Learn CaseCATalyst Online with Me
As all working court reporters know, the CaseCATalyst software is an integral part of our reporting career, along with our manual shorthand skills.
After ten-plus years in the court reporting profession, one of the subjects that comes up most often when I talk to reporters is how to get training for CaseCATalyst to learn more about the software. Learning the ins and outs of Stenograph’s CaseCATalyst and being familiar with CaseCATalyst edit commands is one way you can decrease editing time and work smarter. Familiarity with the CaseCATalyst software makes our work life more enjoyable, and the shorter editing time gives us the freedom to spend that extra time pursuing other interests besides editing all weekend.
When you sign up for online CaseCATalyst training with me, you can learn everything from the basics of the CATalyst software like Read and Translate options, to intermediate skills like custom paragraph settings and creation of Include files, to advanced features like keyboard mapping and macros/AccelerWriters to truly take advantage of the myriad CaseCATalyst edit commands available within the software.
Staying current with CaseCATalyst software means staying keeping up with the regular and periodic updates Stenograph develops to ensure that court reporters are cutting-edge data providers and not just a typist relegated to a silent corner. You may be working harder than necessary doing things in a familiar but inefficient way. There are CaseCATalyst Edit features that are designed to save you time, automating what once were very manual processes:
Case CATalyst Shortcuts to Automate Your Transcript Production
Get online CaseCATalyst training to implement these time-saving CaseCATalyst edit commands in your software.
Includes:
Utilize one of the best parts of the CaseCATalyst software features and create efficient cover pages and end pages customized for every type of proceeding. An efficient set of Include cover/end page and parentheticals can automatically fill in the day of the week, month, day, and year that your job was taken, as well as the start and end times of your proceedings. Including and filling in varying details for titles, appearances, certificates, and any other standard forms shouldn’t take more than a minute or two. Once set up correctly, there will be minimal format adjustments. Sign up for CATalyst training with me to learn how to create Include pages designed for your specific needs.
Fill-in-Fields vCard Import:
Speed up the process of creating attorney appearance entries by creating and using CaseCATalyst Fill-in-Field entries. Many law firm websites and e-mail signatures have vCard downloads you can directly import into your Fill-in-Fields. Learn how to use CaseCATalyst’s Fill-in-Field entries and make typing law firm addresses over and over a thing of the past.
Fill-in-Fields in action!
EZ Text:
Do you frequently re-type the same strings of text? Within the CaseCATalyst software exists the EZ Text table in a dialog pane on the Edit screen. The EZ Text table allows you to create up to 20 strings of text, which you can insert into the transcript, and it can also include conflicts, scanstops, format symbols, and paragraph headings. Learn about this time-saving edit command of your software through an online CaseCATalyst training session with me.
Macros, from simple to advanced:
With macros, you can record and playback your most common editing tasks. Playing back a macro initiates the series of recorded commands, which reduces the number of keystrokes required to perform a task or process. You can set up a macro to change a Witness designation to an Answer designation and vice versa without having to retype “THE WITNESS,” and you can even set up a macro to insert a title page, certificate page, and then return to your current location in the job all with the press of one key.
Macro to swap Answer paragraph to Witness in a single keystroke