What's New in TextMap 4

Introduction

TextMap 4 continues to take our transcript summary tool out of the shadow of its big brother CaseMap. It keeps all the functions you told us you love; and simplifies searching transcripts, then culling and annotating those passages. You can even issue code your annotations in this version! Of course you still have the option of organizing them as facts linked back to the transcripts if you're using our CaseMap case analysis tool. TextMap 4 continues to be an easy to use transcript management solution, but it is even more powerful than before -- and a great value!

Click here to view a Webinar of the great new features listed below.

Here are the some of the new features in TextMap 4:

Footnote & End-Note Reports

Now you can produce two entirely new types of reports that show your annotations and notes along with the complete deposition transcript. As the names of these reports suggest, the Footnote Report places notes at the bottom of transcript pages and the End-Notes Report places notes at the back of the transcript. One extra click and these reports can include a Word Index.

When you use the TextMap built-in PDF writer (which doesn’t require an Acrobat® license) to generate these reports, TextMap adds extra functionality to the PDF. For example, in the End-Notes Report, TextMap creates links between each annotation and the associated End Note. TextMap also creates links from the Word Index to the pages on which each word in the index appears.

Here are sample Footnote and End-Note Reports.

 Issue Coding

A brand new feature of TextMap 4 empowers users to import an issue outline from a corresponding CaseMap case file.

If you’re not using CaseMap you can define and work with an issue outline from scratch in TextMap. To help facilitate issue analysis, annotations can be flagged as relating to one or more issues and transcripts can be marked up with colors that correspond to your issues. Color-coded passages appear in reports too! Reports can also be filtered so only annotations associated with specific issues are included. You can create categorizing issues (e.g., Background) that you want to use only in TextMap and not in the CaseMap Issues spreadsheet.

Note-Taking Reports

Another unique style of report available in TextMap 4 that makes it easy to create reports for those trial team members who prefer to work with paper can use to annotate depositions. The new Note-Taking Report prints two condensed transcript pages on the left side of a printed page and adds lines for handwritten notes on the right.
Once the deposition has been marked up, TextMap can be used to capture annotations and related thoughts so everyone on the trial team can share the knowledge. As with other TextMap 4 reports, one extra mouse click and a Word Index can be added to the Note-Taking Report.

To view a sample Note-Taking Report click here.

ReportBooks

We’re taking the ReportBook concept we introduced in CaseMap and adding it to TextMap 4. A ReportBook is a series of case reports with such optional polishing items as a cover page, table of contents, introduction, confidentiality statement and separator pages between reports.

In TextMap 4, a handful of mouse clicks can generate a ReportBook that includes reports of any given style for any number of transcripts. They can be based on Full-sized Transcripts, Condensed Transcripts, Annotation Digests, Footnote/End-Note Reports, Note-Taking Reports and other options. It can even include a single Word Index that references all included depositions.

To view a sample TextMap 4 ReportBook click here.
 

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