Back in the late ’80s I bought a dedicated word processor. My main criterion at the time was something that seems silly now: I wanted printed output that would be indistinguishable from a typewriter. So I got a Brother WP-500, which featured a daisywheel printer. This enabled me to produce doc...

Written by Darrell Etherington. There is very little reason to depend on a hard drive-based application for your word processing needs these days. Google Docs provides everything most users will ever need; you already have it if you have a Gmail account, and it works offline, thanks to Google Gears....

Coming today to Fat Friday : Birney Bull discusses how document assembly transformed his practice, Phil Fragasso shares a story about what makes a successful rainmaker, John Kennedy explains the importance of knowledge management in a law firm, Bobby Abrams responds to a recent TechnoEditorial about...

I use LaTeX primarily for all of my printed document preparation, but I have to teach people how to write in Word/OpenOffice Writer, and so it still is interesting to me to find out how to do new things. I've wondered how to make non-breaking spaces (NBSP) in Word for a long time, but I didn't force...

Coming today to Answers to Questions : Roger Mullins reviews the pros and cons of using Zotero for archiving legal research and other Web pages, Ralph Stoker clarifies some misconceptions about the security of reformatting a hard drive, Morris Tabush discusses the BlackBerry Storm, Barron Henley rev...

Here are a few questions I’ve received recently from people like you, and my answers. I have edited and restated the questions a bit, for readability. Should I install Microsoft’s “SP3″ upgrade to Windows XP? I hear opinions on both sides. In general, I recommend this upgrade...

Coming April 24, 2008 to Answers to Questions : OpenOffice, Firefox, and Linux; Deleting Data; Passwords Plus Review; PracticeMaster Review; Wayback Machine By Craig S. Clark, Daniel Fennick, Brad Jensen, Mark Manoukian, & Theo Yates In this issue of Answers to Questions, Mark Manoukian discusse...

Coming April 4, 2008 to Fat Friday : Email Is Great? You Gotta Be Kidding; Treo 680 Review; Office 2007; Yellow Pages Advertising; Switch Mouser By Brent Blanchard, Carol Bratt, Harold Burstyn, Jim Calloway, & David Sergi In this issue of Fat Friday, Jim Calloway takes Publisher Neil Squillante ...

Microsoft Office Extenders (Cheapskate's Delight) Who says my Best of Show picks need to be edgy and sexy? Consider Legal Bar, an add-on for Microsoft Word and Outlook from BEC Legal Systems. Legal Bar occupies a thimble of space on your hard drive, but does something every lawyer can appreciate —...

Presenters: Carolyn Elefant and David Masters Friday, March 14 at 8:30 am A small firm or solo Attorney could hardly ask for more. Before me, on the second day of what was already shaping up to be the most interesting TechShow in years, sat a pair of legends in solo practice — Carolyn Elefant and ...