Presenters:
* Kathleen Brockel, NTAP
* Rachel Medina, NTAP
Contributors:
The tips represent the "best of" various tech tips contributed by past "Tech Tips" presenters including Glenn Rawdon (LSC), Molly French (Colorado Legal Services), Joyce Raby (Consultant), Matthew Burnett (Pro Bono Net), and David Bonebrake (NTAP).
The purpose of this assignment was to develop an instructional information service with a team. I worked with two others to develop a series of three workshops to refresh basic software skills.
Internet is the valuable source of education to entertainments stuff. To know how to handle internet is a demand of time. This slide show helps you to know how to handle internet especially Google and Google Scholars among with others..........
The purpose of this assignment was to develop an instructional information service with a team. I worked with two others to develop a series of three workshops to refresh basic software skills.
Internet is the valuable source of education to entertainments stuff. To know how to handle internet is a demand of time. This slide show helps you to know how to handle internet especially Google and Google Scholars among with others..........
Rodney Dowell, Director of Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers, and I did a 60 minute presentation on basic issues in starting and running a law firm for the Massachusetts Bar Association.
Save time and your sanity: Increase your efficiency with Microsoft Word (shor...Rhonda Bracey
Many of us use Microsoft Word regularly, either personally or for our clients. But are we using it efficiently? In this 45-minute session, Rhonda will give you lots of practical tips and tricks to help you become more efficient with Word. Some of the areas she will cover include:
• Show everything – formatting marks, fields, bookmarks, track changes, styles etc.
• Automate tasks – autocorrect, keyboard shortcuts, TOCs, preformatted tables/text etc.
• Use the power of find and replace (including wildcards) to zip through changes
Managing Information Overload
Presenter: Kathleen Brockel
We are bombarded by an avalanche of information each day. We have to remember relevant facts about our cases, while running from duty to duty and juggling the needs of the multitudes. We try to stay above water by relying on our ability to remember the "important" stuff. We lay awake at night running through the lists of things we need to remember to do. We use a calendar to let us know where to be and when. We do our best to outrace the pending crisis. There is a better way.
In this session, we will explore a system developed by David Allen called Getting Things Done (GTD). We will: understand the theory; practice applying the system; explore how the system can be modified to fit our realities and personalities; discuss techniques for managing email; be shown a number of quick free tricks to save time and track information; and learn how to plan and implement projects
SharePoint Saturday Los Angeles 2011 SharePoint 2010 as The Business Intellig...Ivan Sanders
There are several new and enhanced features in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 allowing you to share, control, and reuse business information. This presentation provides an overview of the new and enhanced features, using demos of each feature to create Scorecards and Dashboards. Also, includes extras that will help make you deployment easier along with access to the CloudShare Environment upon request
In this latest installment, Tom Duff (@duffbert) and Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet) return with another head-to-head battle of the Microsoft Office and Office 365 productivity hints and tips, delivered via webinar on August 28th, 2018 with audience members voting on each round. Follow us on Twitter for future webinars and sessions where we'll share more great tips!
Office 365 Productivity Tips - August AnarchyThomas Duff
In this latest installment, Tom Duff (@duffbert) and Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet) return with another head-to-head battle of the Microsoft Office and Office 365 productivity hints and tips, delivered via webinar on August 28th, 2018 with audience members voting on each round. Follow us on Twitter for future webinars and sessions where we'll share more great tips!
Office 365 Productivity Tips -- Mayhem in Minneapolis, The RematchChristian Buckley
Slides from the November 17, 2018 SharePoint Saturday Twin Cities (#SPSTC) event, with Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet) and Tom Duff (@duffbert) going head-to-head in 5 rounds of their favorite Microsoft Office and Office 365 productivity tips, with the audience picking the winners in each round.
