After transcripts have been imported into TextMap, they are ready to be analyzed and annotated. During this process, you will select phrases, sentences and paragraphs, and comment on them. You will also use TextMap to categorize text selections and attach files.

Any note that you can put on a sticky note, you can create in TextMap. Add annotation notes to explain why a section is important, mark a section to research further, or flag a certain section as important to build or refute your case. You can create a list of claims and arguments related to a case and then categorize notes related to the issues. You can also import an issues list that you created in CaseMap or import a list of opposing designations.

In TextMap, all issues are initially set to the default color yellow. You can assign each issue a color so that it can be easily identified when scrolling through the transcript. For instance, you could color code all research items red to be easily recognizable. See About case issues and Creating case issues.

Annotations that overlap each other will display colored bars to the right of a transcript so you can see that there are multiple annotations, and view where they begin and end in the transcript. Each color represents the issue color designated for the annotation.

 

 

Annotations also display in the Annotations pane where they can be sorted and filtered. You can also view annotations in the Annotation Detail pane. See Viewing annotations.