Legal Exhibit Tabs & Case Binder Dividers

The exhibit list already exists — it is the PDF you filed. Drop that PDF onto the designer and Tabzoola reads the exhibit stamps straight off it, so the tabs for a trial binder come from the document instead of being retyped out of it. Twenty exhibits become twenty tabs, in the order they are stamped.

It reads stamps the way they are actually applied: EXHIBIT A, Exhibit 12, EXHIBIT AA, Ex. 4, and party-prefixed forms such as PX-4, DX 7 or P-12. Only stamps near the top of a page count — that is where cover-sheet and corner stamps sit — so a line of body text that merely mentions “see Exhibit B” never turns into a tab. Up to 150 tabs are read from a single document.

The file never leaves your computer. The reading happens inside your browser; nothing is uploaded to Tabzoola. That is the difference that matters when the document is privileged discovery rather than something you can hand to a vendor.

Then you check it. Every title stays editable before the set prices, so anything the document got wrong is fixed in the designer rather than discovered on the proof.

• Exhibit stamps — EXHIBIT A, Exhibit 12, EXHIBIT AA, Ex. 4, PX-4, DX 7, P-12
• PDF bookmarks — when the filing has an outline, that outline is the tab list
• A printed contents page — read from the first pages, dot leaders and all
• Word documents — heading styles become tab titles
• Scanned exhibits — an image-only PDF has no text layer to read, so photograph the old tab set instead and we read the tabs from the photo

Exhibit sets are ordered by range, and the range is usually dictated by the court, the jurisdiction or opposing counsel rather than chosen. All of these generate automatically in the designer — enter the range and the sequence fills itself:

• A–Z — the standard lettered exhibit set, 26 tabs
• A–T — a common court-specified lettered range that stops short of the full alphabet
• AA–ZZ — double letters, for sets that run past Z; used with A–Z ahead of it for 700+ exhibits
• 1–20 — the short numeric exhibit set typical of a single motion or deposition
• 1–100, 1–250, 1–500 — trial and multi-witness sets; all price online
• I–XX — Roman numerals, still specified in some jurisdictions and appellate practice

Exhibit numbering rarely starts at 1 in practice. A set can begin at any number — Exhibit 501, 1200, or wherever the last set ended — and run any length from there. That matters when exhibits are numbered continuously across depositions, or when each party has an assigned block.

Party prefixes work the same way: P-1 through P-40, D-1 through D-40, or your own convention printed exactly as given.

Whether your court or jurisdiction calls for numbered exhibits (1, 2, 3…), alphabetical exhibits (A, B, C…), or a custom sequence, you set the labels directly in the online designer. Sequential numbering is generated automatically, so a 1-to-250 exhibit set takes seconds to configure.

• Numbered exhibits — any range, generated in sequence
• Alphabetical exhibits — A–Z, AA–ZZ, or custom letters
• Mixed or custom labels — "Exhibit", dates, witness names, deposition references
• Collated into complete sets, ready to drop into the binder

Exhibit dividers come in two builds and courts see both. Side tab — tabs stepping down the right 11″ edge of a portrait page — is the standard for three-ring trial binders and is what the online designer prices instantly, in any range.

Bottom tab dividers — tabs staggered along the bottom edge of the portrait page, the style many state courts and older filing conventions specify — price instantly in the online designer, the same as side tabs: choose Bottom Tab, then letter or legal size, and type the range. The ranges, stocks, Mylar on every tab and collation are identical to the side-tab sets, and a free PDF proof comes before anything prints.

Legal binders get pulled, copied, and re-filed constantly. Mylar edge reinforcing bonds a tough clear film along the three-hole-punched edge so the holes don't tear out of the rings. Choose your cut (1/5 is common for exhibits, higher cuts fit more tabs per page) and 90 lb index stock for a substantial, professional feel.