Five habits for reading a long case file on a tablet

1 October 2026

Reading a long case file on a screen is different from reading it on paper. You cannot fold a corner or slip in a flag. You can do something better, though: the page and your notes can point to each other. These five habits help.

1. Give each colour a meaning

Decide once what your colours mean and stick to it. For example, yellow for facts, green for points in your favour, red for points against you, and blue for dates. Months later, a glance at a page tells you what mattered on it. YIP Note remembers your favourite pens, so switching takes one tap.

2. Bookmark the annexures first

Before you start reading, bookmark where each annexure, affidavit and order begins, and rename the bookmarks (for example "Annexure P-4: Agreement"). Your Documents & bookmarks side then works like a proper index of the file.

3. Keep one Case File per matter

Put the pleadings, the orders and the judgments you rely on in the same Case File. Search, bookmarks and notes then work across the whole matter, not one PDF at a time.

4. Write notes that point back to the page

A note that says "see the reply" is not much help on the day of the hearing. Link each note to its exact place instead: drag the note onto the document, or draw a line with the Pencil from the page to the note. On the day, one tap on the note opens the right page.

5. Clip tables and signatures into your notes

A schedule of payments or a disputed signature is easier to discuss when it sits in your notes. Use Clip to notes to draw a box around it. The picture lands on your notes board, with a star linking back to the page.