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Trial Director Tips and Tricks

Topic: Presentation Scripts

One of the electronic tools attorneys seem to have no problem embracing in a trial setting are PowerPoint presentations. A tool like Trial Director seems to be so scary. But scary no more! A tool like Presentation Scripts allows for PowerPoint-like functionality in the court room, only with all Trial Director's bells and whistles! This function allows you to organize your exhibits in the order you wish to present them, save them, then display them one-by-one in the courtroom with a single-click of the space bar! Here's how you do it:

1. Create a workbook and populate it with the exhibits you wish to present, then organize them in the order you want to present them in.
2. Right-click on the workbook and find Send Workbook Contents to Presentation Script.
3. You only have two options: 1) Give it a name and/or 2) have each slide advance automatically every [x] amount of seconds. Click OK.
4. Remember what you called it, as there is no indication anywhere that you just did this.
5. Go to presentation mode. Type in the name of your presentation script (just like you would any exhibit) and hit enter. Voila! Your first exhibit is displayed, and advances every time you hit the space bar (except where you've entered a number of seconds for an automatic slide advance).
6. Note: This functionality works in both 4.x and 5.x versions. In 4.x, you work with Folders rather than Workbooks, but the process is the same.

Topic: Admitting Exhibits

Compiling a list of exhibits over the course of a trial can be a pain. TrialDirector has a very easy way to compile a list of all exhibits that have been admitted, or marked for admission.

1. You must be in Presentation mode for this function to work
2. While the exhibit is on the screen, type in -AD, then <Enter>
3. Once done, TrialDirector saves the exhibit in a Workbook called Admitted, subsequently saved by date admitted.
4. Caution: If any markups have been applied to the exhibit while in presentation mode, they will not be saved when admitting it. You would also need to click on the camera button to take a screenshot with any markups applied.

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