GoTo Page (On Image Viewer)

The section relates to the most straightforward page-numbering concept - where you are working in a single Bundle with a simple sequence of pages. There is a more sophisticated pagination option called Paginated Bundles for circumstances where you have multiple Bundles (and an Item may be in more than one of them) and a need for a more elaborate page-numbering system. This includes a way of jumping instantly to a paginated page in any Bundle.

The Manual section Using Images on the Screen explains the controls at the foot of the window in which .tiff images are displayed. The picture below shows what you see when the <More> button is pressed to display the fullest set of controls. The picture shows two controls for jumping to pages other than the one displayed.

The first, called Document Page, allows you to go straight to a different page in the same document - you simply type a page number in the Document Page box and press <Tab> or <Enter>. If the page exists you will be taken to it.

The second control, called Selection Page, allows you to jump to another page in the current Selection. It is not enabled by default and must be switched on with the option <Enable Goto Page for current session> from the Case Menu above the Control Panel. In practice, the concept of a Selection Page is only really relevant once there is a settled image population.

The most obvious use for this is where the Openlaw Bundle matches a paginated paper bundle e.g. for use in court. As with Document Pages, you simply type in the desired page number and press <Tab> or <Enter> then the image page will change to the one with that number. In the example shown above, the user is on Item 9 - we know that because the file reference at bottom left is to 9.tif.

The Page of Document control shows that the user is on page 1 of 2 of the document. The Page of Selection control shows that this is page 9 of 14. We cannot tell how many documents comprise these 14 pages - there is a control on the Item Card which shows us that. What matters more in the context of a hearing bundle is the pages. Entering 13 in the Selection Page control will take you to the penultimate page, whether that is a one-page document or the penultimate page of a longer document. The Item Card will follow.

This is extremely useful in a hearing, where the participants are concerned with the page-numbered bundle. While others are turning to the right paper page in a binder, an Openlaw user can simply enter the page number and go to the Item Card, complete with any notes made about the document.

To achieve this, it is necessary to ensure firstly that every Item Card shows the correct page count, and secondly that the current Selection matches the paper bundle both as to content and as to sequence.

See the section called Setting Page Counts to learn about updating the page count stored in the Item Card. Note that, for more than one reason, the system does not constantly recalculate page counts. The Pages field and this Jump to Selection Page control will only be accurate if the Set Page Count function has been run since the last change to the image population.

The best way to ensure that the Selection of electronic Item Cards and images matches the paper bundle is to use an Openlaw Bundle as the source of the pagination. See the section on image printing to learn about this.

Note: A red warning appears if the Selection Page count is manifestly wrong e.g. if any Item in the current selection has no stored page count or if the x of y statement in the control is mathematically impossible.