By Tisha Davis, Derek Ametam and Joe Wanzala
This is part of a series of posts focusing on dtSearch software. In this installment we cover how to update an index.
When you receive more productions, you can choose between two approaches. One option is to update the existing index but adding the new productions into the existing index. The other option is to create a new, separate index.
Continue readingThis is the third post in a multi-part blog series on the dtSearch software. In this installment we cover how to create an index.
By Tisha Davis, Derek Ametam and Joe Wanzala
The first step in creating a dtSearch index begins in Windows Explorer. Pick a location for your index where it won’t need to be moved later, and where the documents you plan to index can also be stored. It is important these things 1) stay together and 2) don’t move so that a search will produce results. A good location is on a flash drive.
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This is the second post in a multi-part blog series on using the dtSearch software. It guides you through configuring user preferences.
After you install dtSearch, there are a few settings we recommend changing.[1] These changes will stay in place on that computer going forward. If you installed dtSearch on additional computers using the same license key, the settings on each computer will need to be changed in the same way.
Continue readingBy Tisha Davis, Derek Ametam and Joe Wanzala
This is the first post in a multi-part blog series on using the dtSearch software. It provides an introduction to dtSearch.
What is dtSearch?
dtSearch is a software program that allows you to search large amounts of text quickly. It does this by building indexes based on the words it finds in each file you point it to, creating a word index that it continues to refer to with each search. It can be used to search entire folders of data that contain different file types. There are two steps to using dtSearch. Step 1 is building an index. Step 2 is searching it. It is a simple and effective tool for searching discovery, creating brief banks, and viewing different file types even if the associated program is not installed on your computer.
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Pixillion Image Converter by NCH Software is a low-cost versatile tool designed to convert, compress, and edit images across a wide range of formats. A tool like this can be particularly useful if you receive image formats within discovery that won’t open on your computer, or if you need to convert images to a particular format to send to someone else.
For example, iPhones will commonly store pictures in an HEIC format and Windows computers do not have any built-in programs that can open these files. Pixillion can open and convert these files into other formats (like the commonly used JPG format).
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