Court reporters should be able to save transcript files in ASCII format according to the specifications below which is known as the "Amicus" format, from their CAT systems.

• The first line should contain the starting page number, not necessarily page "1".
• The page number must start in column 1 with nothing else on that line. Page numbers indicate a new page is starting and the lines that follow belong to the new page.
• Line numbers must be prefixed with a space at the start of the line, start in column 2 or later, followed by a space, followed by the line's text.
• Page break characters are ignored.
• Headers or footers should not be used.
• Blank lines are acceptable.
• All lines of text should be numbered.

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Court reporters can also save files in CaseView format from their CAT systems. The CaseView text file specifications are:

• The first word of the file must be "CaseView" and similarly, the first line at the start of each page.
• The line following the "CaseView" line must have "Page" followed by the page number.
• Transcript lines for the page then follow. The first word on the line must be the line number and the last word on the line must be the time stamp. Time-stamps are not loaded.

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If using E-Transcript (in text format) the formatting specifications are as follows:

• The first line must be the page number of the first page. It must be blank up to the page number. The page number must end in column 73. All subsequent page breaks and page numbers must be formatted in this manner.
• Transcript lines for a page then follow. The first word on the line must be the line number and it must end in column 11.

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