Q: When making clips, can something be imported from, say, deposition designations that were done in Excel with line page references (or another product ie CaseNotebook) or can you only do it by selecting in TrialDirector?
See the Transcript issues manual on this page - click here
https://support.oncuetech.com/hc/en-us/articles/200836609-Importing-Designation-Lists
Q: What if I have TrialDirector on my desktop that is connected to our firm network that I do all of the work from, but, of course, I have a laptop with it also installed to take to a trial. Does that make a difference on where we should be putting our "base files" that we are importing to TrialDirector?
http://www.indatacorp.com/site/docs/user-guides/TD6_Network_Installation_Guide.pdf
Selecting and Mapping the Case Data Network Share
The TrialDirector Network Case Data folder must be a network share location that is accessible by all Client workstations intended to access TrialDirector case data. Case data can reside on the same server as the TrialDirector Network application files, or on a different server altogether.
Cases created and accessed by TrialDirector 6 Network Clients can also be accessed and modified by TrialDirector 5.x Network and standalone Clients. New installations will
create a new “Cases” folder from which all Clients will create and execute cases.
Upgrade installations and installations where case data already exists on a network share should be pointed to the case data location. (This is he location of the director.dat file, which resides in the root of the Cases folder.)
Just like selecting the location for the Application Files, the Case Data Microsoft Windows network share must be mapped as a drive on the machine where the software installation is being run prior to launching the TrialDirector Network Server installation.
The network share drive mapping is temporary and only required during the installation of the server.
For example, your target server and share will be:
\\SERVER\DATA\
The “DATA” share should be mapped to an available drive letter on the administrative workstation or server in order to perform the install. The specific drive letter is unimportant. The installer will automatically detect the first mapped drive letter on the system;
clicking Browse will allow you to change the default path.