Although touted by the publisher as a case management system, that is a bit of an overstatement. Rather, Summation is a document management system, allowing a litigator to quickly index and search evidentiary documents. The most obvious use is deposition transcripts. However, any other document, such as written discovery responses, can be scanned and brought into Summation.
Summation can then read the documents and locate any word or phrase within seconds.
It can take you to those occurrences, or provide a report on your search in whatever format you design. Unfortunately, the basic software lacks the ability to access graphic images. Summation makes very nice use of the Windows environment. When a case file is opened, the program presents an image of a file drawer, complete with labeled file folders. A click on the file opens that particular document.