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title: "Exhibit Number Planner for Multi-Witness Cases | DepoStack"
description: "Plan exhibit numbers across deponents and days: a running series, deponent prefixes, or number blocks. Print or download the log. Free, in your browser."
url: "https://depostack.com/tools/exhibit-numbers/"
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# Exhibit number planner.

Plan the numbers before the first deposition, then keep one log for the case.

## Numbering plan

Choose a scheme and add a deponent to see the plan.

## Exhibit log

The planner needs JavaScript. The blank exhibit log below prints as it is.

*Exhibit log*

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A planning worksheet, not legal advice. The order, rule, or stipulation in your matter decides the numbering.

## The three schemes.

- **Running series, by stipulation.** One running series for the case, as the parties agree. Each deposition starts after the last number used. No order cited: in a two-party case, numbering is usually a matter of habit and stipulation.
- **Per-deponent prefix.** Each deposition starts again at its first number, prefixed with the deponent’s name. The Target data breach MDL order: numbered within each deposition, prefixed with the deponent’s name.
- **Number blocks per deposition.** Each deposition gets its own block of numbers, and no two blocks overlap. The Zantac and Valsartan orders: the court reporter assigns a block per deposition, with no overlapping numbers.

Whichever scheme applies, the log is the same job: every number has one document. Where an order keeps a marked exhibit’s number for the rest of the case, as the Zantac and Valsartan orders do, the “Previously marked as” column is there for that check.

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What the rules require, how orders set numbering, and what to check before a stamped PDF becomes the exhibit: [The state of exhibit marking in 2026](https://depostack.com/blog/state-of-exhibit-marking-2026/).

## Built by the people who produce the record.

These tools are free and need no account. DepoStack is also building software for court reporters: [Exhibits by DepoStack](https://depostack.com/exhibits/), [Transcript by DepoStack](https://depostack.com/transcript/) and [Video by DepoStack](https://depostack.com/video/). [What they mean for a freelance reporter](https://depostack.com/for/freelance-reporters/).

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