TechnoLawyer: Business Productivity/Word Processing

Coming October 20, 2006 to Fat Friday: Mark Lieb discusses how a firm's litigation support department should operate, John Dorst reviews Sonnet's PodFreq FM transmitter for the iPod, Douglas Simpson reviews his experience using Copernic Desktop Search over the past year, Thomas Shigo chimes in on the DIY v. hire a consultant debate, and Jeff Wyatt reviews the Brother HL-5250DN laser printer. Don't miss this issue.

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Coming October 19, 2006 to Answers to Questions: Bill Baldwin adds his two cents to the Word v. WordPerfect debate, Larry Lockwood explains how, with a little programming, you can use MS Access to manage your discovery documents, and David Ventker reviews his 4 years using PCLaw in a small firm. Don't miss this issue.

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Coming October 13, 2006 to Fat Friday: Arthur Rieman discusses the good and bad of PowerPoint presentations, Craig Bayer responds to another member's scathing assessment of the legal software industry, Randy Gold reviews his experience with Dell customer service, and John Kennedy reviews a search application called Wilbur. Don't miss this issue.

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Coming October 12, 2006 to Answers to Questions: Rhett Franklin reviews the Konica Minolta Bizhub C250 and C450, Carol Bratt offers up detailed instructions for customizing the shortcut menu in Word, and Harry Steinmetz reviews Legal Billing from Chaos Software for the basic needs of a solo practitioner. Don't miss this issue.

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You may claim to be a PowerPoint know-it-all. Perhaps you know how to create a slide. But do you know how to insert a video file into a slide or instantly blank the screen during a presentation? In this article, veteran trial presentation consultant Timothy Piganelli shares his top ten favorite little-known features of PowerPoint. Do you need specialized software for your next trial presentation? — read on to find out why Tim doesn't think so.

Coming October 5, 2006 to Answers to Questions: Paul Hager offers up some tips for using Timeslips remotely, David Blair discusses his experience as a long-time WordPerfect user forced to use Word, Larry Southerland reviews PaperPort for document management and a database program called Alpha Five, Celine Rivet suggests some printer purchasing tips (and so do we), and Nina Yablok reviews QuickBooks for small law firm accounting and billing. Don't miss this issue.

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Last week Adobe announced Acrobat 8. The long-running debate over Standard versus Professional may become moot with this new version as Adobe has placed most of the legal-specific features in the Professional version. A TechnoRelease coming to your inbox this Friday will provide some details on the legal-specific features. In the meantime, we've pulled together some information from around the Web:

New Features for Legal Professionals in Acrobat 8 Professional

Adobe Acrobat Updates Likely to Lure Lawyers

Acrobat 8 New Features: Bates Numbering

My Favorite New Features in Acrobat 8

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Coming September 28, 2006 to Answers to Questions: Jason Havens discusses using Acrobat for document collaboration and reviews the new WordPerfect Office X3 Suite, Paolo Broggi offers up detailed instructions for syncing your Treo 650 with Amicus Attorney, Daniel Mengeling explains the benefits (or lack thereof) of bar coding documents for trial presentations, Erin Baldwin reviews CaseMap for case-specific document management, and Brooks Miller reviews his experience with Brother laser printers. Don't miss this issue.

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Coming September 21, 2006 to Answers to Questions: Katrina Curfiss explores whether your firm should build its own software (for litigation support, document management, practice management, etc.) or buy off the shelf, Pam Rolph shares some quick fixes for Amicus Attorney scheduling problems, Allen Hardon offers a word of caution to those looking to fix Timeslips issues on their own, Mike Savory, Senior Product Manager for Sage Software, responds to Timeslips criticism, and Kurt Schoettler explains how to use Acrobat 7 for OCR batch processing. Don't miss this issue.

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Coming September 14, 2006 to Answers to Questions: Jason Havens reviews Tabs3 and compares it to Timeslips for law firm accounting and time-billing, Debbie Westwood reviews Lotus Notes for document collaboration, Nancy Merreot explains how to archive e-mail using PST files and Adobe Acrobat 7, Nikki Rodeman discusses the bar code scanning system she discovered (and we provide tips on using bar codes for trial exhibits), and John Keller reviews Skype for outgoing calls. In addition, this issue features links to 5 additional Posts in the TechnoLawyer Archive. Don't miss this issue.

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