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    LSNTAP provides technology support to the poverty law community through trainings, direct support, as well as coordinating the development of several legal services specific technologies. A central part of NTAP’s mission is our trainings. They’re available through LSNTAP.org – we hold regular webinar trainings that are free to the legal aid community. Topics range from web-related technologies like we’re discussing here, to Office Suite of products, to case management systems. You have some information about them.

    Organizer can enter up to 12 dates and times, indicate the length of the meeting and adjust the timezone.

    Organizer enters participant email addresses and a message

    This is a sample of the email that a potential participant receives. Participant clicks on the link. The organizer also receives a confirmation.

    Participant checks the days and times they are available and can also enter a message.

    Both the organizer and participants can view the chart. Organizer confirms the meeting date and time and an email is sent to participants.

    Once the organizer confirms the meeting time and date, the participants receive a confirming email.

    This is a Doodle scheduling sample – very similar to Meeting Wizard.

    Project management tools come in a variety of flavors and have all sorts of different functionality built into them. In general though, these tools help you organizes all aspects of a project – whether that’s people, deadlines, drafts, documents, or communications – and organize them all in one centralized location where they are easy to access for all participants.Online project management tools have not been widely adopted in the legal aid community. However, organizations that have used project management tools have generally found that it’s a far better system than using your email inbox, or relying a spreadsheet, or some of these other ad hoc approaches to managing a project. So these tools are going to work within your existing framework.And I also think it’s important with something like online project management, which is new for a lot of folks, to understand that you can integrate it with existing tools and software you use. The tool we use – Basecamp – integrates with email and RSS. SharePoint is strongly integrated with Microsoft Office and Google Sites works Google Apps.

    Show of Hands: There are many online project management tools out there. For today, I wanted to talk about my organization’s experience with the Basecamp system to illustrate you the functionality and the benefits of these systems. I also wanted to mention a couple more options out there that are being used in Google services. Those are:SharepointCentral DesktopGoogle Sites

    Milestones displayed on a Google calendar. Click to open for detail. Can link back over to Basecamp.

    All messages within the project are captured here along with comments back. Captures the whole conversation. User can also attach a file to the message & edit the message. When posting a message the user checks off who should receive it.

    Click to notify people via email

    Set up project for folks outside your organization to participate. They only see what you allow them to see. Sample list of NTAP projects with outside collaborators. I.E. Board members!

    Most documents you do not start from scratch – you cut and paste and use items from other documents and resources. How to best do this? Need proper formatting tips.

    Word 2007 Paste Special: Home>Paste>Paste Special or Alt+Ctr+V

    Ctrl “V” brings up this paste icon box>click to choose source formatting or destination formatting.

    Double clicked format painter then chose the items I wanted to format and the new formatting was applied.

    Use the clipboard to stack up items to copy and paste in a document. Can copy items from numerous sources, stack up to 24 items then paste all at once or paste individually or delete. Here there are items from a word document, PPT and screen shots. Open the clipboard and the left hand box appears>choose paste all or chose each item.

    File>Office Clipboard> box pops opens on the right hand side

    Two ways to do this: #1.To change default typeface setting in Word 2007: Right click normal > modify> In pop up box, choose typeface in drop down menu > click “new documents based on this template” > then hit “ok”.

    Second way: Click on the tiny X of the font box> choose new font type and size and click default>yes.

    The main difference between 2003 and 2007 is the display. It will take time to learn the new menu arrangements—no magic bullet here! Other than that, most features remain the same. 2007 is just a beefed up version of 2003, with better looking graphs and more computing capacity and power. If you’re wondering whether or not to switch, there is no hurry to get to 2007 version.

    The boxed number “10000” is actually from the Budget 1 worksheet cell C10. Notice the formula in the upper box. By linking these if I change the Budget 1 Cell C10 it will automatically update here.

    So let’s say you have a worksheet tracking your CLE attendance over the past several years. Maybe you’re compiling this because you haven’t been tracking it in one place. Well wouldn’t be nice if you didn’t have to type similar information, such as month and date over and over each time? That’s exactly what the fill function will do for you. In this case I’ve already type month and date for 2006 and 2007, but now I’ve just learned about the fill function and I’m going to try it. I’m going to start out by entering January 2008 into cell 5 and then press enter. Excel automatically recognizes dates that are some kind of standard format, and it puts it into a default year/month format that the program has.

