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Astonished_portfolio0D44
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April 24, 2015
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  • April 24, 2015
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I am trying to bates number 200 documents- named 1-200 in order. When I add the files to be bates stamped, adobe sorts them 1, 10,11, 12 instead of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. How do I get around this???

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    Correct answer Jorma_at_Knox

    Place 0's in front of numbers, so (assuming 200 docs) 001, 002, 003, ... 045, 046, 047, ... 106, 107, 108, etc.

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    Jorma_at_KnoxCorrect answer
    Legend
    April 27, 2015

    Place 0's in front of numbers, so (assuming 200 docs) 001, 002, 003, ... 045, 046, 047, ... 106, 107, 108, etc.

    Astonished_portfolio0D44
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    April 27, 2015

    Thank you for responding. Still doesn't work that way- I get 001, 0010, 0011, 0012, 0013, 0014, 0015, 0016, 0017, 0018, 0019, 002, 0020 etc... This must be a problem for other people as well- i can't believe there isn't more information about this.

    Jorma_at_Knox
    Legend
    April 27, 2015

    too many zeros. Single digit numbers should have 2 zeros 001, double digit should have 1 zero 010, and three digit numbers should have no zeros 100.  This isn't an Adobe problem, it is how the computer sees numbers and sorts them.