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# Bates Stamping
## Use Bates Stamp to stamp each page of a document with a unique number. This is useful as it allows both sides of a case to refer to a page with a common reference.
1\. Go to  **Bundle Settings** which is the blue icon to very right of bundle when you are in the Bundledocs homepage.
2\. After clicking  **Bundle Settings**, click on **Advanced** tab to expand it.
3\. Scroll down and toggle **Show Bates Stamp on screen** to yes.
4\. Click **Update.**
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#### This Bates stamping can be applied at the Section or Document level.
**-[Section Level:](https://support.bundledocs.com/knowledge/bates-stamping-#bates-stamp-section-level)** This rule will apply for all documents added to the section.
**[-Document Level:](https://support.bundledocs.com/knowledge/bates-stamping-#bates-stamp-document-level)**This will only apply to the document selected.
**TO APPLY BATES STAMP ON A SECTION LEVEL:**
Click **Section Settings,** which is the blue icon to the very right of each section in your bundle.
Select **Bates Stamp.**
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Tick **Is Bates Stamp Locked?** if you would like to ensure the bates stamp rules applied here cannot be changed by a later process.
Set the **Bates Sequence** as your desired starting sequence number.
Enter your desired **Bates Start** page number**.** Bates Start is your chosen starting page number of your bundle. In this example, 4 will be the starting page number.
Enter your desired **Bates Length**. Bates Length is the minimum number of characters you desire, e.g if you enter "5", then each page number will display five characters, i.e 00004,00005,00006 etc.
Enter your chosen **Bates Prefix**. Bates Prefix is the text which will appear before the page number. In this example, P will be the Bates Prefix.
Enter your chosen **Bates Suffix**. Bates Suffix is the text which will appear after the page number. In this example, G will be the Bates Suffix.
Tick **Apply Bates Stamp to all child documents,** if you would like all descendants (which are not already locked) to have a bates stamp applied.
Tick **Restart Bates Start for each child document,** if you would like to ensure bates start resets for each child document.
Click **Apply.**
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**TO APPLY BATES STAMP ON A DOCUMENT LEVEL:**
Click**Document Settings,** which is the grey icon to the very right of each document in your bundle.
Select **Bates Stamp.**
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Tick **Is Bates Stamp Locked?** if you would like to ensure the bates stamp rules applied here cannot be changed by a later process.
Set the **Bates Sequence** as your desired starting sequence number.
Enter your desired **Bates Start** page number**.** Bates Start is your chosen starting page number of your bundle. In this example, 20 will be the starting page number.
Enter your desired **Bates Length**. Bates Length is the minimum number of characters you desire, e.g if you enter "5", then each page number will display five characters, i.e 00004,00005,00006 etc.
Enter your chosen **Bates Prefix**. Bates Prefix is the text which will appear before the page number. In this example, Q will be the Bates Prefix.
Enter your chosen **Bates Suffix**. Bates Suffix is the text which will appear after the page number. In this example, Z will be the Bates Suffix.
Tick **Apply Bates Stamp to all child documents,** if you would like all descendants (which are not already locked) to have a bates stamp applied.
Tick **Restart Bates Start for each child document,** if you would like to ensure bates start resets for each child document.
Click **Apply.**
5\. Go to  **Generate and Customise Bundle**, which is the 3rd orange icon located at the top of your bundle.
6\. Click **Bates Numbering.**
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7\. Tick **Include Bates Page Number.**
**Note: Bates Start** and **Bates Length** can both be set to 1 here, while **Bates Prefix** and **Bates Suffix** can be left blank.
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8\. Click **Generate.**
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**TOP TIP:** If you are using a custom index, the @Page code needs to be changed to @PageBatesStart for bates numbering to pull through.
Once generated, your chosen bates stamping will pull through. See in this screenshot both bates stamping applied on a section and document level have successfully generated.
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