I would think that you should be able to get away with using a Word 
template with the same settings that your state requires in the way of 
fonts, font sizes, margins, borders, etc. for both depositions and the 
various court's required format settings.

Your agency or state's court reporting association might have templates 
that you can download (make sure you name the template appropriately and 
ensure it's locked, so that Word (or whatever you use) would be forced to 
create a new document with the same settings, without the lock).

It might be interesting to see if there are any certified court reporters 
using Plover on the job anywhere ....  

On Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at 10:12:11 AM UTC-8 [email protected] wrote:

> Absolutely, you can use Plover for CART-Captioning jobs (I have been using 
> PLOVER as a CART Captioner for close to ten years). Regarding using it in a 
> legal setting, Plover does keep a copy of your "take" in raw steno on your 
> computer -- not the translated notes, but there are still a handful of 
> reporters who only write on a manual machine with paper notes alone.  You 
> can format MS-Word with legal format (also check out this video: 
> https://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Legal-Transcript#Recording-and-Preparing-a-Legal-Transcript).
>  
> Courts require a multi-storage format, and each state may have their own 
> requirements for storing notes, backing up files, and transcripts.
>
> - Mark Pryor Crossley, RID, CSC/SC:L, NAD/Mstr & CCRA/CCG
>
> On Sunday, September 19, 2021 at 7:47:25 PM UTC-7 S. Raybourne wrote:
>
>> I was wondering if Plover can be used professionally?
>>
>> That is can I take it into a courtroom or do live transcription with it, 
>> without moving to something marketed?
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Spencer
>>
>

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