    So I’m going to select the date format that I have used in the other cells, which is abbreviated month dash the year. Now I’m ready to try my fill function

    The fill function didn’t quite get it right; I want to make sure Excel knows I want a series of consecutive months. So I’m going to click on the little box that appears in the lower right hand corner

    And then it will let me select the type of series that I want (fill months)

    Here’s my finished product. Now the fill function is good for much more than filling it dates and time. It is always a useful tool when using formulas. For instance, if I had columns of information that required similar calculations, such as a sum, I could use the fill tool to save me time by filling it in for me. But to understand how to use the fill tool appropriately with formulas, we have to grasp the concept of relative and absolute references.

    The highlighted box formula is C6+C6, just like the one above C5+D5. These are using relative values just like you often use.

    Formula: Dollar sign>cell letter> : Dollar sign>cell number>$D$5. Here the D5 cell is the number that I want as absolute. So going down the column F, each of the sequential C column cells are added to cell D5 (714). So box F6 is c6 +d5 or 10,000+714 = 10714.

    Freezing the pane below the first line

    Example of frozen panes, lines 1 and 2 remain in view even thought we are scrolled down to line 78.

    Click box under and to the right of the panes you want to freeze (often the top row)>View>Freeze Panes

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    1. Using Technology to Better Manage Your Projects
      • Meeting Wizard
      • Basecamp
      • MS Word
      • MS Excel
      NM Bar Legal Service Provider Conference,
      June 2009
    2. Presenter
      Kathleen BrockelExecutive Director, LSNTAP
      Legal Services National Technology Assistance Project
      www.lsntap.org
    3. NTAP
      Technology leadership to the poverty law
      Online law office technology trainings
      Tech library at LSNTAP.org
      Website development
      LegalMeetings online conferencing
    4. Today
      • Objectives: using technology to manage projects:
      • Meeting Wizard
      • Basecamp
      • Objectives: using Word & Excel more effectively
      • MS Word
      • MS Excel
    5. Today
      • Meeting Wizard
      • Basecamp
      • MS Word
      • MS Excel
    6. Meeting Schedulers
      Get rid of the 20 emails it takes to schedule a meeting!
      MeetingWizardwww.meetingwizard.com
      Doodle www.doodle.com
      Meet-o-Matic www.meet-o-matic.com
    7. Step 1: Proposed dates & Time
    8. Step 2: Emails & Message
    9. Step 3: Email to Participants to Log Availability
    10. Step 4: Participant Responds
    11. Step 5: Chart Showing Participant Availability
    12. Step 5: Confirmation to Participants
    13. Doodle Sample
      13
    14. Today
      • Meeting Wizard
      • Basecamp
      • MS Word
      • MS Excel
    15. Online Project Management
      Allows you to organize all aspects of your project using an online system, including deadlines, drafts, communications and more
      Supplements other applications you already use. Many project management tools integrate with other programs, including email
      15
    16. Why use a PM Tool?
      Many poverty law staffers are involved with
      more than casework:
      Courts on self-help initiatives
      Working with social service agencies on outreach projects
      Working with other offices on hotline development
      Sitting on various state task forces
      Working on staff or website committees
      Attending statewide or regional conferences
      Implementing some new procedure or technology...and more.
      16
    17. Project Management Tools
      LSNTAP Case Study
      Basecamp
      Other Project Management Solutions
      Microsoft SharePoint
      Central Desktop
      Google Sites
    18. LSNTAP’s Experience
      Fully virtual organization with employees spread across the US
      Work on several large projects that require collaboration
      Manage grants with substantial reporting requirements
      Work closely with partners – vendors, consultants, and legal aid offices
    19. Basecamp
    20. Project Pages
    21. Organize Projects with Categories.
    22. Project Milestones
    23. Milestones in Google Cal
    24. Add To-Do List
    25. File Sharing
    26. Email notification that file was uploaded.
    27. Message function with replies.
    28. Writeboards for brainstorming and notes.
    29. Writeboard with additional comments.
    30. Writeboard email notification
    31. Collaborate Outside Your Organization
    32. Today
      • Meeting Wizard
      • Basecamp
      • MS Word
      • MS Excel
    33. MS Word
      Formatting Tips:
      Paste Special
      Format Painter
      Clipboard
      Change Default Typeface
      Keyboard Short-cuts
    34. Formatting
      Paste SpecialFormat PainterClipboardChange Default Typeface Keyboard Short-cuts
    35. PasteSpecial: Why is it Important?
      Paste Special allows you to copy-and-paste information without transferring unwanted formatting code.
