Where a statement in a bundle refers to a document with an exhibit mark it should be hyperlinked but hyperlinks do not help hardcopy users. Hardcopy users can identify the page number of documents which are referred to in statements by exhibit mark by looking up the exhibit mark in the index but ideally an easier and quicker method of finding the page number of documents referred to should also be provided to assist users of the hardcopy - the target page numbers should be added to statement margins opposite each exhibit mark reference.
To do this, once you have downloaded the statement, you can either add the page numbers in black ink by hand and rescan (the quickest method) or else use PDF software to stamp in the numbers (preferable but takes a bit longer to do). Then upload the annotated statement.
To work out what the page numbers to add opposite exhibit references you can:
If you are using PDF X-Change Editor, hovver over each hyperlink and the page number will appear, or
Look up the page number in the index.
You might find that some of the other side's statements just describe a document (e.g. " I wrote a letter to Peter Jones the same day...") without any distinctive reference at all. This is not good practice but, particularly if the statement gives, directly or indirect, a document date, you may still be able to work out from its description, which document is intended so that you can add its page number in the margin. If it is actually unclear which of two documents a witness was intending to refer to in their statement then don't guess but simply pass over that reference without adding a marginal page number.
Note: An second-best alternative to adding page numbers i the margin is to use PDF software to add a page after each statement listing each link with its target page number.
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