> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://help.brieftech.ai/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://help.brieftech.ai/reference/court-bundle-settings.md). # Court bundle settings Court bundle settings are grouped into the sections below, matching the **Create Bundle** panel. A bundle is generated as one PDF per volume, packaged together in a ZIP archive for download. ## Cover page ### Cover Page Template Each volume can begin with a cover page. The cover is a DOCX template you upload for the collection, using the Cover Page Template control. The template can include syntax tokens — for example `{v}` for the volume number and `{vT}` for the total number of volumes — which are substituted when the bundle is generated; see the [Template syntax](/reference/template-syntax.md) reference for the full list. (On a cover page, `{volumeNumber}` renders the volume *label* and is blank on a single-volume bundle, so `{v}` is the reliable token for a number.) If no cover template is uploaded for the collection, no cover page is added and the volume begins at the first index, tab or document page instead. ### Blank pages before index | Setting | Default | Description | | ------------------------ | ------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Blank pages before index | 0 | Number of blank pages inserted in every volume, after the cover page and before the intro document and index. Set to 0 to disable. | ## Template and document uploads The Cover Page Template, the Tab / Page Separators Template and the intro document each use the same controls, stored against the current collection: | Control | Behaviour | | ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | Status line | Shows `Not set` when nothing is stored, or the stored file's name once there is one. | | Upload / Replace | Opens the file picker. Reads **Upload** when nothing is stored, **Replace** once a file exists. The two templates accept `.docx`; the intro document accepts `.pdf` or `.docx`. | | Download | Retrieves the stored file. | | Delete | Appears only once a file is stored. For the two **templates**, it removes the stored file. For the **intro document**, it clears the document from this collection's bundle settings — the file itself stays in storage. | While a file is uploading, the status line shows an **Uploading & validating…** badge and a progress bar, and the controls are unavailable until it finishes. ## Document upload | Setting | Description | | --------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | Submission / Affidavit / Intro Document | An optional document placed in volume 1 before the index. Upload a PDF or DOCX, or leave it unset (default). | ## Index / table of contents | Setting | Default | Options | | ------------------ | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Index generation | Master index in volume 1 and per-volume indexes | **No index**, **Master index in volume 1 only**, **Master index in volume 1 and per-volume indexes**. | | Index layout style | Classic table (Volume headings) | **Classic table (Volume headings)**, **Grouped by sections (Senior/Junior volumes)**. | | Document Font | Arial | The font used for the index (table of contents). Options: **Arial**, **Times New Roman**, **Courier New**, **Georgia**, **Helvetica**, **Calibri**, **Cambria**, **Tahoma**, **Verdana**. | ## Volumes settings | Setting | Default | Description | | ---------------------------- | ----------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Max Pages Per Volume | 300 | The target page count per volume. This form accepts 31 or more, or blank to use the default; a lower value set via the API is used as stored. | | Volume Split Strategy | Auto (smart split) | How documents are split across volumes. Options: **Auto (smart split)**, **Allow split when needed**, **Never split**. | | Auto Split Threshold (pages) | 5 | Shown only when **Volume Split Strategy** is **Auto (smart split)**. A document is then moved whole to the next volume if it would start within this many pages of the volume end. | | Volume column template | Automatic default | Controls how each volume's label is composed (for example plain numbering, or a senior/junior form). Choose a preset — Automatic default, Simple, SG ROA, or MY ROA — or write your own template. | | Volume Names Overrides | (none) | Optional custom names for your volumes, one per line. When set, these replace the normal numbered volume labels. | | Filename on Export | Volume {volumeNumber} | The file name given to each volume's PDF. Once every document in the collection you are exporting from has been charged — the whole matter, if you chose All — it also sets the base name of that volume's Word (`.docx`) copies in the ZIP, for example `Cover - Volume 1.docx` and `TOC - Volume 1.docx`. That test covers the whole collection, so an uncharged document sitting outside the volumes you selected still withholds the Word copies. A watermarked bundle contains volume PDFs only, with no Word copies. Tab pages are named from the document's serial number instead. Choose one of four presets, or write your own — see **Filename tokens** below. The final name is cleaned before use: invalid filename characters (backslash, slash, colon, asterisk, question mark, double-quote, angle brackets, pipe) are replaced with spaces and the name is capped at 120 characters; if nothing is left, it falls back to `Vol {volume number}`. | | Scaling mode | Keep original page size | Page sizing. Options: **Keep original page size**, **Normalize to A4 by orientation**. | **How each Volume Split Strategy behaves** * **Auto (smart split)** (default) — a document that would overflow the current volume is split across the volume break to fill the remaining pages, *unless* it would begin within the **Auto Split Threshold** (default 5) pages of the volume end, in which case it is moved whole to the next volume to avoid a stub. * **Allow split when needed** — a document that does not fit the current volume is split at the volume boundary: the pages that fit stay, and the rest continue in the next volume. * **Never split** — a