So, Microsoft Word for text documents, Microsoft Excel for spreadsheets, VLC player for videos, etc. And each file type needs different software, to open. With electronic discovery (eDiscovery), you’re dealing with different types of electronic data – text documents, emails, spreadsheets, audio files, video files, etc. And their differences pop up in these 3 phases of eDiscovery – (A) When you’re opening files, (B) When you’re searching them, and C) When you’re producing them.
Word documents and PDFs are the most useful: Word documents for editing, and PDFs for sharing. Takeaway: Each of the 4 common types of text documents has its pros and cons.
