers allow for consecutive, repeat, duplicate, and triplicate numbering.
Bates patented his device for applying consecutive numerical stamps to documents in 1892. In the old days, Bates-stamping documents required a person to literally stamp each page of the set of documents to be produced. Clearly, Bates-labels were useful, even essential.
Bates numbering (also known as Bates stamping, Bates branding, Bates coding or Bates labeling) is used in the legal, medical, and business fields to place one or more of identifying numbers, date and time marks on images and documents as they are scanned or processed, for example, during the discovery stage of
Bates Numbering, also known as Bates Stamping, is an indexing method used for legal, business and medical documents (PDFs in most cases). Bates Numbers are perceived as digital reference points used to uniquely identify and label each page in a set of documents.
First, you can change the starting page number. Second, you can add a prefix to the citation. Third, you can set the number of digits for the numeric part of the citation.
You can apply Bates numbering to documents. Bates numbering is especially useful for labeling document collections with sequential numbering, for easy identification and retrieval. To learn more or try for free WordPerfect Office, visit www.wordperfect.com.

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