In this latest installment of the O365 Productivity Tips series, Tom Duff (@duffbert) and Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet) return with another head-to-head battle of the Microsoft Office and Office 365 productivity hints and tips, recorded June 20th, 2019 with viewers voting on each round. You can watch the video recording at https://youtu.be/0ZMD0RScBaQ
Follow us on Twitter for future webinars and sessions where we'll share more great tips, and be sure to follow the CollabTalk YouTube channel at https://youtube.com/c/collabtalk
Since the early 2010s, LSC and other funders have encouraged legal aid programs to create multilingual materials and make their online tools available in languages represented in their states. A two-part miniseries will review best practices and tools that are available to expedite the creation of online materials for Limited English Proficient (LEP) communities, and focus on activities and strategies to make sure those materials are well used and known among LEP communities in those regions. The first session will focus on reviewing the elements of creating strong LEP materials within budget. It will cover sharing tech tools that can be used to expedite LEP content creation, choosing materials that are relevant to that particular language community, LEP outreach, and more. The second series review LSC TIG-funded projects funded from 2010-2014 -- when LSC made language access a priority for TIG grants -- and share the success and lessons learned from language access projects.
This is the first part of the series.
You can register for the event below:
https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/7563980681492662273
In this webinar we examine the true cost of free looking beyond upfront costs and into implementation and support costs. From there we look at some of the existing free tools and how they stack up to some of the more expensive alternatives.
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Rodney Dowell, Director of Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers, and I did a 60 minute presentation on basic issues in starting and running a law firm for the Massachusetts Bar Association.
Save time and your sanity: Increase your efficiency with Microsoft Word (shor...Rhonda Bracey
Many of us use Microsoft Word regularly, either personally or for our clients. But are we using it efficiently? In this 45-minute session, Rhonda will give you lots of practical tips and tricks to help you become more efficient with Word. Some of the areas she will cover include:
• Show everything – formatting marks, fields, bookmarks, track changes, styles etc.
• Automate tasks – autocorrect, keyboard shortcuts, TOCs, preformatted tables/text etc.
• Use the power of find and replace (including wildcards) to zip through changes
Managing Information Overload
Presenter: Kathleen Brockel
We are bombarded by an avalanche of information each day. We have to remember relevant facts about our cases, while running from duty to duty and juggling the needs of the multitudes. We try to stay above water by relying on our ability to remember the "important" stuff. We lay awake at night running through the lists of things we need to remember to do. We use a calendar to let us know where to be and when. We do our best to outrace the pending crisis. There is a better way.
In this session, we will explore a system developed by David Allen called Getting Things Done (GTD). We will: understand the theory; practice applying the system; explore how the system can be modified to fit our realities and personalities; discuss techniques for managing email; be shown a number of quick free tricks to save time and track information; and learn how to plan and implement projects
SharePoint Saturday Los Angeles 2011 SharePoint 2010 as The Business Intellig...Ivan Sanders
There are several new and enhanced features in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 allowing you to share, control, and reuse business information. This presentation provides an overview of the new and enhanced features, using demos of each feature to create Scorecards and Dashboards. Also, includes extras that will help make you deployment easier along with access to the CloudShare Environment upon request
In this latest installment, Tom Duff (@duffbert) and Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet) return with another head-to-head battle of the Microsoft Office and Office 365 productivity hints and tips, delivered via webinar on August 28th, 2018 with audience members voting on each round. Follow us on Twitter for future webinars and sessions where we'll share more great tips!
Office 365 Productivity Tips - August AnarchyThomas Duff
In this latest installment, Tom Duff (@duffbert) and Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet) return with another head-to-head battle of the Microsoft Office and Office 365 productivity hints and tips, delivered via webinar on August 28th, 2018 with audience members voting on each round. Follow us on Twitter for future webinars and sessions where we'll share more great tips!
Office 365 Productivity Tips -- Mayhem in Minneapolis, The RematchChristian Buckley
Slides from the November 17, 2018 SharePoint Saturday Twin Cities (#SPSTC) event, with Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet) and Tom Duff (@duffbert) going head-to-head in 5 rounds of their favorite Microsoft Office and Office 365 productivity tips, with the audience picking the winners in each round.
