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REPORTER'S PREFERENCE SHEET 
REQUEST EXEMPLARY FILE and INCLUDE FILES
NAME:	BUSINESS PHONE: 	
FIRM/COURT:	FAX:	
ADDRESS:	CAT System:	
	Type of CR:  Freelance | Federal | State	
		
HOME ADDRESS:	HOME PHONE:	
		
	PREFERRED AUTHORITY:  Morson’s/Gregg/MWWells	
E-MAIL:	HOW DO YOU PREFER TO HAVE YOUR FILE SAVED?  Keep exactly as written/add scoped	
Please answer the following questions:
Yes  No	require editing with audio 	Yes  No	"keep together" function on Mr., Mrs., Ms., No.	
Yes  No	Use comma before a quote when quoting from a document	Yes  No	center EXAMINATIONS 	
Yes  No	clean up lawyers  - if yes, please explain	Yes  No	underline EXAMINATIONS	
Yes  No	keep the word “and” at beginning of a sentence		Please CIRCLE headings you use:  EXAMINATION,   FURTHER EXAMINATION
REEXAMINATION,  DIRECT EXAMINATION
REDIRECT EXAMINATION
CROSS-EXAMINATION	
Yes  No	leave in "strike that" 	Yes  No	keep okay and all right at the beginning of a sentence	
Yes  No	paragraph after "strike that"	Yes  No	slashes between date	
Yes  No	semi before "is that correct" 	Yes  No	June 2009	
Yes  No	semi before "correct" 	Yes  No	direct quotations marks 	
Yes  No	paragraph out questions	Yes  No	indirect quotation marks (person speaking for another), i.e. quotations introduced by that or whether 	
Yes  No	change yeah to yes:
attorney/plaintiff	Yes  No	indirect quotations – no quotes, cap first word	
Yes  No 	ellipses 	Yes  No	when witness responds after colloquy,  A. 	
Yes  No	comma before final “too”	Yes  No	when witness responds after colloquy, THE WITNESS: 	
Yes  No	No caps for page 1, line 10, paragraph 4, verse 2 and size 3, but cap all other sequential references?	Yes  No	write out the words quote/unquote when spoken	
				
Yes  No	Quotations? I just need you to say “yes” or “no.” 	Yes  No	use quotation marks along with the words quote/unquote when spoken 	
Yes No	Begin the sentence with a comma after so	Yes  No	etc. surrounded by commas in a sentence, only             et cetera if on a line by itself.	
Yes No	cats, tigers, and bears	Yes No	quotes with imaginary dialogue	
Yes No	(indicating) when witness points	Yes No	keep half words	
Yes No	Semicolon before so when it means “therefore” and is functioning as a conjunctive adverb - 
EXAMPLE:  She was very tired; so she decided to go home.	Yes No	use a suspension hyphen with half words	
Yes No	Use only numbers with measurements, i.e., 3 ½ inches versus three-and-one-half inches	Yes No	Period after ALL polite requests?  There are reporters who prefer periods when the polite request is between peers but not if a judge asks an attorney a question or if an attorney asks a witness a question.	
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 	SCOPIST INFORMATION:  Lanette Anderson
420 N. McPherson St., Fort Bragg, CA  95437     Phone:  707-443-3246 	
Writing Numbers:  one – ten | 11 and up	English Authority:  Morson’s English Guide for Court Reporters, The Gregg Reference Manual, and Court Reporting: Bad Grammar/Good Punctuation – Margie Wakeman Wells	
What is the format you use when someone is reading from a transcript?                    FOR EXAMPLE:
1.  Use (reading) and block text
2.  Use (as read) and no quotes
3.  Other – please explain.
 	Regular Turnaround:  5 business days max unless notified otherwise	
Phone Numbers: 000-000-0000 or       (000) 000-0000 or 000.000.0000	Expedites:  3 days:     2 days:     24 hours:     same day:	
Dollar Amounts:  1 to $2000 | one to two thousand dollars |  1- to $2000 – When the witness says “dollars”: $2 million	RATES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST	
Time of Day:  3 | 3:00 | three o’clock | 3:00 o’clock 	Billing – Invoice sent ASAP after delivery of file.  PAYPAL AVAILABLE  - payment expected within 10 business days	
BY line:  Give example of by line and when you would like it to be used:	Major holidays excluded. NOT AVAILABLE FRIDAY NIGHTS OR SATURDAYS         	
	Major holidays excluded. NOT AVAILABLE FRIDAY NIGHTS OR SATURDAYS         	

Please take note especially of the above requests for your byline information and send a copy of what you would consider a “perfect” transcript.   Please send your include file of all parentheticals. 
Preference Sheet Extras
PLEASE CIRCLE YOUR PREFERENCE
If you do not see your preference, please write it in.

1.	; is that correct?
	, is that correct
	.  Is that correct?

