Document annotations

Investigators bookmark documents and add notes to documents to track ideas and rationale about documents in their case.

Documents can be bookmarked on the main results screen, and in the surveyor tool on the chronological grid that displays the sequence of documents that are exchanged during an interaction. Since queries and investigations might be complex, investigators bookmark all records, including documents with small interest. Using a bookmark eliminates the need to re-create the complex queries and lines of investigation. Annotations can be created after a record is bookmarked.

During an investigation, there are times in which you want to follow two or more paths. Use the browser function to duplicate the current tab that you are on. Duplicating the tab helps you avoid having to remember to go back and follow the additional paths or to remember how to get to the branching point. You can duplicate the current tab any number of times as required. Follow each different path in a different tab and bookmark relevant documents along the way. You can add a note that designates the path that led to each bookmarked document.

Notes are a way of recording thoughts while you investigate. Notes can be removed only by an administrator. Notes are tagged with the user ID of the investigator and the time stamp when it was entered. When documents are exported, notes are output with the reconstructed document and its attributes.