In this latest installment of the O365 Productivity Tips series, Tom Duff (@duffbert) and Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet) return with another head-to-head battle of the Microsoft Office and Office 365 productivity hints and tips, recorded June 20th, 2019 with viewers voting on each round. You can watch the video recording at https://youtu.be/0ZMD0RScBaQ
Follow us on Twitter for future webinars and sessions where we'll share more great tips, and be sure to follow the CollabTalk YouTube channel at https://youtube.com/c/collabtalk
Since the early 2010s, LSC and other funders have encouraged legal aid programs to create multilingual materials and make their online tools available in languages represented in their states. A two-part miniseries will review best practices and tools that are available to expedite the creation of online materials for Limited English Proficient (LEP) communities, and focus on activities and strategies to make sure those materials are well used and known among LEP communities in those regions. The first session will focus on reviewing the elements of creating strong LEP materials within budget. It will cover sharing tech tools that can be used to expedite LEP content creation, choosing materials that are relevant to that particular language community, LEP outreach, and more. The second series review LSC TIG-funded projects funded from 2010-2014 -- when LSC made language access a priority for TIG grants -- and share the success and lessons learned from language access projects.
This is the first part of the series.
You can register for the event below:
https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/7563980681492662273
In this webinar we examine the true cost of free looking beyond upfront costs and into implementation and support costs. From there we look at some of the existing free tools and how they stack up to some of the more expensive alternatives.
In this webinar we rapidly go through 50 different tech tips covering everything from tools for developers to ways to optimize your Amazon purchases.
You can watch the webinar that these slides were used in here.
https://youtu.be/fKpPP4vK-x8
In this video we talk about what US is and how to gather information to make a good one with the help of two case studies.
You can find the video that goes with this here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nK9LHXa8x7A
For the past few years British Columbia has been working on the Civil Resolution Tribunal, an online tribunal dedicated to help resolve small claims(<$5000) and condominium disputes. Now two people that have worked in depth on the project, Darin Thompson and james Anderson, share more information about their project.
Changing trends in the nature of pro bono work, user expectations, and adoption of mobile devices are driving the need to rethink what types of recruitment tools and substantive resources are most effective for volunteers. At the same time, technology is allowing legal aid programs to provide more comprehensive support to volunteer attorneys in “on the go” settings such as clinics, outreach settings, and in court. In 2017, several new LSC-funded initiatives will launch in response to these trends and opportunities.
These slides give a quick overview of the different products that make up Office 365. These slides go with this presentation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKXAehmlAPo
You can see the presentation that went with these slides here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgUahPdqF8Y
Referenced in the presentation is the Principles and Best Practices For Access Friendly Court Electronic Filing, that can be found here. https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=45503
In this webinar we discuss some of the things that need to be taken into consideration when making your website accessible in languages other than English. We spend a good amount of time going over the challenges and benefits of increasing accessibility and discuss the role machine translation.
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In this webinar we look at what phishing is, how it impacts legal aid organizations, and how to take steps to reduce the likelihood and impact of getting hit with an attack.
These slides go with the webinar linked below, in it we go over the topics covered in the slides and answer a few questions from people attending the live session.
http://lsntap.org/blogs/creating-technology-disaster-plan
this slides go with the webinar linked below. In it we discuss some of the things you need to consider and methods to use when looking into upgrading your systems.
https://youtu.be/TK8F-oLXZTw
These are the slides that go with the tech baseline presentation linked below, and the document we are referencing is just below that.
https://youtu.be/kB3YkM0z5CY
http://www.lsc.gov/sites/default/files/TIG/pdfs/LSC-Technology-Baselines-2015.PDF
This training will cover the Legal Services Corporation Baselines: Technologies That Should Be in Place in a Legal Aid Office Today (Revised 2015). Topics will include:
FTE Technology Staff
Budgets
Case Management System
Security
Training
Communications
Bring Your Own Devices (BYOD)
The baseline document can be found here.