    36. Examples in Use
      • Cut-and-Paste from Email into Document
      • Cut-and-Paste from Website into Document
      • Cut-and-Paste between Documents
    37. How to Paste Special?
      Word 2003: From the Menu Bar:
      Edit > Paste Special
      Choose Unformatted text
      Click OK
    39. Paste Special – Dialog Box
    40. Paste Special in Word 2007
      Word 2007 Paste Special:
      Home>Paste>Paste Special
      or Alt+Ctr+V
    41. Copying text from a webpage.
    42. Note: Without Paste Special Original Formatting
      is Transferred
    44. Text formats identical to the rest of the paragraph.
    45. Paste Icon
      Ctrl “V” brings up this paste icon box>click to choose source
      formatting or destination formatting.
    46. Formatting
      Paste SpecialFormat PainterClipboard Change Default Typeface Keyboard Short-cuts
    47. FormatPainter
      What? Looks like a paintbrush in Toolbar.
      Why? Can apply formatting you have in one part of a document to any other part of the document with one click.
    48. Format Painter - Application
      Character Attributes:
      copy font style, font size, bold, italics etc.
      Paragraph Attributes:
      copy alignment, indentation, bullets etc.
      Copy Attributes to …
      A Single Location
      Or Multiple Locations
    49. How to Use Format Painter
      Select the text with the formatting you want applied elsewhere in the document.
      Single Location:
      On the Standard toolbar, click Format Painter icon
      Select the text you want “painted” with the new format. The text takes on the new formatting.
      Multiple Locations:
      On the Standard toolbar double-clickthe Format Painter icon
      Select multiple words, phrases, or paragraphs to apply the formatting.
      Press ESCwhen done!
    53. Formatting
      Paste SpecialFormat PainterClipboard Change Default Typeface Keyboard Short-cuts
    54. Using Clipboard in Word 07
      Clipboard>box pops open on the left side of the screen.
    55. Clipboard in Word 03
      File>Office Clipboard> box pops opens on the right hand side.
    56. Formatting
      Paste SpecialFormat PainterClipboard Change Default TypefaceKeyboard Short-cuts
    57. Right click normal > modify> In pop up box, choose typeface in drop down menu >
      click “new documents based on this template” > then hit “ok”.
    58. Click on the tiny X of the font box> choose new font type &
      size & default>yes.
    59. Formatting
      Paste SpecialFormat PainterClipboard Change Default TypefaceKeyboard Short-cuts
    60. Keyboard Short-cuts: The Standard Short-cuts “You should know by now”
    61. Keyboard Short-cuts: Diacritic Marks
    62. Today
      • Meeting Wizard
      • Basecamp
      • MS Word
      • MS Excel
    63. Excel 2003 vs. Excel 2007
    64. Excel
      Linking Worksheets
      Fill Function
      Relative and Absolute Values
      Freeze Panes
    65. Why link worksheets?
      How do you link worksheets?
      Equal sign>Tab Name>exclamation point>cell number
      Linking Worksheets Together
    66. Linking Worksheets
      =Budget1!c10
      Equal sign>Tab Name>exclamation point>
      cell number
    67. Excel
      Linking Worksheets
      Fill Function
      Relative and Absolute Values
      Freeze Panes
    68. Fill Function
    69. Fill Function
    70. Click on lower right-hand corner until a + shape appears. Keeping your mouse button depressed, drag below to the cells you want filled.
      Fill Function
    71. Fill Function
    72. Fill Function
    74. Excel
      Linking Worksheets
      Fill Function
      Relative and Absolute Values
      Freeze Panes
    75. Relative is the default.
      Relative:
      Copies formulas across a worksheet, but does not copy a fixed value in a static cell.
      Absolute:
      Copies a specific cell reference and its value to other cells.
      Relative v. Absolute References
    76. Relative Values
    77. Absolute Values
      Formula: Dollar sign>cell letter> : Dollar sign>cell number>$D$5
    78. Excel
      Linking Worksheets
      Fill Function
      Relative and Absolute Values
      Freeze Panes
    79. Freezing a row and/or column can make spreadsheets much easier to edit, by keeping your primary headers always in view
      Freeze Panes
    80. To Freeze a Row:
      Put cursor in first cell immediately below the row you want to freeze.
      Go To “Window” on the Menu
      Click ‘Freeze Panes’
      Notice the Line that demarks it as frozen
      To Unfreeze:
      Go to “Window” on the Menu
      Click ‘Unfreeze’
      How to Freeze Panes Excel 03
    81. Freeze Panes
    82. Freeze Panes
    83. Freeze Panes Excel 07
    84. What will you incorporate?
      Meeting Wizard
      Basecamp
      Word
      Paste Special
      Format Painter
      Clipboard
      Change Default Typeface
      Keyboard Short-cuts
      Excel
      Linking Worksheets
      Fill Function
      Relative and Absolute Values
      Freeze Panes
    85. Thank you
      Kathleen Brockelkathleen@lsntap.org Executive DirectorLSNTAP

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