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Electronic Discovery–Custodians

One of the terms we use when working with electronic discovery is the term “custodian”.  At the beginning of an electronic discovery matter, the attorneys will work closely with the client to identify key witnesses that have knowledge about documents that could be responsive to the document requests received from opposing counsel or investigative counsel.  The individuals with specific knowledge about these certain documents will be identified and then the individuals who are in possession of these documents, as well as email communications about these documents, will be identified as “custodians of data”.

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4 Reasons Why Online Client Intake Is a Game Changer

There is a tremendous amount of administrative work involved with running a law firm. Software products like Clio and Xero are being adopted rapidly because they help streamline the processes of case management and accounting, respectively.  But one area of law practice which has been somewhat overlooked, at least till now, is the so called “top of the funnel,” or more specifically managing your leads, marketing campaigns, and client intake process.  Here are four reasons why online client intake will be the next hot area of innovation in legal practice management software.

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Nuance PowerPDF - Printing Bookmarks

Here is how to print the Bookmark Pane:

Once the list of bookmarks is created; you create a “table of contents”. I guess for lack of another term they used that–it IS a TOC, but created from your list of bookmarks.  You can even choose to put the TOC after page 1; or put it at the end of the document, and print that one page, and then delete it after saving that one page as a separate document–or however you want to treat it.

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Xero Accounting for Law Firms

Xero is a cloud-based accounting software that has positioned itself as “The online accounting software alternative to QuickBooks” for lawyers and other small businesses. Like QuickBooks Online, it can work well as general-purpose accounting software for law firms, although it lacks specific trust-accounting features.

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Adding a Table to an Email in Outlook

This fast tip demonstrates how to insert a table into an Outlook email.

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Electronic Discovery – Forensic Image

A forensic image is a bit-by-bit image of a particular hard drive. It can be a computer or a server hard drive. It basically means that they collect every tiny bit of data on the hard drive as it existed. The goal is to do a single collection and get everything we need for any future analysis.

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The Best (Free) Speech-to-Text Software for Windows

Looking for the best free Windows speech-to-text software? The most-repeated paid recommendation is Dragon Naturally Speaking (DNS). But some might scoff at paying money for software. Fortunately, there are several great free programs out there like Google Docs Voice Typing (GDVT) and Windows Speech Recognition (WSR).

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Change Slide Aspect Ratio in PowerPoint

Of course, there’s nothing worse than poorly sized slides in a presentation. They look annoying, and they can quickly lay waste to the most meticulously planned exhibition. Keep reading to find out more.  PowerPoint makes it easy to jump between the common 4:3 and 16:9 aspect ratios.

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WordRake–Automatic Editing Tool

Write What You Mean.  Make your writing clear and concise, instantly, with WordRake.  Here is a 30-Second demo of WordRake.

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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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