2.	; right?
	, right?
	. Right?

3.	; correct?
	, correct?
	. Correct?

4.  	When witness says “eight o’clock”:
	eight o’clock
	8:00
	8 o’clock
	8:00 o’clock

5.  	If witness says “two million dollars”:
	$2 million
	two million dollars
	2 million dollars

6.  	5 monkeys, 12 dolphins, and 21 fish
	five monkeys, 12 dolphins, and 21 fish
	five monkeys, twelve dolphins, and twenty-one fish

7.	Where did you work when – strike that.  Where are you employed?
	New paragraph after “strike that”?
	Yes	No

8.	When was that; do you recall?
	When was that, do you recall?
	When was that?  Do you recall?

9.  	My question is, why did you do that?
	My question is:  Why did you do that?

10.  	Your May 1, 1995 letter
	Your May 1, 1995, letter

11.	Your May 1995 letter
	Your May, 1995 letter

12.  	5-1-95
	5/1/95

13.	apples, oranges and bananas
	apples, oranges, and bananas

14.	What, if anything, did you say?
	What if anything did you say?

15.	Do you like to do that, too?
	Do you like to do that too?

16.	Did he, in fact, threaten you?
	Did he in fact threaten you?

17.	(If witness says, “I got home at six.”)
	I got home at six.
	I got home at 6:00.
	I got home at 6.

18.	(If witness says, “I got home at six o’clock.”)
	I got home at 6:00.
	I got home at six o’clock.
	I got home at 6 o’clock.
	I got home at 6:00 o’clock.

19.	I bought ten skinny goats and four fat hens.
	I bought 10 skinny goats and four fat hens.
	I bought 10 skinny goats and 4 fat hens.

20.	It was about nine and a half miles away.
	It was about nine-and-a-half miles away.
	It was about 9 1/2 miles away.

21.	That happened in the ‘70s.
	That happened in the ‘70’s.

22.	I saw a three- or four-year-old child.
	I saw a three or four year old child.
	I saw a three or four-year-old child.

23.	Q.  How fast were you going?
	A.  40 miles an hour.
	OR
	A.  Forty miles an hour.

24.	page number one
	page number 1
	page Number One
	page No. 1
	Page Number 1
	Page No. 1
	Page No. One

25.  	Exhibit Number 1
	Exhibit No. 1
	Exhibit No. One
	Exhibit Number One
	exhibit number one
	exhibit number 1

26.	vehicle number one
	vehicle number 1
	Vehicle Number 1
	Vehicle Number One
	Vehicle No. 1
	Vehicle No. One

27.	(After interruption, continuing testimony)
	MR. SMITH:  Do you want to take a break?
	MR. JONES:  In just a few minutes.
	BY MR. JONES:
	Q.	Can you tell me…

	MR. SMITH:  Do you want to take a break?
	MR. JONES:  In just a few minutes
	Q.	Can you tell me…

28.  	Use ellipses for trailing off?
	Yes	No

29.	et cetera
	etcetera
	etc.,

30.	724-832-0800
	(724) 832-0800

31.	J-O-N-E-S
	J-o-n-e-s

32.	CEO
	C.E.O.

33.	1.2
	one point two
	1 point 2

34.	Let me ask you this:  How old are you?
	Let me ask you this, how old are you?
	Let me ask you this; how old are you?

35.	Objection; vague, speculation.
	Objection.  Vague, speculation.
	Objection.  Vague.  Speculation.
	Objection.  Vague;  speculation.

36.	If witness speaks after colloquy, do you prefer:
	THE WITNESS:
	A.
	THE DEPONENT:

37.	Would you please state your name for the record.
	Would you please state your name for the record?

38.	Was it a customer calling and saying, “I need service,” or was it something else?
	Was it a customer calling and saying, I need service, or was it something else?

39.	Did you follow the same process when customers called you and said: I’d like to buy a belt?
	Did you follow the same process when customers called you and said, “I’d like to buy a belt”?
	Did you follow the same process when customers called you and said I’d like to buy a belt?
            Did you follow the same process when customers called you and said “I’d like to buy a belt”?

40.	I see the word “relaxed” here.
	I see the word relaxed here.

41.	When you say “Clayton,” are you referring to…
	When you say Clayton, are you referring to…

42.	The exhibit is entitled, “Clayton Manufacturing Company Analysis of Employee Absences.”
	The exhibit is entitled, Clayton Manufacturing Company Analysis of Employee Absences.
	The exhibit is entitled Clayton Manufacturing Company Analysis of Employee Absences.
	The exhibit is entitled “Clayton Manufacturing Company Analysis of Employee Absences.”

43.	Exhibit 14 reads “This must be agreed upon by the 14th of July.”
	Exhibit 14 reads, “This must be agreed upon by the 14th of July.”