It’s been three years since Carolyn Elefant hung "My Shingle" on the Internet. Since that time, the site has amassed a huge collection of resources for solo and small firm lawyers. Her Online Guide to Starting a Law Firm contains links to more resources on the WWW that you might have thought existed on that
2006
ABA TECHSHOW 2006- Save the Date
By Jim Calloway on
As most of you know, I am quite a believer in ABA TECHSHOW, having served on the ABA TECHSHOW planning board for four years. I am pleased to report that there is life after TECHSHOW board, however. I’ll be quite happy to be speaking at ABA TECHSHOW 2006 with no additional adminstrative duties.
Here’s some…
Corel Releases WordPerfect Office X3
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Corel has just announced their release of Corel WordPerfect Office X3. Here’s the press release.
Among the new features are a "save without metadata" function and the ability to natively import PDF documents "making it easy to reuse text and graphics stored in this format." There are several other new new and improved features, but…
Tip for Inserting Images into MS Word Documents
By Jim Calloway on
From Tom Mighell and his Internet Legal Research Weekly Newsletter comes this tip about how MS Word handles graphic images by default. He calls this feature "VERY annoying." I’d go further and say that the way Microsoft Word treats graphics when you try to place them into a document is its Most Annoying Feature (Non-security/privacy…
Site of the Week: Technically Legal
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Many of you outside the state of Minnesota may not be aware of the blog Technically Legal. Technically Legal is a legal technology blog sponsored by the Minnesota State Bar Association and written by MSBA staffer Mike Trittipo. Mike is an intelligent writer. His posts are detailed and well worth your time. I do…