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Barkley Court Reporters Merges with Magna Legal Services
Barkley Court Reporters Partners with Magna Legal Services Barkley Court Reporters expands services & national presence through merger with Magna Legal Services Barkley Court Reporters is pleased to announce it’s merger with Magna Legal Services, a court reporting and full-service […]
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Best Practices for Joining Remote Depositions
Barkley recommends joining remote depositions from a MAC or Windows laptop that is equipped with a webcam and high-speed Internet. The most current version of the software being used for remote depositions should be installed on the computer. Check for […]
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Need to Quickly Create To Do Lists?
The “Microsoft To Do” app may be the answer for attorneys wanting a straightforward way to create To Do lists and tasks. Formerly known as the “Wunderlist,” Microsoft has evolved and integrated the popular “To Do” app into Microsoft 365. […]
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How to Hear the Remote Deposition Audio More Clearly
Are you scheduled for a remote deposition when another member of your household also needs to use your Internet service? The drain on your Wi Fi could affect your ability to hear the deponent clearly. You may experience dropouts or […]
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How to Receive Expert Guidance at Remote Depositions
When taking depositions in-person, counsel can receive guidance from co-counsel or subject matter experts by passing private notes. Counsel also can go off-record to discuss matters privately in a separate room. How does this work when depositions are being taken […]
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How to Introduce Exhibits at a Remote Deposition
There is no “one right” way to introduce electronic exhibits when taking depositions remotely. How to best manage and introduce the exhibits depends on a number of extenuating factors, including your comfort level with navigating technology while questioning the witness. […]
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Best Practices for Taking a Remote Deposition
Looking for some guidance on how to help ensure that your remote deposition goes smoothly? Barkley’s IT Team has compiled this list of best practices taking depositions remotely. Preparing for a Remote Deposition Plan to join from a MAC, PC […]
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Add Bookmarks and Links Automatically to Your PDFs
Adobe Acrobat DC Pro’s Preferences enable users to automate key features included in its PDF Tools as well as set how their PDFs display on screen.
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Add a Confidential Stamp to Your Legal Files
Using Adobe Acrobat’s “Watermark” feature, you can add a Confidential stamp to the background of your PDFs–or any other text or image that your firm uses to help safeguard the content. The watermark can be set to display when viewing or […]
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Tools for Creating Deposition Summaries and Reports
Your complimentary Barkley Mobile Transcripts make creating deposition summaries easier by enabling you to highlight and comment on testimony in your transcripts across your devices. You can then export these annotations to an editable chart containing the testimony, comments and […]
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Mobile Transcripts Make Deposition Summaries and MSJs Easier
Need help with your deposition summaries and motions for summary judgment (MSJs)? Barkley’s complimentary mobile transcripts make it easy to mark and comment on lines of testimony in your transcripts. Simply export your annotations for an editable chart that includes […]
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Linking Attachments in PDFs
Linking attachments in your PDFs makes reviewing your argument–and other legal documentation–much easier to follow. That’s why Barkley provides an Adobe Acrobat PDF of your deposition transcripts with the exhibits attached and linked. This “bundled” PDF transcript format lets you access the […]
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How to Avoid Redacting Your Original PDF
The PREFERENCES settings in Adobe Acrobat Pro contains a redacting option designed to help you avoid redacting your original PDFs. You can set this redacting option to prompt you to save your redactions as a new file. Acrobat then automatically suggests that you save […]
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Take This Reasonable Precaution: Remove Metadata from Your Clients’ e-Files
Although information changed or deleted from an electronic file is no longer visible, it is not necessarily gone for good. Changes made to e-documents may be stored in the file’s metadata or background. This hidden information can include the date the document was […]
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One Click Acrobat Bookmark Tip for e-Filings
Did you know that Acrobat will automatically create bookmarks for each document that you combine into a PDF Binder? Any bookmark contained within these documents also will be included in the bookmarks for the overall combined file. This auto-feature can […]
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Using Acrobat DC Pro to Reduce Size of e-Filing
