Supported File Types in DocReviewPad
Use compatible file formats to ensure files display correctly and maintain quality during review and production.
DocReviewPad is designed for organizing, reviewing, and coding documents for discovery and trial preparation. For best results, use PDF for all documents and photographs, and consider splitting large PDFs into smaller, logical sets before importing.
Supported Document Formats
Document and Text Formats
Remove any password protection before importing, as password-protected files cannot be viewed in DocReviewPad.
✔️Portable Document Format (.PDF) - Recommended!
✔️Tagged Image File Format (.TIF, .TIFF)
✔️Text File (.TXT)
Note: Formatting is not retained. If a transcript is imported into TrialPad, formatting is not retained, but page and line numbering will match the court reporter’s official transcript.
For more information on dealing with PDFs, especially large PDF files, please review Best Practice Recommendations for DocReviewPad in our Help Center.
Image Formats
✔️Joint Photographic Experts Group (.JPG, .JPEG)
✔️Portable Network Graphics (.PNG)
✔️Graphics Interchange Format (.GIF)
✔️High Efficiency Image File Format (.HEIC)
Supported Multimedia Formats
These file types can all be imported into DocReviewPad.
If you experience issues playing a video, please review Ensuring Video and Audio Compatibility in our Help Center.
Movie Files
These are the standard formats for video playback in TrialPad.
✔️ QuickTime (.MOV)
✔️ MPEG-4 (.MP4)
✔️ M4V (.M4V)
Audio Files
Supported for playback of audio recordings such as depositions, interviews, or other evidence.
✔️ Waveform Audio (.WAV)
✔️ MPEG Layer-3 (.MP3)
✔️ M4A (.M4A)
✔️ Audio Interchange File Format (.AIF, .AIFF)
✔️ Core Audio Format (.CAF)
Compressed Files
✔️ Compressed or Zipped File (.ZIP) - ZIP files can contain multiple files and folders. When imported into DocReviewPad, the folder structure is preserved, making it an efficient way to transfer large document sets.
Unsupported File Types
DocReviewPad does not support Microsoft Office documents, spreadsheets, or other file types not listed above.
For more information on converting Microsoft Office files, please review Converting Microsoft Office Files in our Help Center.
For more information on the supported file types, please review Supported File Types in LIT SUITE in our Help Center.