January, 2018

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2018 - Something Old, Something New

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Y2K with Brobeck (scary times) Beginning with my time in-house at Brobeck (1998-2002), I have enjoyed writing about Legal Technology for many publications. Many reprints were available on earlier versions of the Litigation-Tech website. After some updates and upgrades over the years, these had become "orphaned," meaning they were still available online, but could only be found by running a specific web search.

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AbacusLaw - Practice Management Software

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AbacusLaw Offers Your Firm An All-In-One Solution for Practice Management AbacusLaw offers a completely comprehensive suite of features to help practitioners address all of their case management and administrative needs from intake all the way to trust accounting. AbacusLaw is highly customizable law practice management software that lets you run your entire practice from the cloud.

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Episode 4: Dennis Garcia on Legal Department Automation, Cybersecurity and Lawyers Use of the Cloud

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In this episode we talk to Microsoft Assistant General Counsel Dennis Garcia about legal department automation, the benefits of cloud computing and steps law firms can take to shore up cybersecurity. Dennis also discusses lawyers’ use of social media. We also introduce a new segment for the podcast. Starting with this episode, we will include a short interview with a legal tech founder.

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AbacusLaw - Practice Management Software

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AbacusLaw Offers Your Firm An All-In-One Solution for Practice Management AbacusLaw offers a completely comprehensive suite of features to help practitioners address all of their case management and administrative needs from intake all the way to trust accounting. AbacusLaw is highly customizable law practice management software that lets you run your entire practice from the cloud.

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Microsoft Word - Tips and Tricks

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Taming Microsoft Word’s Paragraph Numbering Feature If you are going to use Word’s native paragraph numbering function, you will want to be armed with basic knowledge and some snafu-busting techniques for the inevitable disappointments.

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Microsoft Word - Tips and Tricks

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Taming Microsoft Word’s Paragraph Numbering Feature If you are going to use Word’s native paragraph numbering function, you will want to be armed with basic knowledge and some snafu-busting techniques for the inevitable disappointments.

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LEAP - Law Office Technology

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LawConnect add-on for LEAP LawConnect is a new add-on to LEAP that helps you have peace of mind that all your client information is safe and secure, without any additional evaluation needed. LawConnect is a secure and safe cloud document management system that enables you to share and collaborate on documents with your clients primarily but also with any other party to a matter.

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Pages - Law Office Technology

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How to Convert Pages to Word Due to MS Word dominance over Pages, most business tasks that involve any kind of document sharing, management, require documents in Word format (.doc or.docx). For that matter, Mac users need to convert Pages to Word and get a file in a more universal and readable format.

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Pages - Law Office Technology

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How to Convert Pages to Word Due to MS Word dominance over Pages, most business tasks that involve any kind of document sharing, management, require documents in Word format (.doc or.docx). For that matter, Mac users need to convert Pages to Word and get a file in a more universal and readable format.

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Lawcus - Case Management Software

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Lawcus Legal Case Management Software Lawcus is basically project management software built for lawyers instead of software developers (for a welcome change), with a simple-but-effective CRM built on the same model. Lawcus is one of the most unique practice management software options you will find.

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Lawcus - Case Management Software

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Lawcus Legal Case Management Software Lawcus is basically project management software built for lawyers instead of software developers (for a welcome change), with a simple-but-effective CRM built on the same model. Lawcus is one of the most unique practice management software options you will find.

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Law Office Technology Software

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Overview of Litéra EKTA With Litéra EKTA® lawyers can maintain a complete electronic matter file without moving files from one repository to another – at least, not until a matter is done, and the final file is being assembled. Once Litéra EKTA® recognizes a file, it maintains a history on that file. Accesses, edits, new versions… Litéra EKTA® tracks them all.

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Law Office Technology Software

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Overview of Litéra EKTA With Litéra EKTA® lawyers can maintain a complete electronic matter file without moving files from one repository to another – at least, not until a matter is done, and the final file is being assembled. Once Litéra EKTA® recognizes a file, it maintains a history on that file. Accesses, edits, new versions… Litéra EKTA® tracks them all.

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Microsoft PowerPoint - Tips and Tricks

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Embed and edit videos in PowerPoint Video you insert from your files is now embedded in your presentation by default. Easily trim your video within PowerPoint so your audience only sees what you want them to see.

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Microsoft PowerPoint - Tips and Tricks

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Embed and edit videos in PowerPoint Video you insert from your files is now embedded in your presentation by default. Easily trim your video within PowerPoint so your audience only sees what you want them to see.

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Evernote Basics

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How to Create Evernote Stacks If you’ve been using Evernote for a while, you’ve probably accumulated a huge collection of notebooks. If they’re in disarray, one small Evernote feature can get them under control: Stacks. Stacks are basically collections of notebooks. Just keep in mind that while you can share individual notebooks with your contacts, you cannot share Stacks.

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Evernote Basics

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How to Create Evernote Stacks If you’ve been using Evernote for a while, you’ve probably accumulated a huge collection of notebooks. If they’re in disarray, one small Evernote feature can get them under control: Stacks. Stacks are basically collections of notebooks. Just keep in mind that while you can share individual notebooks with your contacts, you cannot share Stacks.

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Worldox - Document Management Software

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Quickly Preview Documents in Worldox Using the Viewer Tool The viewer allows you to quickly preview and scan though a list of documents or photos. If you partner the text search with the view, you can search all documents for a unique word of phrase and be taken to that word or phrase, which will then be highlighted in every document listed in the result.

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Worldox - Document Management Software

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Quickly Preview Documents in Worldox Using the Viewer Tool The viewer allows you to quickly preview and scan though a list of documents or photos. If you partner the text search with the view, you can search all documents for a unique word of phrase and be taken to that word or phrase, which will then be highlighted in every document listed in the result.

