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PC-Free Scanning; Email Management; Spouses as Law Partners; 64-Bit the Dust

By Sara Skiff | Friday, February 20, 2009

Coming today to Fat Friday: George Ross explains how he manages incoming email, Yvonne Renfrew shares her idea for making the ScanSnap S300 even more mobile, Thomas F. McDow discusses sharing an office with another lawyer (who also happens to be his wife), Paul Mansfield warns about one of the pitfalls of 64-bit computing, and Robert Fleming provides a helpful tip for running WordPerfect with multiple monitors. Don't miss this issue.

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Topics: Coming Attractions | Copiers/Scanners/Printers | Desktop PCs/Servers | Document Management | Email/Messaging/Telephony | Fat Friday | Law Office Management | Networking/Operating Systems | Privacy/Security

Lexmark X9350 Review; Time Matters and PCLaw; FineReader Pro Review; WordPerfect ToC and ToA Tip; Pathagoras Review

By Sara Skiff | Thursday, February 19, 2009

Coming today to Answers to Questions: Neal Rogers shares how his firm uses their Lexmark X9350 all-in-one for wireless network scanning, Caren Schwartz reviews Time Matters and PCLaw, Mark Manoukian reviews ABBYY FineReader Pro for OCR, Carolyn Thornlow explains how to create Tables of Authorities and Contents in WordPerfect, and Daniel Fennick reviews Pathagoras for document assembly. Don't miss this issue.

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Topics: Accounting/Billing/Time Capture | Automation/Document Assembly/Macros | Business Productivity/Word Processing | Coming Attractions | Copiers/Scanners/Printers | Dictation/OCR/Speech Recognition | Practice Management/Calendars | TL Answers

Review: Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 Legal

By Sara Skiff | Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Coming today to TechnoFeature: Do you find yourself continually searching for ways to become more productive? Speech recognition technology may provide you with a quantum leap, especially if you don't type well or suffer from repetitive stress injuries. In this article, lawyer John Starkweather reviews the latest offering from Nuance, Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 Legal. John shares his first impressions, his thoughts on ease of use, performance, and features, and his wish list for future versions. Whether you're a newbie thinking about using speech recognition for the first time or a veteran wondering if you should upgrade to the new version, John's detailed review provides all the information you need.

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Topics: Coming Attractions | Dictation/OCR/Speech Recognition | TechnoFeature

Is PC Building For Chumps?; POPFile Review; LogMeIn Reviews; CompuLaw-Peachtree Conflict

By Sara Skiff | Friday, February 13, 2009

Coming today to Fat Friday: David Copeland joins the debate over whether law firms should build their own custom PCs, Tom Trottier reviews POPFile for controlling spam, Malcolm Gregson shares an important integration issue between Compulaw Vision Docket and Peachtree, Lincoln Miller responds to Ross Kodner's recent SmallLaw column on the search for the perfect laptop, and Louis Rosner reviews LogMeIn Free. Don't miss this issue.

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Topics: Accounting/Billing/Time Capture | Coming Attractions | Desktop PCs/Servers | Email/Messaging/Telephony | Fat Friday | Litigation/Discovery/Trials | Networking/Operating Systems | Online/Cloud | Privacy/Security

SharePoint Review; Windows Server Alternatives; Digital Dictation; PDF Converter Professional; Word 2007 Tutorials

By Sara Skiff | Thursday, February 12, 2009

Coming today to Answers to Questions: Carlton Barnes reviews SharePoint 3.0 and SharePoint Server, Oskar Teran reviews several Mac and Linux alternatives to Microsoft Exchange, Peter Conway discusses digital dictation from the viewpoints of the lawyer and transcriber respectively, Neil Kaufman reviews PDF Converter Professional 5, and Fraser Page shares some helpful resources for online Word training. Don't miss this issue.

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Topics: Business Productivity/Word Processing | CLE/News/References | Collaboration/Knowledge Management | Coming Attractions | Desktop PCs/Servers | Dictation/OCR/Speech Recognition | Email/Messaging/Telephony | Networking/Operating Systems | TL Answers

Review: pdfDocs compareDocs 3.1 for Document Comparison

By Sara Skiff | Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Coming today to TechnoFeature: Remember when document comparison meant laying two pages side by side and getting out your trusty red pen? Those days are gone thanks to document comparison software. For this article, legal technology consultant John Heckman took DocsCorp's pdfDocs compareDocs 3.1 for a test drive and reported his findings. John focused on accuracy, convenience, and security — the three most critical components of document comparison. His verdict? Read his comprehensive review to find out.

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Topics: Business Productivity/Word Processing | Coming Attractions | TechnoFeature

Godzilla Attacks Law Firm Video Plus 61 More Links

By Neil J. Squillante | Monday, February 9, 2009

Coming today to BlawgWorld: Our editorial team has selected and linked to 32 articles from the past week worthy of your attention, including our Post of the Week. Here's a sample:

Live From the TechnoLawyer Party: Mobile Legal Apps (Video)

Six Don'ts for the End of Your Presentations

How Williams Mullen Capitalized on the Credit Crisis

This issue also contains links to every article in the January and February 2009 issues of Law Practice, and Law Technology News. Don't miss this issue or future issues.

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Topics: BlawgWorld Newsletter | Coming Attractions | Email/Messaging/Telephony | Laptops/Smartphones/Tablets | Law Firm Marketing/Publications/Web Sites | Law Office Management | TechnoLawyer | Technology Industry/Legal Profession | Videos

Seeking the Best Law Firm Web Sites; HP Tablet Review; PCLaw Tech Support; Enterprise Hard Drives; Loislaw Public Records; Dimdim Review

By Sara Skiff | Friday, February 6, 2009

Coming today to Fat Friday: Jonathon Wescott reviews HP's Tablet PC tx1 and tx2 series, Dixon Robertson reviews PCLaw tech support, Kenneth Flaxman shares some tips for buying enterprise quality hard drives, Michael Caldwell shares his concerns about Loislaw's public search records, and Zale Dowlen reviews Dimdim for online meetings and Webinars. Don't miss this issue.

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Topics: Accounting/Billing/Time Capture | Backup/Media/Storage | Collaboration/Knowledge Management | Coming Attractions | Fat Friday | Laptops/Smartphones/Tablets | Legal Research | Online/Cloud

Are You a Simpleton or a Sophisticate?; Archive Web Pages; Adobe's Licensing Policies; Lynda.com Review; SnapDone Review

By Sara Skiff | Thursday, February 5, 2009

Coming today to Answers to Questions: Carolyn Thornlow discusses what the technology at your law firm says about you as a lawyer, Barry Hubbard explains how to create a free homemade utility for archiving Web pages electronically, Michael Vorel reviews Adobe's product license policies, Adam Drennen reviews lynda.com's Microsoft Word training, and Michael Campbell reviews SnapDone for simple document assembly. Don't miss this issue.

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Topics: Automation/Document Assembly/Macros | Business Productivity/Word Processing | CLE/News/References | Coming Attractions | Law Office Management | Technology Industry/Legal Profession | TL Answers

A Comparative Review of Corel WordPerfect Office X4 Versus OpenOffice.org 3

By Sara Skiff | Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Coming today to TechnoFeature: Will the battle of the word processors ever end? Attorneys Al Harrison and Randy Claridge seek to lay down the final word (no pun intended) on the two leading alternative word processors in today's TechnoFeature. In this comparative review, they pit WordPerfect Office X4 against OpenOffice.org 3. They discuss the relative advantages and functionality of each from compatibility to document security to PDF capabilities and more. Which program comes out on top? Read their words of wisdom to find out.

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