We've had a terrific reception for TextMap 2, the important new version of our transcript summary utility that works hand-in-hand with CaseMap.  TextMap 2 features cross-transcript searching, built-in PDF reporting, condensed transcript printing, and much more.

The new CaseSoft Webinar Center has oodles of no-charge training sessions available for viewing, e.g., the CaseMap Integration webinar coming up next week and a over a dozen brand new Ten-Minute Tutorials.

Attending LegalTech NY or the ATLA Winter Conference next week?  See us there!

Details on these and other topics below.

1. CaseMap Integration Webinar Coming Up Next Week

To sign up for this class, click the link below and then select the Enroll button next to the "Send to CaseMap Webinar" when you arrive at our Webex site.

2. No-Charge CaseMap Fundamentals Phone Training

Each CaseMap user is eligible for a no-charge, one-on-one phone training session conducted by a member of the CaseSoft Support Staff.  These sessions typically last an hour.  The only cost to you is calling in for the training. 

To schedule a training session, please write support@casesoft.com.  Our phone training schedule is typically booked 10-14 days in advance, so please write us today.

We also have numerous prerecorded webinars covering basic and advanced CaseMap topics. 

Click to visit the CaseSoft Webinar Center

3. Enhanced Transcript Searching & Summarizing in TextMap 2

Thousands of clients have upgraded to TextMap 2 since we released it last month.  They're saying extremely positive things about the new searching and reporting features.

We welcome you to review the full-featured trial version of TextMap 2 and draw your own conclusions.

Click to obtain TextMap 2

You can also view a Ten-Minute Tutorial webinar that shows TextMap 2 in action.

Click to view TextMap 2 in Ten Minutes (which actually runs about 15)

Here are the most important new features in TextMap 2:

Enhanced Transcript Importing

TextMap 2 imports electronic transcripts with any number of lines per page and with or without headers and footers.

Cross-Transcript Searching

TextMap 2 includes new searching functionality that instantly displays a list of the page/line locations where a word or phrase appears in all case transcripts.  When electronic transcripts are imported into TextMap 2, each word is indexed and added to a word list that appears by default in the Word Search task pane on the right side of the TextMap 2 window.

Built-in PDF Capabilities

TextMap 2 features built-in PDFing like that in CaseMap 5.  Rather than printing TextMap reports, you can create PDFs of them without the need for a full Acrobat license.  There's even a "Print to PDF and Email" option that creates a PDF of a TextMap report and automatically attaches it to an email that's ready to send.

Search Results Reports

Anytime you conduct a word or phrase search in TextMap 2, two mouse clicks create a printed or PDF report of the search results.  A Search Report lists all word/phrase hits across all transcripts.  For each hit, the transcript name and page/line reference is displayed and followed by the search word displayed in context -- 12 lines of transcript appear above the word hit and 12 lines of transcript appear below.           

Click to view a Search Results Report generated as a PDF directly from TextMap 2 

Condensed Transcript Printing

Two clicks in TextMap 2 and any transcript can be printed or PDFed as either full-sized pages or with "condensed" pages where four transcript pages are placed on a single output page.

Click to view a Condensed Transcript generated as a PDF directly from TextMap 2

Transcript Highlight Reports

TextMap makes it easy to cull key testimony from transcripts and organize it in CaseMap.  We call the text selections that are sent to CaseMap "highlights" in that they remain highlighted in the transcript for easy identification.  TextMap 2 includes a new Transcript Highlight Report that prints the transcript segments you've sent to CaseMap in the order in which they appear within the source deposition or examination.  Printed below each transcript text selection are the associated fact fields from CaseMap, e.g., Date & Time, Fact Text, Source, Linked Issues.

Click to view a Transcript Highlights Report generated as a PDF directly from TextMap 2 

Replication & Synchronization

TextMap 2 includes new replication & synchronization features.  You can make a replica of a TextMap file, work in the replica as you travel, e.g., add new transcripts to it and send new transcript highlights to CaseMap, and then meld these additions and edits back into the master TextMap file via synchronization.

"Send-to-CaseMap" Functionality

The key feature of TextMap remains the ability to cull critical passages from transcripts and send them to a CaseMap file where they can be organized.  You can use the Send to CaseMap features of TextMap both to create new facts in CaseMap and to append new sources to existing facts.

See these features in action.  Try out the full-featured trial version of TextMap 2.

Click to obtain TextMap 2

4. Updated Document Indexing/Acrobat White Paper

We've received such positive responses to "The Bell Curve & Document Indexing/Imaging," our new white paper on using Adobe Acrobat and CaseMap for document indexing, that we created a new version containing screen shots.  If you haven't read this article, please give it a look.

Click to obtain a PDF version of The Bell Curve & Document Indexing/Imaging

We have many other think pieces that you may find of interest, e.g., "Creating & Using Issue Analysis Memos."

Click to visit the CaseSoft White Paper Library

5. 24/7 Paralegal & Legal Assistant Certification Webinars

Over 1,000 paralegals and legal assistants have taken advantage of our new Certification programs for CaseMap and TimeMap. 

We're offering two distinct Certifications: "CaseMap Document Indexing" and "TimeMap Timeline Graphing."  Both are no charge and are now set up so they can be taken anytime. 

To receive your Certificate, you need to view a webinar and read an associated article.

Please click the link below to view the webinars, articles, and learn other certification details.

Click to learn more about the Certification Process

• CaseMap Overview - Four Part Series -- In this four-part Ten-Minute Tutorial series, CaseSoft President Bob Wiss discusses using CaseMap to capture, organize, analyze and communicate vital case thinking. Each module builds on the previous one; we recommend viewing them in sequential order.

• DepPrep in Ten Minutes -- Attorney David Hirsch, the author of the material in our DepPrep witness preparation tutorial, explains how DepPrep can be put to work.

• TimeMap in Ten Minutes -- A quick overview of our award-winning timeline graphing tool.

• Sending Data From CaseMap to TimeMap  -- While CaseMap and TimeMap are separate applications, it's easy to send data from CaseMap to TimeMap to jumpstart the process of creating a timeline graph.  This webinar teaches you how.

• Creating a Document Index in CaseMap -- A review of the fundamentals of using CaseMap's document spreadsheet.

• TextMap 2 in Ten Minutes -- A visual and verbal overview of the many enhanced features in the brand new version of our TextMap transcript summary tool.

• What's New in CaseMap 5 - 101 & 201 -- These two tutorials provide an overview of the new features in the latest version of our flagship case analysis tool.

• Acrobat & CaseMap Integration - 101 & 201 -- These webinars review the tight linking between Acrobat and CaseMap.  They shows built-in creation of PDF reports from CaseMap as well as using CaseMap and the Acrobat Linker Plug-In with text PDF's for quick fact entry to the Facts spreadsheet. 

• CaseMap's Adobe PDF Bulk Importer -- The Adobe PDF Bulk Importer exemplifies the enhanced integration with Adobe Acrobat available in CaseMap 5. The presentation shows that it's a cinch to link any number of PDF files to a CaseMap database.

• ReportBooks 101 -- This tutorial introduces the most important new feature of CaseMap 5, the ReportBook. You'll see this important new type of CaseMap case analysis work product and cover the basics of using the default ReportBooks that are included in CaseMap 5. 

• Adding CaseMap Objects on the Fly -- You're entering data on the Facts spreadsheet of CaseMap and you discover a new person that doesn't have a short name. Instead of navigating to the Objects-Persons spreadsheet to add him/her you need to know how to add Objects "on the fly".

Click to view our library of Ten-Minute Tutorials