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Law Office Technology Software

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How to Turn Your Phone into a Mobile Office As we all know, laptops might not be the most convenient thing to use when having to do work while you are out and about. Today, mobile apps are becoming even stronger and faster than before, and with the addition of new powerful mobile phones, it is possible to do a huge chunk of your daily chores on your way to the office.

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Law Office Technology Software

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How to Turn Your Phone into a Mobile Office As we all know, laptops might not be the most convenient thing to use when having to do work while you are out and about. Today, mobile apps are becoming even stronger and faster than before, and with the addition of new powerful mobile phones, it is possible to do a huge chunk of your daily chores on your way to the office.

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Microsoft Excel - Tips and Tricks

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Excel - Insert headers and footers You can add headers to the top and footers to the bottom of a worksheet. When you print the worksheet, the headers and footers also print. For example, you might create a header with the file path and a footer with page numbers. Headers and footers display only in Page Layout view and on printed pages. Take this quick course to learn more.

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Microsoft Excel - Tips and Tricks

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Excel - Insert headers and footers You can add headers to the top and footers to the bottom of a worksheet. When you print the worksheet, the headers and footers also print. For example, you might create a header with the file path and a footer with page numbers. Headers and footers display only in Page Layout view and on printed pages. Take this quick course to learn more.

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Episode 3: Kent Zimmermann on Alternative Legal Service Providers

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In this episode, we speak with Kent Zimmermann about the rise of alternative legal service providers--companies that help clients and attorneys accomplish legal related work such as document review for electronic discovery, or due diligence contract review for corporate mergers and acquisitions. Kent also talks about law firm mergers. A topic he knows quite a bit about because he is a consultant helping law firms with strategic planning, management consulting, mergers, and marketing.

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Law Office Technology Software

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Resize Active Screens The key combination I use the most is the Window Logo and the arrow keys. It will automatically resize the active screen. For instance, if I press Logo + right arrow, it will place the screen on the right and be half of the screen. This came in handy for users who happen to have two monitors and want to automatically resize the window without having to use the arrows.

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Law Office Technology Software

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Resize Active Screens The key combination I use the most is the Window Logo and the arrow keys. It will automatically resize the active screen. For instance, if I press Logo + right arrow, it will place the screen on the right and be half of the screen. This came in handy for users who happen to have two monitors and want to automatically resize the window without having to use the arrows.

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Best Case - Bankruptcy Case Management Software

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Copying Text from Microsoft Word or WordPerfect into the Best Case Editor Instructions for copying a document from WordPerfect® or Microsoft® Word into Best Case Editor in order to create a PDF file (if you do not have Adobe Acrobat installed). This process is used for people who do not have Adobe® Acrobat, but need to convert documents from a word processing program (such as Microsoft® Word or WordPerfect®) into a PDF for Electronic Filing, OR for users who need to attach a previously created w

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Best Case - Bankruptcy Case Management Software

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Copying Text from Microsoft Word or WordPerfect into the Best Case Editor Instructions for copying a document from WordPerfect® or Microsoft® Word into Best Case Editor in order to create a PDF file (if you do not have Adobe Acrobat installed). This process is used for people who do not have Adobe® Acrobat, but need to convert documents from a word processing program (such as Microsoft® Word or WordPerfect®) into a PDF for Electronic Filing, OR for users who need to attach a previously created w

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eDiscovery Basics

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Electronic Discovery – Indexing The term “processing” encompasses many steps, which can make it one of the most difficult topics to teach in litigation support. Indexing is another step in the “processing” stage and it is one of the steps that can take some time to complete, depending on the volume of data that needs to be indexed. In simple terms, the indexing process will go grab every word in every document and then generate a list of those words, sorted in alphanumeric order.

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eDiscovery Basics

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Electronic Discovery – Indexing The term “processing” encompasses many steps, which can make it one of the most difficult topics to teach in litigation support. Indexing is another step in the “processing” stage and it is one of the steps that can take some time to complete, depending on the volume of data that needs to be indexed. In simple terms, the indexing process will go grab every word in every document and then generate a list of those words, sorted in alphanumeric order.

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Law Office Technology Software

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How to Import Your Facebook Contacts In to Gmail Friends to Gmail (directory app) is a web application that you can use to convert your Facebook friends list into a nice, Gmail-compatible CSV file. Once created, you can import this file right into Gmail and all of your friends’ information, like names, locations, birthdays, bios, work history, and hometowns, will be added to your contacts for you.

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Law Office Technology Software

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How to Import Your Facebook Contacts In to Gmail Friends to Gmail (directory app) is a web application that you can use to convert your Facebook friends list into a nice, Gmail-compatible CSV file. Once created, you can import this file right into Gmail and all of your friends’ information, like names, locations, birthdays, bios, work history, and hometowns, will be added to your contacts for you.

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Law Office Technology Software

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The Top 10 Best Free Antivirus Software There used to be many free antivirus programs but in recent years most are now paid. There still a few however which will scan your computer for free. Computer protection has never been as important as it is right now due to cybercrime at its highest level.

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Law Office Technology Software

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The Top 10 Best Free Antivirus Software There used to be many free antivirus programs but in recent years most are now paid. There still a few however which will scan your computer for free. Computer protection has never been as important as it is right now due to cybercrime at its highest level.

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Mac Software for Lawyers

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Shortcuts for Microsoft Outlook 2016 (for Mac users) The following article shows frequently used shortcuts in Outlook 2016 for Mac.

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Mac Software for Lawyers

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Shortcuts for Microsoft Outlook 2016 (for Mac users) The following article shows frequently used shortcuts in Outlook 2016 for Mac.