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2. Select the Find option you want. The Text option is selected by default.
• Text. Searches for a word or phrase in the transcript. Type the word or phrase
into the Text field.
Select the Match Case check box to only find text whose capitalization matches
that of the text typed in the Text box.
• Quick Mark. Finds a line that has a quick mark or issue mark.
• Other Annotation. Finds an annotation. This includes annotations that
highlight transcript text but do not include issues.
3. Select a Direction option. LiveNote searches from the line you last clicked in or
annotated. If you have just opened the transcript, the search starts from line 1 on the
first page.
The search stops when the top or bottom of the transcript is reached.
4. Click OK to start the search. LiveNote highlights the first line that matches your
search criteria.
If no lines match the criteria you selected, LiveNote provides an audible warning and
displays the message Not found in the bottom left corner of the main LiveNote
window.
Finding annotations
You can search for quick marks, issues, notes, or attachments in one or more transcripts.
Note: The find annotations function does not find annotations that do not contain any
issues, notes or attachments.
Issue marks are also found when you search for quick marks or for issues.
When you run a Find Annotation search, LiveNote creates a search results window, which by
default is called Find Annotations. As you specify the search criteria, a list of hits matching
your criteria appears at the bottom of the Find Annotations dialog box. They are grouped by
transcript and totaled at the bottom of the dialog box.
4. Click Transcripts to select the transcripts you want to search. The Transcripts
dialog box appears.
If you type the beginning of a word, all words matching that pattern are found.
For example, if you type th, notes containing the, then, and there are found.
• Attachments. Select the check box to search for all attachments. To narrow the
search, type text in the Attachments field. You can type more than one word.
6. Click OK. The results of the search appear in the search result window.
3. To:
• Preview the word or number in context, place your mouse cursor over a
particular page and line number.
Several lines of transcript text are displayed showing you where the word or
number appears in context in the transcript.
• Go to the word or number in the transcript, click on the page and line number.
The transcript moves to the page on which the word or number is mentioned and the
particular word or number is highlighted in the Transcript window.
Note: LiveNote SR also enables you to formulate complex full text queries. For more
information on this type of search see Performing full text queries (LiveNote SR only)
on page 211.
See Also:
Setting the WordWheel options on page 54.
Starting a query
To start a query:
1. On the Search menu, click Full Text Query. The Full Text Query dialog box
appears.
4. Choose the items you want to search. You can select one or more of the following
check boxes:
• Text. Searches the text of the selected transcripts.
• Annotations. Searches annotations. The Issues, Notes, and Attachments
check boxes are initially selected. You can individually choose which types of
annotations you want to search.
• Issues. Searches for the query in issues.
• Notes. Searches for the query in the text of notes.
• Attachments. Searches for the query in attachment path and file names.
5. Type the text you want to search for in the Query field. See Composing a query on
page 215. You can also:
• Select a previous query from the Query list.
• Select a word in the Vocabulary list and click the right mouse button. A list of
valid operators appears, similar to the example shown below. Click the operator
you require.
• Start typing the word you want to include in your query in the Query field. When
the word you want is highlighted in the Vocabulary list, press INS to complete
the word without having to type the full word.
• Click Import Queries to import queries from a file. See Importing queries on
page 223.
• Click Export Queries to export the queries you have created in this case to a
file. See Exporting queries on page 222.
• Click Clear Queries to clear all entries in the Query list. There is no way to
retrieve these queries unless you have previously exported them.
6. Click OK. The <<Query>> result window appears with a list of the hits found.
Composing a query
This section contains information about LiveNote’s query language, which you use to create a
query in the Full Text Query dialog box (Figure 12-1 on page 212). The query language does
not work when you are performing a Quick Find or Find Annotations query.
This section also contains information on Fuzziness, Nearness, using the Vocabulary list,
combining operators and keywords, and examples of valid searches.
You compose your query in the Query field. You can type your query directly, or you can use
the features of the Full Text Query dialog box to assist you to compose a query.
A query consists of one word or several words separated by operators. LiveNote provides you
with the following operators:
• Proximity operators on page 217
• Boolean operators on page 217
• Wildcard operators on page 218
• Like Operator on page 218
• Numeric operators on page 219
Note: Words are not case sensitive. If you type body, both Body and body are found.
Vocabulary List
The Vocabulary list contains every unique word in the case except for noise words. See
Updating noise words on page 197.
As you type each word in the Query box, the Vocabulary list changes and highlights the
word that most closely matches the word you are typing.
Double click the left mouse button or press the INS key to insert the currently highlighted word
into the Query field.
