TechnoLawyer: Business Productivity/Word Processing

Coming September 29, 2005 to Answers to Questions: Rick Borstein of Adobe Systems offers advice on how to create PDFs and employ OCR at the same time, Ellen Freedman provides a bevy of resources for salary research in the legal profession, Raymond Gintner presents more tips on printing with specific trays in WordPerfect, Nancy Grekin reviews PaperPort's document management capabilities, and Jack Tubbs speculates about a user's problem with Outlook after installing Windows XP SP2. Don't miss this issue.

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Coming September 23, 2005 to Fat Friday: Barron Henley explains why he believes the metadata security issue is over-hyped (and that's just for starters), Martin Dean explains why technology does not necessarily guarantee success, Gerard Stubbert shares his European perspective on confidential client data, Yvonne Renfrew reviews a little-known software utility for QuickBooks trust accounting, and John Ahern reviews cross-cut paper shredders. Don't miss this issue.

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Coming September 28, 2005 to Answers to Questions: William Brown discusses Palm synchronization in great depth (including multi-computer and cross-platform), Sam Brenner explains how to customize Adobe Acrobat using JavaScript, Kevin Bross reviews Adobe LiveCycle Designer for creating electronic forms, Erick Regalado offers advice for those experiencing problems with Windows XP Service Pack 2, and Gaynell Lerille points out some helpful Web sites that provide salary information for the legal field. Don't miss this issue.

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Published Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, Answers to Questions is a thrice weekly newsletter in which TechnoLawyer members answer legal technology and practice management questions submitted by their peers (including you if you join TechnoLawyer). Like all of our newsletters, it's free. Please subscribe now.

Coming September 26, 2005 to Answers to Questions: Douglas Simpson explains how to reduce the size of your bloated .PST file to prevent Outlook from crashing, Thomas Stirewalt reviews Time & Chaos for sharing contacts and calendar, Craig Bishop digs up a great deal on the Treo 650, J. Franklin reviews the redlining ability of Microsoft Word 2003, and Scott Smith suggests an interesting source for researching the compensation of legal professionals. Don't miss this issue.

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Published Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, Answers to Questions is a thrice weekly newsletter in which TechnoLawyer members answer legal technology and practice management questions submitted by their peers (including you if you join TechnoLawyer). Like all of our newsletters, it's free. Please subscribe now.

Coming September 21, 2005 to Answers to Questions: Neal Frishberg reviews the Olympus DS-4000 digital recorder, Sam Brenner offers a time-saving tip for merging multiple Web pages into one PDF file, Howard Raab discusses Palm synchronization with multiple computers, Stacey Hawver recommends a consultant to help with WordPerfect macros, and Stan Burton reviews an easy-to-use digital dictation system. Don't miss this issue.

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Published Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, Answers to Questions is a thrice weekly newsletter in which TechnoLawyer members answer legal technology and practice management questions submitted by their peers (including you if you join TechnoLawyer). Like all of our newsletters, it's free. Please subscribe now.

Regarding the recent word processor debate in Answers to Questions, TechnoLawyer member Stephen Seldin writes: "WordPerfect does not use meta code, which means that I do not have to worry about scrubbing hidden prior drafts and comments from a document before sending it to the other side. WordPerfect includes a redline utility, which means that I do not have to buy an expensive redline program to compare drafts."

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Coming September 6, 2005 to TechnoGuide:

Katrina; Canon PowerShot SD500/SD550; Blogging Woes -- 5 New Blog Posts, 6 New Questions
By Neil Squillante & Sara Skiff
In this issue of TechnoGuide, we wonder whether technology could have prevented New Orleans from flooding. In addition, you'll find a review of the Canon PowerShot SD500/SD550 (including an in-depth discussion of the movie mode), a cautionary tale about blogging, Quips about satellite radio and WordPerfect, and six new Questions that run the gamut from law firm extranets to network scanners to translation software. All that plus the Question of the Week.

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Coming August 17, 2005 to Answers to Questions: Jay Solomon discusses why holding onto an old printer may cost more than buying a new one, Nicholas Paczkowski reviews the Brother MFC 9600, Randall S. D. Jacobs reviews the Dell 1600n MFP, Jerry Perrella discusses compatibility between Word 2000 and Word XP, and Gil Marquez discusses the advantages of GroupWise 6.5 for Palm users (plus a postscript about GroupWise 7.0, which is coming soon). Don't miss this issue.

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Published Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, Answers to Questions is a thrice weekly newsletter in which TechnoLawyer members answer legal technology and practice management questions submitted by their peers (including you if you join TechnoLawyer). Like all of our newsletters, it's free. Please subscribe now.

With all the scuttlebutt about document comparison software in recent editions of Fat Friday, TechnoLawyer member Jon Calhoun sent us an oft-forgotten reminder: "I've used WordPerfect's built-in compare feature for years and have been quite satisfied. Of course, that means working in WordPerfect instead of Word, but that's a plus in my book. WordPerfect does a fine job of converting Word documents, which you would have to do before using the redline feature."

About Quips
A Quip is a brief member contribution for which we don't have room in our Answers to Questions or Fat Friday newsletters. Instead, Quips appear first in TechnoGuide, and later here in TechnoLawyer Blog. TechnoGuide, which is free, also contains exclusive content. You can subscribe here.

Coming August 10, 2005 to TechnoLawyer NewsWire:  In this issue of TechnoLawyer NewsWire, you'll learn about a time-tracking utility for all the billable work you perform on your BlackBerry or Treo, a new search utility that bypasses OCR for greater accuracy, free accounting software for small firms, a utility that can batch convert image PDF files into searchable PDf files using Acrobat 7's built-in "Recognize Text" technology, and a new line of duplex scanners designed for law firms.

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