document that does not fit is moved whole to the next volume and never cut. The one exception is a document longer than **Max Pages Per Volume**: it cannot fit in any single volume, so it is split regardless of this setting. ## Filename tokens Four presets are offered: * `Vol {vol}` * `{collectionName} - Vol {vol}` * `Vol {vol} ({v} of {vT})` * `Vol {v}` `{vol}` renders the volume label built from your **Volume column template**, so it follows whatever you set there. To write your own, the field's token picker offers sixteen tokens: * **Context** — `{workspaceName}`, `{collectionName}`, `{today}`, `{vT}` * **Volume number** — `{v}` * **Junior volume** — `{A}`, `{a}`, `{n}`, `{R}`, `{r}` * **Senior volume** — `{sA}`, `{sa}`, `{sn}`, `{sR}`, `{sr}` * **Sections** — `{j}` See the [Template syntax](/reference/template-syntax.md) reference for what each one renders. The older `{volumeNumber}` and `{totalVolumes}` aliases still work, but are not in the picker's list. ## Tab / Page Separators | Setting | Default | Options | | --------- | ----------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Tab pages | Double Sided Tabs / Page Separators | **No Tabs / Page Separators**, **Single Page Tabs / Page Separators**, **Double Sided Tabs / Page Separators**. | An optional DOCX template used for each document's tab (separator) page, stored against the collection. If no template is uploaded, a built-in tab page is generated instead: an A4 page carrying the text `TAB` followed by the document's serial number, centred in 120-point Helvetica Bold. How many pages that tab occupies depends on the **Tab pages** setting above: * **Double Sided Tabs / Page Separators** (the default) — the tab is followed by a blank backing page, and preceded by one where needed so it always falls on an odd-numbered page. A built-in (single-page) tab therefore takes two pages, or three when a leading blank is required. If you upload a tab template that is more than one page long, the count grows with it: the tab keeps its own page count, gains a leading blank when it would otherwise start on an even page, and gains a trailing backing page whenever its own page count is odd. * **Single Page Tabs / Page Separators** — the tab is a single page. * **No Tabs / Page Separators** — no tab page is generated. ## Per-document overrides Most settings above apply to the whole collection. Two of them — **Tab Page Override** and **Volume Split Strategy** — can be overridden per document from the More actions menu on that document's row in the Document Index → ![Configure Bundle Overrides](/files/Y2V4j8zEEZemSx92y4Y5), which opens the **File Overrides** dialog: | Override | Default | Options | | --------------------- | ---------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | Tab Page Override | Default (collection setting) | **No tab page**, **Single-page tab**, **Pull-out tab** — overrides the collection **Tab pages** setting for this one document. | | Volume Split Strategy | Default (collection setting) | **Auto (smart split)**, **Allow split when needed**, **Force into new volume**, **Never split** — forces or prevents volume splitting for this one document. | An override left on **Default (collection setting)** uses the collection setting. Save applies the overrides; Cancel discards them. **Reset to defaults** clears a document's saved overrides and is greyed out until the document has one. A document's volume placement can also be overridden per document without this dialog, from the same **⋮** menu: Push to Next Volume, Split to Next Volume… and Reset Volume Placement. See [Reorder documents and add structure](/how-to-guides/index/reorder-documents-add-structure.md) and [Split a bundle into volumes](/how-to-guides/index/split-into-volumes.md). ## Bookmarks | Setting | Default | Description | | ----------------------- | ------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | Bookmark Title Template | `{tab} - {summary}{partSuffix}` | The template used to name PDF bookmarks for each document. Presets: `TAB {tab} - {summary}{partSuffix}`, `{tab} - {summary}{partSuffix}`, `{tab}. {summary}{partSuffix}`. Tokens: `{tab}`, `{summary}`, and `{partSuffix}` — the last renders as, for example, `(Part 1 of 3)` on a document split across volumes, and is empty otherwise. | ## Pagination | Setting | Default | Description | | ----------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Stamp page numbers on | Index, Tab / Separators, Submission / Intro Doc | Which page types get stamped numbers. Available: **Cover**, **Submission / Intro Doc**, **Index**, **Tab / Separators**. Removing a type hides its stamps only — those pages are still counted in the bundle's total pagination. Any blank pages added by **Blank pages before index** are always counted and always carry a stamped page number — there is no toggle to remove their stamps. | | Page Number Template | Page number only | The format of the stamped page number. Choose a preset — `{p}`, `{vol}-{p}`, `BOA {vol}-{p}`, or `V{vol}-{p}` — or write your own using the volume and page tags. | | Font Size | 14 | Page number font size. | | Font Family | Helvetica | **Helvetica**, **Times**, or **Courier**. | | Font Color | #000000 (fully opaque) | Page number colour, with an opacity slider to make the text more or less transparent. | | Background Opacity (%) | 0 | Opacity of the background behind the page number. | | Position | Top, right | Where the page number is stamped — horizontal (left, center, right) and vertical (top, bottom). | | Horizontal Margin (pts) | 22 | Distance from the horizontal edge. | | Vertical Margin (pts) | 22 | Distance from the vertical edge. | ## Related
Generate a paginated court bundleGenerate a paginated court bundle from your Document Index./pages/S1SOsoreySW80VYcLo3F
Regenerate a court bundle after making changesRebuild a bundle after making changes./pages/Xn9L0lGE2qz5hKxBsoIk
Template syntaxPlaceholder tokens for cover pages and separators./pages/vVZFzpuMqRhvGcKT2OiU
Serial numbers and date formatsNumbering and date-token reference./pages/KN2LgxNA7iMxtRv0vVU2
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