Legal PDF tools for contracts and exhibits

Assembling a packet that cites cleanly

Exhibit packets fail on the details: a missing signature page, a numbering scheme nobody can cite, a draft stamp absent from a document still in review. The reliable sequence is merge the components into one file, add page numbers so every reference is a stable 'page 17 of 94', watermark the draft status where needed, and split out any section that should travel separately.

Simple page numbering is not Bates numbering — it will not satisfy a court rule that prescribes a specific label format — but for client review packets, contract bundles, and internal case files, consistent corner numbering is usually what is actually needed.

Privileged material stays on the device

The reason to do this work in a browser tool rather than a generic online converter is the file path: contracts, discovery material, and client documents are parsed and rewritten locally, so the document never exists on a third-party server. There is no upload to log, no retained copy to subpoena, and no retention policy to audit.

When a file does have to leave — by email, into a data room — encrypting it first adds a layer that survives forwarding. The password is applied on your device and never transmitted here, so it can be shared through a separate channel with confidence.

Filings, scans, and size limits

Scanned exhibits and photographed documents are routinely too large for email or portal limits. Compressing re-encodes the pages locally and usually brings a scan well under the threshold while keeping the text legible; splitting isolates the exhibit a recipient actually needs. Rotating mis-oriented scans and deleting blank or duplicated pages before filing are small fixes that prevent a sloppy-looking bundle.