Click the right mouse button on a word in the Vocabulary list to display a list of valid
operators with the selected word, similar to the example shown below. Click on an item in the
list to add it to the Query field.
You can also click Thesaurus to display a list of synonyms for the currently highlighted word,
or add new synonyms. See Updating the thesaurus on page 195.
Proximity operators
You can use the following proximity operators in your query:
Note: There is no after proximity operator. Reverse the words and use before.
You can use the Nearness scroll box to indicate how close together the words must be or you
can specify the required distance exactly as part of the proximity operator.
You can modify a proximity operator to specify distance by word (w), line (l), sentence (s), or
page (p).
Boolean operators
You can use the following Boolean operators in your query:
Wildcard operators
You can use the following wildcard characters in your query:
Like Operator
Use the like operator to find words that are synonymous with the word you specify. For
example, if you use like car in your search, LiveNote finds occurrences of the words car, and
automobile.
The global thesaurus and case thesaurus contain lists of words that have been defined as
having the same meaning. You cannot add words to the global thesaurus, but you can add more
words to the case thesaurus. See Updating the thesaurus on page 195 for more information.
Numeric operators
You can use numeric operators to search for numbers within a case. The following numeric
operators are available:
Operator Description
< less than
> greater than
<= less than or equal to
>= greater than or equal to
= equal to
<x and >x not equal to
Advanced queries
A single search phrase can combine different operators and multiple keywords. This allows you
to narrow or broaden search criteria so that you find explicit results.
Full text query operators have the following order of precedence, from highest to lowest:
* ?
like
not numeric operators
or
near before
and
Expressions involving operators with a higher precedence are evaluated before those with
lower precedence. For instance, the following two queries are the same:
auto or car and drive
drive and auto or car
auto or car is evaluated first, followed by and drive.
Terms involving operators of the same precedence are evaluated from left to right. The order of
evaluation can be made explicit using brackets. For example, the default left-to-right order of
evaluation has been overridden in the following example because brackets are used:
drive before (car near suspect)
The operator precedence ordering has been chosen to allow queries to be phrased in as close to
a "natural language" style as possible. However, when you compose a query consisting of more
than one operator, we recommend that you use brackets to ensure that the query is evaluated
in the desired manner.
Example 1
Simpson or O.J or suspect near bronco or like car
This query locates the words Simpson or O.J or suspect. LiveNote then searches for any of
these words near the word bronco or any word that has the same meaning as car. The
number of words between Simpson or O.J or suspect and bronco or car is determined by
the position of the Nearness scrollbar.
Because of operator precedence this query is equivalent to:
(Simpson or O.J or suspect) near (bronco or like car)
Example 2
like car near1s stop* or block*
This query finds the word car or any synonym of car, for example, auto (or Bronco or Ford if
you add these words as case synonyms) within one sentence of the word stop, or any word
beginning with stop (such as stopped) or the word block, or any word beginning with block
(such as blocked or blocking).
Because of operator precedence this query is equivalent to:
(like car) near1s (stop* or block*)
Refining queries
If the list of hits in the <<Query>> window is too long, you can return to the Full Text
Query dialog box to refine your query to return fewer hits.
Closing queries
To close a single query window:
Click the Close button ( ) in the <<Query>> window.
Exporting queries
LiveNote enables you to save the queries shown in the Query list to a text file. You can then
import this file later to switch between search lists.
Note: All of the queries in the Query list on the Full Text Query dialog box are exported.
Importing queries
LiveNote enables you to import queries that you or another person has created and saved to a
text file. You can then re-run any of the queries.
Note: Any queries currently listed in the Query list box in the Full Text Query dialog box
will be lost.
To import queries:
1. At the Full Text Query dialog box, click Import Queries. The Import Queries
dialog box appears.
5. Click Options to set the options for this report. The Full Text Query Report
Options dialog box appears.
8. To include transcript text in the report, select the Show Text check box. If this check
box is cleared, no transcript text is shown in the report. The page, line number and
transcript name for the hit is still shown.
Click… To do this…
Options Change the report options.
Transcripts Select the transcripts that are included in the report. See
Changing the transcripts used in a report on page 261.
(Note: You will not be able to choose transcripts in view-only
mode because the full text query function is not available for
view-only transcripts.)
Transfer Transfer data to JFS, CaseMap, Trial Director or Sanction. See
Transferring data from reports on page 326.
View View the report. See Viewing a report on page 265.
Print Print the report. See Printing a report on page 267.
Save As Save the report as a file. See Saving a report on page 268.
Cancel Cancel the report. The Full Text Query Report window closes.