File size limitations are just one of the many stipulations that courts place on e-filing. Courts often require the text be made searchable. They typically specify the text size and style, footer information, how images and exhibits are included–and more. That’s why using Acrobat’s “Reduce […]
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How to Open PDFs with the Bookmarks Displayed
Having the PDFs you are preparing to file with the court open with the bookmarks pane displayed can save you time and help you ensure that all the information and exhibit pages are bookmarked for the court as required. Here’s […]
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Creating Case Notebooks with Your Deposition Files
Barkley clients tell us that their complimentary BarkleyMobileTranscripts provide a great solution for creating deposition summaries. For those looking for a better way to build their overall case, Brett Burney, who is presenting two new online M/CLEs for Barkley this year, says MS OneNote works well […]
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How to Accommodate Paper Exhibits When Using E-Exhibits
Using e-exhibits for your depositions saves on the time and costs of printing, organizing, shipping and storing paper exhibits. But what happens when co-counsel or a third party shows up with a paper exhibit and you are introducing them electronically? Both of […]
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Quickly Send Deposition Files
Looking for a faster way to send your deposition files to colleagues and clients? Try using the BarkleyAccess re-usable thumb drive: Insert the BarkleyAccess thumb drive into your online device. Click the TRANSCRIPTS button to select the eMailable Transcript PDF or click on […]
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Viewing Your Deposition Transcripts
Have you ever opened the PDF of your deposition transcript in an Internet browser and found the exhibit links were not working? Were you unable to access the exhibits bundled with the transcript? Try downloading the transcript first, so you can save […]
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Quickly Add Deposition Settings to Outlook Calendar
Looking for a fast and easy way to add deposition settings and their details to your Outlook? Your secure BarkleyWeb online deposition repository provides a link for adding depositions to your calendar and informing others. Use this link to save yourself both time […]
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How to Create Deponent Video Clips
When you order videography services from a court reporting firm like Barkley, you receive video of the deponent’s testimony synched with the transcript and free DepoView editing software. This editing software lets you view the recorded deponent video alongside the transcript […]
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Combining Files With Adobe Acrobat DC
Adobe Acrobat is a great tool for combining files—even when all the files are not all PDFs. The Adobe Acrobat COMBINE FILES tool gives you two options: You can combine documents and images into a “Binder.” The documents are automatically converted to […]
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Setting the Word Range for Proximity Searches
Many legal professionals use the proximity search tool in Adobe Acrobat Pro to help with establishing plausible relationships between events, persons, or items of interest across deponent testimony. Proximity searches look for instances where two or more separately matching terms occur within a range of words. […]
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MSJs and Deposition Summaries Made Easier
Barkley provides a mobile format of our clients’ transcripts that we’ve been hearing is a great tool for more easily creating MSJs and deposition summaries. Here’s why. Designed to enable attorneys to work on their transcripts while on the go, the Barkley mobile […]
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How to Check Your Deposition Settings
Is your deposition all set? Not having the information you need about your deposition settings can keep you up at night! But if your court reporting agency provides an online repository for accessing your transcripts and exhibits, you likely have an ever-present […]
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Bates Numbering PDFs with Small Margins
Bates stamps are a very useful tool—except when they cover information in your PDFs. Adobe Acrobat Pro offers a “shrink document to avoid overwriting the document’s text and graphics” option that prevents Bates numbers from stamping over information in a […]
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Mark It Confidential: Add a Watermark to Your PDF
Need to mark a PDF as confidential? Adobe Acrobat’s WATERMARK tool enables you to designate PDFs as being confidential using watermark stamps that display anytime the file is viewed or only when it is printed. Here’s how to add a […]
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Has My PDF Been Altered? How to Check PDFs for Changes
Yes; changes can be made to PDFs. If you’re wondering whether a PDF sent for signature or review has been altered, Adobe Acrobat Pro DC’s “Compare Files” tool can let you know for certain with a list of exactly what […]
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