Technicolor - Thomson West Case Notebook Working with a Transcript in Realtime, Using Quick Marks

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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. Double-click a Quick Mark reference in the folder to jump to the Quick Mark in the transcript.

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.

Double-click a Quick Mark reference to jump to its location in the transcript.

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Contents West Case Notebook User Guide Page February West Case NotebookTM User GuideReference Materials About This Guide Billing and Account AssistanceContents Managing Pleadings Working with Full Text Search Using the Word Index West Case Notebook West LiveNote AdministrationIntroduction System RequirementsFile Types for Importing Documents and Pleadings File Types for Importing TranscriptsWest LiveNote Repository Creating a New Local Case Managing CasesCreating a New Case from an Open Case Opening a RealLegal Binder Case Accessing Secure CasesOpening a Local Case Importing a CaseManaging Cases Managing Cases Viewing a List of Favorite Secure Cases Replicating a Case to the Network Replicating Cases Offline and to the NetworkChanging Replication Options Replicating a Case OfflineImporting a Transcript Managing TranscriptsPrinting a Transcript with Annotations Opening an Existing TranscriptClosing a Transcript Deleting a TranscriptClick the Print icon to print the transcript Page Starting the Updating Process Updating TranscriptsUpdating with an E-Transcript File PTX or EXE Updating with a PTF File Updating with an Ascii FileUpdating with a LEF File Page Importing a Document Managing DocumentsImporting Load Files Deleting a Document Opening an Existing DocumentClosing a Document Page Importing a Pleading Managing PleadingsDeleting a Pleading Opening an Existing PleadingClosing a Pleading Delivering a Westlaw Search Result to West Case Notebook Managing ResearchUpdating KeyCite Information Searching for Documents Importing Research Documents Creating a Key Fact Managing Key FactsDeleting a Key Fact Editing a Key FactClosing the Key Facts Tab Saving Key Facts As a West Case Timeline File Page Creating a Character Managing CharactersDeleting a Character Editing a CharacterClosing the Characters Tab Creating Issues Working with IssuesPrioritizing Issues Exporting Issues Importing IssuesWorking with Annotations Adding an Issue Annotation Using the Main Menu ToolbarAdding an Attachment to an Annotation Adding a Key Fact to an AnnotationAssociating Video with an Annotation Deleting Annotations Transferring AnnotationsSending Annotations to Instant Messages Editing AnnotationsPage Creating a Full Text Search Working with Full Text SearchFormatting a Full Text Search Using the Root ExpanderUsing Connectors Using the Universal CharacterCreating Auto Tags Working with Auto TagsShowing and Hiding Auto Tags Managing Auto TagsDeleting Auto Tags Annotations Report Working with ReportsVerbatim Digest Report Attachments Report Issues ReportSearch Report Case ReportTransferring Reports Auto Tag ReportSaving Reports Creating a Data Group Working with Data GroupsEditing Data Groups Using Data Groups in Full Text Searches Using Data Groups in ReportsTransferring Text of a Transcript Transferring Document TextTransferring Text of a Document or Pleading Transferring Text of a Westlaw Document Selecting Word Index Display Options Using the Word IndexPage Connecting with a Serial Connection Connecting to RealtimeUsing LiveNote Stream Accessing LiveNote Stream Through Internet Explorer Accessing LiveNote Stream Through West Case NotebookAccess to Features in LiveNote Stream Page Working with a Transcript in Realtime Using Quick MarksStarting and Stopping Text Quick Marks Report Using Issue Marks Page Creating a Video Segment from a Single Annotation Working with Annotations and Video in TranscriptsPlaying Annotation Video Segments Transferring Annotation Video SegmentsCreating a PowerPoint Presentation from a Single Annotation Transferring Annotations to Microsoft PowerPointSaving PowerPoint Files with the Same Name Appendix a Using Issues to Create an Errata Report Annotations Items that are converted Items that are not convertedTranscripts DocumentsAppendix C Prompts and Messages for Video and PowerPoint Appendix D Connecting to a Simulated Realtime Transcript Appendix E Trial Version of West Case Notebook Page

West Case Notebook specifications

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