How may I rename bookmarks with the section’s Bates number range?

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January 25, 2020
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I've got an 8,000-page document with bookmarks. I'd like to rename the bookmarks with the Bates number range (or even just the Bates number of the bookmarked page), so I may then split the document into files named with the appropriate Bates number range. Been at this for several hours now, and can't seem to make more headway. I'm using Mac Catalina 10.15.2 and Acrobat Pro DC 2019. I'd sure appreciate someone's insight to get this done and off to the lawyers.

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try67

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Is each page Bates numbered? If so, what pattern did you use? This is not a simple task if you need to read the numbers off the pages. It's better to recreate the Bates numbering when editing the bookmarks directly. Either way, it will require a custom-made script to be developed.

dianaascherAuthor

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Yes, I used the Bates numbering stamp to number each page with a three-letter prefix and six-digit sequential number, from 000001 through 008152.

Using Python, I was able to rename each of the 300 files exported by bookmark to sequential file numbers (1 through 300), but I’d like to rename them instead by the Bates number of the first and last pages of each file.

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try67

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If you're interested I could develop for you a script that will do that, for a fee.

You can send me a sample file to [try6767 at gmail.com] so we could discuss it further.

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