The Oregon State Bar Bulletin provides tips and tools to improve lawyer productivity through better use of technology. It summarizes various software programs, tools, and methods for tasks like Bates stamping documents, printing email lists from Outlook, and creating PDFs directly in Microsoft Word. It also provides recommendations for remote access software, tips for reducing file sizes when emailing documents, and resources for keeping up with legal technology developments.

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Discipline Home Better productivity through technology
By Beverly Michaelis
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Lawyers and legal support staff are always looking for ways to improve productivity. Better, faster, easier is the
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mantra, and many turn to technology for solutions. Here are some tips and tools, as well as a few traps to avoid –
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all designed to help in the productivity effort.
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Free Bates-Stamping macro for WordPerfect Users
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Bates-stamping is used in the legal and business fields to sequentially number or date/time-mark images as they
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business receipts).
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Barry MacDonell’s Toolbox for WordPerfect offers two free Bates- stamping macros for WordPerfect users
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(versions 7 through 12). Bates numbering.wcm creates sequential, fixed-width Bates numbers (e.g., 00001) on
Program Database Avery® (or similar) labels or card stock. This macro can also Bates-stamp the numbers directly on pre-printed
forms, letters or legal documents or include them in an existing document. Bates-numbering for multi-page
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documents.wcm creates sequential Bates numbers on each page of an existing multi-page document (or filled
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sheet of labels) in any of 12 locations around the page.
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Inactive Status These and many other WordPerfect macros and templates are available at no charge on MacDonnell’s site at
Form (PDF) http://home.earthlink.net/%7Ewptoolbox/Homepage.html.
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Printing a List of E-mails in Outlook 2000/XP/2003
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Want to print a list of e-mail messages in a folder rather than the actual messages themselves? When looking at
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the message list, select File, Print, and choose Table Style. This will print a list of all the e-mails in your Inbox or
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folder, including the headings (Importance, Status, From, Subject, Received, etc.) By default, Outlook prints All
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Rows, which means you will automatically get a list of all e-mails in your Inbox or folder. Note that you can also
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highlight specific messages and choose to print Only Selected Rows.
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Saving Outlook 2002 E-Mail Messages to a Text File
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Want to save client e-mail messages to a text file you can read in Word or WordPerfect without opening them
Member Resources individually? In Outlook, go to the folder containing the messages you want to save and choose Select All or select
the individual messages you want to place in a text file. With the messages highlighted, choose File, Save As and
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navigate to the location where you want to save the messages. Give the file a name, such as quot;Jones e-mail
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messages.quot; quot;Jones e-mail messagesquot; will be saved as a text file that can be opened in Notepad, WordPad, Word,
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or WordPerfect. If multiple messages are saved in this fashion, they will be consolidated into one file. This
Bar Leader Communicator maneuver should work in other versions of Outlook as well. If the File, Save As option is not available, select the
messages you wish to save, right click, choose Print, and check the Print to File checkbox before clicking OK.
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Because you are quot;printingquot; to a file (a text file on your computer) and not physically printing the messages, this is
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equivalent to the Save As approach.
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You Can Have quot;Reveal Codesquot; in Word
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Word’s Reveal Formatting (on the Format menu, click Reveal Formatting) allows users to determine the source of
Casemaker™ formatting, show formatting marks and change formatting properties. Unfortunately, Reveal Formatting does not
allow direct code editing – a sore point for former WordPerfect users who are accustomed to Reveal Codes. Now
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there is a software plug-in from Levit & James, Inc. that lets you see all the formatting in Word, including tables,
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sections, field codes, styles, paragraph settings and so on. CrossEyes v. 3.0.045 is $49.99 and is compatible with
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Windows Me, Windows 2000 and Windows XP. Download CrossEyes from www.levitjames.com.
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How to Make Documents Scanned for E-mail Distribution Smaller
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If you scan documents to e-mail as PDFs, be sure to change your scanner settings to facilitate the smallest
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possible file size when sending your attachment. By default, most scanners are set for photos, not documents.
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This can easily result in a one-megabyte PDF file – an attachment size that could easily be rejected by a client’s
Judicial Vacancies ISP or e-mail server. By changing your scanner’s color setting to black and white or grayscale and reducing the
default resolution by 100 dpi or more, the file size of your document can be reduced by 50-75 percent.
