Working with a Transcript in Realtime
West Case Notebook provides you with tools that are easy to use even when you are working with a transcript in Realtime. You can stop and start the scrolling text, annotate the text, and do quick word searches at the same time that you are listening to what the deponent or witness is saying. You can also annotate and search existing transcripts.
Starting and Stopping Text
To stop the scrolling transcript while in Realtime, click Pause on the toolbar above the transcript.
To browse the text of the transcript, you can use the scroll bar on the right or press the Page Up and Page Down keys or the arrow keys on your keyboard. Pressing Ctrl+Home will take you to the top of the text; pressing Ctrl+End will take you to the end of the text.
To restart the scrolling transcript, click Pause again or click in the text of the transcript.
To stop the scrolling text, click Pause.
To restart the scrolling text, click Pause or click in the text of the transcript.
Use the scroll bar to browse the text of the transcript.
Using Quick Marks
Quick Marks are marks at the line number in the margin of a transcript. They are the simplest form of annotation in West Case Notebook and are displayed as a solid bar in the default Quick Mark color. You can use them as place markers in the text for which you can run searches and generate reports. To insert a Quick Mark, press the spacebar on your keyboard or click a line number.
A complete list of all Quick Marks in a transcript is located in the Annotations folder under the transcript in the left pane. Click the plus symbol (+) next to the transcript to view the Annotations folder.
To delete a Quick Mark, click it in the margin of the transcript.
Press the spacebar or click a line number to place a Quick Mark in the margin of the transcript.
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