Posted in How To..., MS Office, Solo Practice on Mar 11th, 2013
“You’ve heard it from just about anywhere technology advice gets spread: Document assembly systems save time, boost productivity, reduce errors—and all while helping to eliminate reinventing the wheel when drafting documents. Sounds fabulous. But are real-life lawyers actually adopting document assembly in their practices? For insights into that—and, better still, tips on how to get the [...]
Posted in MS Outlook, Solo Practice on Dec 3rd, 2012
There are many MS Outlook add-ons that mimic functionality that is already built into the application. Though Techhit’s SimplyFile http://www.techhit.com/SimplyFile/ would seem to fall into that category since MS Outlook has a strong rules function and has added the “Move” group in the Home tab, it is actually amazingly useful despite some overlap. SimplyFile is an “intelligent [...]
Posted in Cloud Computing, MS Office, Solo Practice on Nov 29th, 2012
Microsoft’s newest operating system, Windows 8, released on October 26, 2012. It is optimized for touch screen computing and completely revamps the user interface. Recently a CBA member asked me if I was aware if law firms were switching to Windows 8. My response, in part: “I haven’t heard of any firms switching to Windows [...]
Posted in CBA LPMT News, Cloud Computing, Ethics, How To..., Legal Project Management, MS Office, MS Outlook, Social Media, Solo Practice on Aug 20th, 2012
Don’t miss upcoming CLE programs and free training sessions: Coming up in August: How to… Take Control of Social Media with Hootsuite How Lawyers Can Use Collaboration Tools Coming up in September: How to… Use MS OneNote for Project Management How to… Automate Functions in MS Word Smarter, Better, Faster: Document Assembly Coming up in [...]
Posted in CBA LPMT News, Ethics, How To..., MS Office, Trust Accounting on Aug 20th, 2012
New archives available: June 26, 2012: How to… Take Note with Evernote (webcast/materials, training, no CLE) June 28, 2012: Everything You Need To Know About Trust Accounting (But Were Afraid to Ask) (webcast/materials, CLE) July 10, 2012: How to… Control Formatting with MS Word Styles and Templates (webcast/materials, training, no CLE) July 24, 2012: How to… Discover the Benefits of Windows 7 (webcast/materials, [...]
Posted in Adobe Acrobat, CBA LPMT News, How To..., Marketing, MS Office, MS Outlook, Social Media on Jun 20th, 2012
New archives available: May 15, 2012: How to… Use Adobe Acrobat As a Litigation Tool (webcast and slides, training, no CLE) May 24, 2012: Using Technology to Communicate with Clients (webcast/materials, CLE) May 29, 2012: How to… Manage Calendar and Tasks in MS Outlook (webcast/materials, training, no CLE) June 12, 2012: How to… Create a LinkedIn Company Page (webcast/materials, training, no CLE)
Posted in Cloud Computing, Google, Mobile, MS Office on May 22nd, 2012
Read my Attorney At Work article on how lawyers who are dependent on the cloud can be productive even when offline: Sometimes you just don’t have access to the Internet. Whether you’re traveling in a plane, or in a remote (or sometimes not so remote) area that has no WiFi, 3G or 4G coverage, or simply because [...]
Posted in MS Office, MS Outlook on Mar 6th, 2012
In a recent CBA CLE program on Managing Information Overload (CBA members find materials here), I described how the pop-up notification in MS Outlook when new messages arrive can be a distraction. Here is a quick video tutorial on how to turn it off, or change the settings:
Posted in How To..., MS Office, MS Outlook on Mar 6th, 2012
The MS Outlook calendar lets users easily add recurring appointments by entering them into the calendar and then adding a frequency by clicking on the “recurrence” button. This works well for events that occur on a regular schedule – daily, weekly, monthly, etc. However, you may find that you need to schedule events that happen [...]