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Looking for a Cheap Alternative to
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Outlook for Managing Your Calendar and Contacts?
OSB Events Try Chaos Software’s Time & Chaos v. 6 for $45 per user. The program can be run on your network (just install the
data file on your server) or on individual computers. Since the licensing is quot;per userquot; rather than quot;per computer,quot;
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there is no extra cost to load the program on both your office and home machines. Time & Chaos can handle
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calendaring, task management and contact management. More than one user can be in the same calendar at the
same time, and each user can access any other calendar – depending on permission settings. Users can color
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code, delegate tasks and coordinate meetings by comparing free time on calendars. Time & Chaos can also
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generate reports, and it syncs with Outlook, Pocket PC and Palm-based PDAs.
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Version 6 supports mail merging with Word 97 or higher. Users desiring WordPerfect support should use Version
5. For more information or a free 30-day trial, go to www. chaossoftware.com/. Requires Windows 98/2000/XP.
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Access Your PC From Home
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Looking to access your office computer from home? You have several options. Remote Desktop on Windows XP
AAP/OLIO Registration allows access to a Windows session that is running on your computer when you are at another computer. This
means you can leave programs running at work and, when you get home, you can see your desktop at work
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displayed on your home computer, with the same programs running. When you connect to your computer at work,
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Remote Desktop automatically locks that computer so no one else can access your applications and files. When
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you return to the office, simply unlock your computer by typing CTRL+ALT+DEL.
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To use Remote Desktop, you need the following:
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A computer running Windows XP Professional (the remote computer) with a connection to a Local Area Network (LAN) or
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the Internet;
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Appropriate user accounts and permissions.
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While Remote Desktop is free, there is a cost associated with setting up and maintaining the LAN or VPN
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connection. The process is not for novices and requires proper configuration of firewalls and other appropriate
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security precautions.
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Committee Contacts Alternatively, several software programs allow you to access your computer remotely over the Internet without
using a LAN or a VPN. Four such products are: RemotePC from Pro Softnet (www.pro-softnet.com), LogMeInPro
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(www.logmein.com), WebEx PCNow from WebEx Communications (http://pcnow.Webex. com/) or the popular
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GoToMyPC from Citrix Online (www.gotomypc.com). LogMeIn.com and WebEx Communications offer a free
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quot;basic servicequot; option. All four programs feature encrypted, secure communications, remote printing ability, sharing
Useful Links and transferring of files and wireless access for users who purchase a monthly or yearly service plan. Prices vary
but aren’t expensive – $9.95 per month and up.
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Create PDFs Directly in Word
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WordPerfect has supported the ability to print directly to PDF for some time. Now that capability is coming to Word,
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Excel, PowerPoint and other Microsoft products. Microsoft Office 12, which is now in beta testing, will support
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and Guidelines to create PDFs for electronic filing, e-mail attachments or document storage. Creating a PDF in Word will be as
simple as choosing File, Print (to PDF). If you’re a Word user, this is great news. Office 12 is due to be released
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Keep Up with Technology Developments
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No time to keep with up the latest in gadgets, tips and tricks? Consider joining TechnoLawyer at www.
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technolawyer.com. Receive weekly e-newsletters with product reviews, technology tips and other helpful
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information. Submit and receive answers to your own technology questions. The service is free to users who
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Another terrific resource is Law Office Computing magazine. Each issue includes software reviews, feature-by-
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feature product comparisons, practical hardware advice, word processing tips and more – all geared specifically to
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the legal profession. Subscriptions start at $39 per year. Subscribers receive the print magazine six times per year
New Releases and have full access to Law Office Computing’s online resources, including the issue and product review archive.
For more information, visit www.lawofficecomputing.com.
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If you have the time and inclination, consider attending Techshow, the ABA’s annual legal technology conference
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and expo, scheduled for April 20-22, 2006, in Chicago. The ABA Techshow includes over 50 education and
Pro Bono Attorney Resources training sessions in 16 different tracks and a two-day expo of more than 100 technology companies. Complete
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and receive an additional $100 off your registration fee by listing the OSB Professional Liability Fund Program
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Promoter Code PP14 on your registration form.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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The author is a lawyer and practice management adviser with the Professional Liability Fund. If you have practice
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– Oregon Attorney Michaelis, Dee Crocker or Sheila Blackford, at (503) 639-6911 or (800) 452-1639. Their services are free and
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