To create exhibit PDFs from documents in a document management system (such as Bundledocs or Litigation Ready), first ensure that the document names start with an exhibit mark. Then create a PDF "bundle" of the documents - i.e. a PDF with bookmarks for each document. Then:
Remove any higher level bookmarks so that the only bookmarks are those for the individual documents within the PDF. If you are using PDF X-Change Editor you can use the Delete but retain children function to do this.
Amend the bookmarks so that each of them contains just the exhibit mark preceded by the word Exhibit. If you are using PDF X-Change Editor you can use Bookmarks - Find and Replace to help with this.
Decide whether you will be creating an exhibit label on all pages of each exhibit or just on the first page. If just on the first page, select just the first page of each document. If you are using PDF X-Change Editor you can use Select - Target Pages
Add a transparent yellow label at the top right. If you are using PDF X-Change Editor you can use Organise - Background to do this.
Endorse the bookmark at the top right of each page of each document within the PDF in relatively large lettering. You can do this in blue. If you are using PDF X-Change Editor you can use Organise - Header and Footer - Add and a macro of %[Bookmark]
If the rules of the tribunal require additional markings - for example 2nd Resp: E. W. Jones: 3rd: 24.7.2024 - these can be added with another Organise - Header and Footer - Add specifying a slightly larger top margin (to avoid overwriting) and usually a smaller font.
Flatten the PDF so that the headers are no longer changeable. If you are using PDF X-Change Editor you can use Convert - Rasterise Pages to do this specifying Rasterise for each of the four types of object.
Split the PDF into individual documents. If you are using PDF X-Change Editor you can use Organise - Split - Split Document (with the Bookmarks... do not copy option) to do this.
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