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Designation Objection Reports

You can create objection reports in Excel format using your existing designations and a text file. The report can be formatted with multiple columns and customized headers.

The text file must be tab-delimited with no headers. You create and keep the files outside of OnCue. OnCue does not save or store these objections.

Tab-delimited objection text file example

Transcript Media ID - this is the transcript you created the designations with

Start Page

Start Line

End Page

End Line

Objections

the initial of the party who is doing the objecting

If you run into issues, check this list below:

1 No headers

2 No extra spacing in columns 1-5 and 7.

3 No bizarre formatting – no “em dash”, no odd symbols in the objection column

4 You must have all 4 page/line columns filled even if you are objecting to one line

5 You must have a designation for an objection to appear in report


Creation of Report

Right-click on your designation list, select Reports -> Create Objection Report.

Create Objection Report menu option

Select your columns under options. Designations first.

Selecting columns in report options

Now add an Objections Column and Browse the Objection Text file you already have created. You can change the objection text color.

Adding an Objections column and browsing the text file

Now you can add other columns or remove them. If there is no data, be sure to check (empty placeholder column).

Adding or removing report columns

Create your report.

Creating the report

Arrangement Options:

Report arrangement options

Stacked — Single column - only designated text

Offset stacked — Each parties' designated text in its own column

Full transcript — single column entire transcript - designations bolded in the list colors. Please note: this will not produce correctly if you have overlapping or duplicate designations.


Objection Report Bonus:

1 You can change the name of your headers

2 Any responses or rulings must match the objection page and line not the designation page and line.

3 It must be tab delimited with no extra spaces or tab between columns

Objection report header options

Warning: OnCue does not check spelling, capitalization or punctuation. Anything you put in the text file will be show exactly as is on the report.