When compiling a Consolidated Trial Bundle or Record of Appeal from 15 separate pleadings, witness statements, and documentary exhibits, Kenyan litigation teams face an immediate formatting problem: almost every source document already carries its own internal page number in the top-right or bottom-right corner (Page 3 of 9, - 14 -, or a lower-court registry folio). Stamping a new running bundle page number directly on top of existing ink creates an illegible smudge—while printing, stamping by hand, and re-scanning destroys Ctrl+F text searchability and inflates a 5 MB pleading into an 85 MB file that fails Judiciary CTS e-Filing size limits.
With KortiBundle (kortibundle.com), advocates, pupils, and litigation clerks eliminate manual desktop PDF cleanup completely. KortiBundle provides an intuitive browser workspace that automatically masks old corner page numbers, applies crisp continuous pagination badges, stamps every-10th-line right-margin markers on pleadings and proceedings, and exports compact, 100% text-searchable PDFs ready for Kenya Judiciary CTS e-Filing.
1. How to Mask Old Corner Numbers & Apply Clean Pagination in KortiBundle
Instead of manually drawing whiteout boxes page-by-page in desktop editors, KortiBundle gives litigation teams complete visual control over bundle pagination in five simple workflow steps:
Practical Pagination & Styling Options in the KortiBundle Studio
- Automatic Old-Pagination Erasure: When enabled in the Pagination panel, KortiBundle cleanly masks conflicting corner numbers on lower-court proceedings and annexed exhibits before stamping your new running bundle folio.
- Court-Appropriate Visual Presets: Choose from Judicial Gold Badge, Supreme Court Blue Pill, High-Contrast Crimson Pill, Formal Boxed Frame, or Classic Bold Text, and customize the format (e.g.,
Page {page}orPage {page} of {total}). - Interactive Page-by-Page Inspector: Need to nudge a page number badge away from a Commissioner for Oaths seal or skip numbering on a specific separator sheet? Open the Page Inspector to drag the badge or set a custom page-number override on any individual sheet.
- Include Front Matter in Pagination: Toggle 1:1 PDF viewer parity so the Cover Page and Table of Contents Index are counted in the running folio sequence—ensuring that typing "Page 45" in the Judiciary CTS PDF viewer lands on the exact page stamped
Page 45.
2. Combining Pagination with Every-10th-Line Margin Numbering
When preparing a Record of Appeal under Court of Appeal Rule 87 or High Court Order 42, or formatting lengthy Witness Statements for a High Court Order 11 Trial Bundle, counsel must also provide right-margin line numbering (10, 20, 30...) so the bench can locate exact passages during oral highlights. In KortiBundle's Tenth-Lining Studio, you can enable tenth-lining across the entire record or toggle it selectively on pleadings and typed proceedings while leaving bank statements, photographs, and title deed copies free of margin numbers.
| Bundle Preparation Task | Manual Desktop PDF Editing | KortiBundle Litigation Studio |
|---|---|---|
| Removing Old Exhibit Page Numbers | 30–45 minutes drawing manual white boxes page-by-page | 1-click 'Erase Old Pagination' toggle across all pages |
| Text Searchability (Ctrl+F in Court) | Often lost when printing, stamping & re-scanning | 100% preserved with crisp selectable text |
| Judiciary CTS 50MB File Size Compliance | Scanned bundles frequently exceed 60MB–100MB | Compact output + automated multi-volume splitting |
| Clickable Table of Contents & Bookmarks | Breaks whenever a single page is inserted | Auto-generated & hyperlinked to exact start pages |
Explore live Kenyan litigation tools on KortiBundle and related practice guides:
- KortiBundle Every-10th-Line Margin Numbering Tool — Stamp Rule 87 and Order 42 right-margin line markers on pleadings and proceedings.
- Judiciary CTS e-Filing PDF Preparation Studio — Keep court bundles searchable, bookmarked, and within the 50MB Judiciary e-Filing limit.
- Passing Kenya Judiciary CTS e-Filing Portal Validation on the First Upload — Complete guide to 50MB volume splitting and Supreme Court 150-page caps.