The power to create hyperlinks in Microsoft Word is, in my opinion, one of the greatest strides ever made in word processing technology. I…
Archive for May, 2009
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Microsoft Word: make documents more dynamic with hyperlinks
Is your favorite pen always missing from your pen cup, just because someone happened to be passing by and thought they needed it more…
Productivity 501 offers these 12 tips for an organized desk. They are, of course, not aimed at legal secretaries at all, so I was…
The July issue of ABA Journal includes Law Hacks, an article jam-packed with nuts-and-bolts tips “to make you a more productive, less stressed-out lawyer.” Included…
That bodacious blogging court reporter, Todd Olivas, has just unveiled his free Deadline and Filing Calculator. I tested it today, and it looks to be…
What is it with law firms and their focus on tenure* as the most important quality a legal secretary can have?
The vast majority of…
A fantastic people search engine Wink is the most powerful and accurate free site for locating and learning about people that I’ve seen to date.…
Hosford Medical Terms Dictionary v3.0 is offered as a free text file that you can import into Word as a custom dictionary. (A voluntary…
Roberta Gelb has written a terrific article over at Law.com, in which she warns law firms to Beware the Hidden Costs of Bad Formatting.…
Data recovery application provider Ease Us offers this comprehensive article on locating a deleted or lost Word document. I’ve never seen all this information…
The days of one secretary/one lawyer are pretty much behind us. Nowadays, two, three, and even four secretaries per lawyer are the norm. So…
Financial site Bankrate offers this article on Resumes in cyberspace. It’s a treasure trove of tips on how to format a resume that’s optimized…
Today, I finished a rather large project that involved entering data into a spreadsheet from handwritten notes. Needless to say, when I completed typing…
Over at Legality, we’ve been talking about how legal secretaries dislike being turned into bill collectors and having to call clients about past due…
Folks, a rule of thumb when your pleading is being filed by two parties: Only one apostrophe and one “S” is needed, and this…
