Exhibit Presenter is a PDF exhibit court presentation program like Trial Director but at a fraction of the cost. The Exhibit Presenter website[1] states “it was created for attorneys and paralegals to show PDF exbibits in court in an easy and powerful way”. This is a very user-friendly program with a minimal learning curve. NOTE: You should have all the PDF exhibits prepared in one central location on the laptop to be used in court or on an external drive.
Once you open the program, open the PDF exhibit you want to present. Then, select any of the presentation tools such as callout, highlight, circle, or underline, and click and drag accordingly with your mouse.
You can also zoom in and out, rotate pages, keep callouts open as you scroll through the exhibit, highlight in multiple colors, jump to any page of the exhibit, and blank the screen with a click of a button.
Below is a diagram[2] of Exhibit Presenter’s tool bar and features:
Exhibit Presenter is exclusively for PDF exhibits. It will not play multi-media files such as jail calls or body camera video. If you must play videos or audio files, you will need a program such as VLC for that.
Exhibit Presenter offers a free demo version which will display a red banner until you purchase the program (currently $99). The demo version is fully functional version so you can test all of the tools and functions before purchasing it. More information is available at https://www.exhpres.com/.