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Archive for July, 2009
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Share word processing documents across applications
When I started my current job a few years back, I was apprehensive about the workload. I knew the previous
If you send docket entries using Outlook’s “Invite Attendees” feature, then you’ve probably had the daunting experience of seeing your
Does your attorney insist that pleadings be scanned in for e-filing rather than printed directly as PDFs, just so her
I don’t like those outside copy service reps. In my book, they rank about half a rung above used car
You really can capitalize — or de-capitalize — blocks of text at once with MS Word. Simply select the desired
A while back, I wrote about using Outlook templates to streamline the sending of boilerplate e-mails. Since then,
In one of the cases I have coming up for trial this fall, the looming discovery deadline apparently took all
The CM/ECF civil case search page (a few courts might still be using the old PACER interface, but the differences
One important thing legal secretaries need to bear in mind when using ECF.Know how, when your lawyer sends out a letter with The Biggest…
ECF Procedures, Electronic Case Filing Best Practice
A while back, opposing counsel in one of my cases electronically filed two documents in federal court — both within
While planning a complex itinerary for one of my bosses, I discovered a nice online travel resource, iFly.com.While it appears to…
Docketing with Outlook: calculating X number of days before a given date
In response to a question regarding my post on calculating dates in Outlook:
Set up a healthy, usable workspace
“This works great when using the + but mine doesn’t work when using -.…
Lifehacker recently posted this handy guide to setting up a healthy,usable workspace. Among the usual ergonomic workspace
A while back, I found that I was sending the same conference call setup e-mail several times a month — sometimes several…
Adding form fields to a PDF with Adobe Acrobat 7 Standard
Acrobat Professional is a great program that lets you turn any PDF into a fillable form and print it, easy
Hardly anyone — not even Google, according to the searches I did — knows Outlook can calculate dates. But the feature is a godsend…
How to help your boss cut airport security wait times
Is your attorney chronically late getting to the airport, or does she just hate waiting in the security line? There’s a way you can…
Don’t worry. Be happy – How to have a Good Work day
Productivity blog Achieve-IT offers these 10 Ways to Have a Happy Workday. Some are conventional wisdom, others are more original, but…
