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SUMMATION BLAZE is used by over 35,000 attorneys and legal assistants nationwide. One of SUMMATION BLAZE’s primary uses is the searching of transcripts provided to law firms by court reporters like you.
Some CAT systems have an option to output in either "AMICUS" or "SUMMATION" format. If you see either option on your output to ASCII screen, just use the option to produce floppy disks.
If your CAT system does not have a SUMMATION (or Amicus) option, follow the instructions below when creating ASCII file transcripts for your SUMMATION customers. (An example of an Amicus formatted transcript page is printed on the reverse of this card.)
Summation Preferred Transcript Format Description Required by Summation:
- Transcript Size must be less than one megabyte.
- Consistent number of lines per page if neither page breaks nor our preferred page number format (see below) are used.
- No lines longer than 78 characters.
- Place line numbers in columns 2 and 3.
- Text should start at least one space after line number, we recommend starting in column 7.
Preferred by Summation for Enhancing Proximity Searching, Phrase Searching, and Note Location Accuracy:
- Make sure page numbers are left justified, contain four (or five) digits and are zero filled. For example use 0034 (or 00034) for page 34. First digit of the page number is considered column one.
- Make sure that the very first line of the transcript (which is usually the top of the caption page) contains the page number of the first page of the volume; for example, you might use "0123" (or "00123") if the second volume of a deponent’s testimony begins with page 123.
- Page breaks (also known as "form feeds") are not necessary, and are not advised for transcripts already containing left justified, zero filled page numbers. If you must include them, they should be on the line preceding the corresponding page number.
- Do not use any headers or footers.
- Number all lines in the body of the transcript.
- Remove blank lines.
23 THE COURT: I am not sure that that effort -- a lot
24 of those that might be is one that was contemplated by
25 Rule 218.
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1 MR. GEORGE: Certainly, sir, to the extent I submit
2 he is qualified to give expert evidence in this field.
3 It would, I would think fall within 218 but again he is
4 opinioning on matters that the defendants' experts have
5 an opinion on in the past.
6 THE COURT: So far, you know, it seems to me that
7 what I am being asked to do is make a ruling now on the
8 admissibility of defense evidence-in-chief which is going
9 to come -- I know that you said this to me the other day,
10 Mr. GEORGE, and you make a suggestion that perhaps now is
11 not the time to be dealing with this matter.
12 MR. GEORGE: That was the reasoning for my argument
13 along that line, sir.
14 THE COURT: I am really not concerned so far in
15 the argument about whether certain reports will go into
16 evidence under Rule 118.1 (3). I am concerned whether I
17 am asked -- I am being asked to rule on whether or not
18 certain witnesses will be allowed to give certain evidence
19 two years from now.
20 MR. GEORGE: With respect, sir, you are being asked
21 to determine whether certain expert witnesses will be
22 allowed to give certain expert evidence two years from now
23 but only as it affects Rastech.
24 THE COURT: Yes.
25 MR. GEORGE: My friend has -
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1 THE COURT: I don't intend to say anything today, by
2 the way, relating to admissibility of reports as evidence.
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