Reporter’s Preference Sheet
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Spell out: one through nine ~ or ~
one through ten
Check those that apply:
– Uses backup tape
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Clean up lawyers
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Clean up judge
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Leave in "strike that"
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New paragraph after "strike that"
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Comma between month and year (June, 2002)
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Comma after year (May 1, 1993, letter)
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Semicolon before "is that correct," "do you recall"
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Comma before "right," "correct"
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Space before and after double dashes
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Uses Ellipses
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Uses "keep together" or "sticky space" on Mr./Mrs./Ms./No./Dr., etc.
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Uses "(Indicating)"
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Uses direct quotation marks only when reading
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Use quotation marks when speaker says "quote/unquote"
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Reporter will provide include files
Spell out words in: CAPS ~ or ~
lower case W-I-T-H dashes ~ or ~without dashes
Use slash (3/3/03) ~ or ~ dash (3-3-03) in dates
After colloquy, give example of speaker reidentification:
BY MR. JONES:
Q.
Blah, blah, blah
Q.
(By Mr. Jones) Blah, blah, blah
Q. None
MISC. PREFERENCES:
A. My question is, why did you do that?
My question is: Why did you do that?
My question is why did you do that?
B. It
was about nine and a half miles away.
It was
about nine and-a-half miles away.
It was
about nine-and-a-half miles away.
C. (If witness says, “I got home at six.”)
I
got home at six.
I
got home at 6:00
D. (If witness says, “I got home at six
o’clock.”)
I
got home at 6:00.
I
got home at 6 o’clock.
I
got home at 6:00 o’clock.
I
got home at six o’clock.
Tab settings:
Q/A first line tab: Q/A
indent:
Q/A New paragraph/same speaker tab:
Colloquy first line tab:
Colloquy indent:
Colloquy new paragraph/same speaker tab:
Other punctuation preferences:
Comments:
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