Guide: IPRO Eclipse Publish Case-Tagging

By Luzevelia Morales

What is tagging and how can it help me?

One of the main advantages of reviewing discovery with Eclipse is the ability to tag. This feature is available in an IPRO Publish Case. Tagging allows you to flag a document or a single page. Think of it like putting a flag or sticky note on a paper document or a label on a file folder. This will let you organize your discovery by topic and mark significant documents and pages for future review in the Eclipse Publish Case.[1]

You can create your own tags and make them as specific or general as you want. For example, you can create subject-based tags for witnesses, issues, addresses, dates, or phone numbers. You can also create process-based tags for anticipated exhibits, important documents, or documents you want someone else to review. A word of caution here– plan your tags carefully because once you create a tag it cannot be deleted.

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2024 Update: Encrypted Discovery (originally published in 2020)

Whether it is on media (CD Rom, USB drive, or hard drive) or through the internet (email or USAfx) it is becoming common practice that discovery files will be encrypted. Encryption adds a layer of protection by scrambling the data, so files cannot be seen unless a digital “key” (password) is provided. The goal of encryption is to protect the data while it is being shipped in case it is lost or stolen, i.e., if a thumb-drive is sent to the wrong address, whoever opens the package can’t just plug the thumb-drive in and read all of the data on it.

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Guide to IPRO Eclipse Publish Case: Customizing Your Workspace

By Luzevelia Morales

If discovery is produced to you as an IPRO Eclipse SE Publish Case (IPRO Publish Case) and clicking around it feels like this photo below, what can you do?

First, you will know you have an IPRO Publish case because your discovery will look like this:

If Eclipse is new to you or otherwise unfamiliar, trying to use the program can be *extremely* frustrating. If you would like one-on-one training to learn how to work with an IPRO Publish case, contact Kelly_scribner@fd.org to schedule an online video conference. In a one-on-one training session NLST can meet with you virtually, see your screen, and show you how to use the IPRO Publish case viewer to review your discovery production. This blog post is the first of a series meant to help you get started on your IPRO Publish Case. It will introduce IPRO Publish, explain the basic formatting of the program, and how to customize your workspace to make it more user-friendly. Future posts will cover how to search, tag, and export.

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