TechnoLawyer: Business Productivity/Word Processing

Coming June 29, 2005 to Answers to Questions: Jason Havens compares AbacusLaw to Amicus Attorney for case management, Scott Bassett reviews PCLaw's Palm OS integration, Michael Schley discusses why he considers the Fujitsu ScanSnap a "jewel of a scanner," Jesse Farr reviews Time & Chaos as a case management substitute, and Bryan Morin provides WordPerfect printing tips. Don't miss this issue.

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Coming June 27, 2005 to Answers to Questions: Ruth Vadi discusses her personal journey from IT professional to lawyer, Jimmy Brown discusses problems with printer paper trays when using WordPerfect, Kevin Grierson issues a spyware warning to fellow parents, Brad Jensen discusses online paralegal training, and Brian Garves explains how he made an end run around spyware. 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 June 23, 2005 to Answers to Questions: Cynthia Zook provides a comprehensive set of tips for common problems with WordPerfect and HP LaserJet printers, Paul Lepine reviews two free remote control solutions, Martin Dean explains why he's wary of using VNC for remote control of his PC, Ross Kodner reviews GoToMyPC and another Citrix service, and Danny Wash provides a real-life story involving GoToMyPC. Don't miss this issue.

How to Receive this Newsletter
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 a recent issue of Answers to Questions, TechnoLawyer member Martin Pagel has a quick tip for Outlook 2003 users: "Outlook 2003 has a single dialog for reminders and you can even use context menus (through right clicking) to flag items as complete."

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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 June 17, 2005 to Fat Friday:  Steven Finell sets forth six clever tests that will reveal whether or not you're a nerd, Kenneth Jones reviews Firefox and provides ten reasons to switch, Howard Iken compares Enfish to Google desktop Search, Joseph Sferrazza issues a challenge to legal vendors, and Jay Solomon criticizes legal vendors that don't list prices. Don't miss this issue.

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Coming June 16, 2005 to Answers to Questions: Hugh Cox reviews Stamps.com, Clint Pullin explains how to create PDFs with an OCR overlay in one step, Howard Raab reviews a free remote control tool, Michelle Niemeyer discusses Amicus Attorney's Palm synchronization capabilities, and Julie Kiernan explains how to stop spyware. Don't miss this issue.

How to Receive this Newsletter
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 June 15, 2005 to TechnoLawyer NewsWire: In this issue of TechnoLawyer NewsWire, you'll learn about a new software program for creating litigation-oriented graphics, a Web-based collaboration and project management tool, the world's smallest Windows PC (think palmtop, not laptop), a scheduling solution for your firm and its conference rooms and other shared facilities, and a new PDF-friendly document management system.

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Coming June 10, 2005 to Fat Friday: Todd Hill explains why Linux is not ready for use by law firms, Frank Tobolsky reviews Litera's Change-Pro document comparison software, Francis Mendez reviews FileCenter document management software, Kath Gilliam reviews an e-mail newsletter publishing tool with high deliverability rates, and Martin Dean explains how to transform a folder of documents into a PDF archive. Don't miss this issue.

How to Receive this Newsletter
Published on Fridays, Fat Friday is a weekly newsletter that features a grab bag full of genuinely useful product reviews and tips on a wide variety of topics. Like all of our newsletters, it's free. Please subscribe now.

Coming May 26, 2005 to Answers to Questions: Miriam Jacobson reviews two popular backup solutions from the perspective of a small law firm, and Michael Kenwood discusses two different backup strategies depending on the level of risk you're willing to accept. Also in this issue, Wendy Parker provides a WordPerfect printing tip, Robert Ray discusses a hidden feature in Acrobat 7 that will appeal to litigators, and Robert Livingston explains why his firm switched to PracticeMaster and Tabs3. Don't miss this issue.

How to Receive this Newsletter
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.

As evidenced by our recent coverage in Fat Friday, Corel has a renewed interest in the legal profession. TechnoLawyer member Stephen Seldin writes in with news of a CRN article about the Department of Justice's recent decision to extended its Corel WordPerfect license for another five years. The DOJ apparently has 50,000 PCs running WordPerfect.

About TechnoEditorials
A TechnoEditorial is the vehicle through which we opine and provide tips of interest to managing partners, law firm administrators, and others in the legal profession. TechnoEditorials appear first in TechnoGuide, and later here in TechnoLawyer Blog. TechnoGuide, which is free, also contains exclusive content. You can subscribe here.