How to Use Excel to Create Searchable Bates Numbers.

26 Saturday Sep 2015

Posted by Celia C. Elwell, RP in Adobe Acrobat, Bates Numbers, Excel, Legal Technology, Litigation, Microsoft Office

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Amy Bowser-Rollins, Bates Numbers, Excel Esquire, Litigation Support Guru, Microsoft Excel

Fast Tip Friday, Convert Doc Number List to Searchable Bates Numbers, by Amy Bowser-Rollins, Litigation Support Guru

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This is an adaptation of an article posted on the Excel Esquire site. This scenario happens often in the middle of a litigation matter. Attorneys will make a list of relevant document numbers and only include the part of the number that is different. But in order for a paralegal or litigation support professional to run a search for the documents in a database, we need to re-format the document numbers. . . .