http://lsntap.org/sites/all/files/LSCTechBaselines-2015.pdf
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The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
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1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
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The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
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The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
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Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
12. Podcasts! Podcasts aren’t new, but there are some great legal podcasts out there you should check out. LegalTalkNetwork.com has some great podcasts designed for the legal aid community. Some highlights include the Kennedy-Mighell Podcast for legal technology info, and Lawyer2Lawyer , which was named best podcast by the ABA
13. Cite Genie Download this plug-in at www.citegenie.com to automatically copy citations with your text from pages like Westlaw and Lexis.
54. Keyboard Short-cuts: The Standard Short-cuts “You should know by now” Description Short-cuts Open a new word doc; Open a previously saved doc Ctrl+N; Ctrl+O Closes the active window, but does not Exit Word Ctrl+W Closes Microsoft Word (or other open program) Alt+F4 Searches for specified text in the active document Ctrl+F Selects all text and graphics in the active window Ctrl+A Remove selection from active document (place on clipboard) Ctrl+X Copies the selection to the clipboard Ctrl+C Inserts the contents of the clipboard at the insertion point (cursor) or whatever is selected Ctrl+V Saves active document with its current file name, location and format Ctrl+S Prints the active file Ctrl+P Undo the last action. Reinstate the last action. Ctrl+Z; Ctrl+Y Format / Unformat text (Bold, Italic, Underline) Ctrl+B, Ctrl+I, Ctrl+U
55. Keyboard Short-cuts: Diacritic Marks Diacritic Mark Keyboard Short-cut The acute accent – (café or fiancé) Ctrl+ ' (quote) before typing the vowel. The grave accent - (là or où) Use Ctrl+ ` (tick) before typing the vowel. The circumflex accent – (côte, fête) Use Ctrl+Shift+ ^ before typing the vowel The tilde - (piñata, jalapeño) Use Ctrl+Shift+ ~ before typing the letter. The umlaut- (Chloë, naïve) Use Ctrl+Shift+ : (colon) before the vowel The cedilla – (façade, soupçon) Use Ctrl+ , (comma) before the letter The ring – (the Angstorm symbol - Å) Use Ctrl+Shift+@ before the letter The compound AE - (hæmoglobin) Use Ctrl+ & before a The German S - (straße) Use Ctrl + & + s
69. Shorten your URL to send in Emails or put on social networking Check out http://bit.ly/ TIP: If you create an account with bit.ly, you have access to reporting features that tell you how many people actually clicked on your link.
70. Edit a Scanned Document Need to edit a scanned document? Check out these options; www.free-ocr.com www.onlineocr.net
87. Thank You (special thanks to all past “Tech Tips” presenters who contributed all of the tips in this session) Slides available at lsntap.org
Editor's Notes
Google Scholar (scholar.google.com) allows you to search and read opinions for US state appellate and supreme court cases since 1950, US federal district, appellate, tax and bankruptcy courts since 1923 and US Supreme Court cases since 1791 (all of this is subject to change as new cases are added). It also includes citations for cases cited by indexed opinions or journal articles which allows you to find influential cases (often older or international) which are not yet online or publicly available.
http://www.plol.org/ Free online legal research website launched a couple years ago. It bills itself as “the largest free law library in the world.” Has federal statutes and cases; state cases back to 1997. Tools like Sheperds and Keycite can be purchased on a per transaction basis.
An automated legal information platform. Information is entered by lawyers and law students, making information available to the public.
A lot of you are probably pretty familiar with Podcasts. Essentially, podcasts are just audio files that are delivered over the internet. You can listen to them on your iPod or iPhone, but you don’t have to. Most podcasts play through the website that hosts them. http://legaltalknetwork.com/ Lawyer 2 Lawyer – Robert Ambrogi
Who has used a meeting scheduler? Sent one out or received? These take no implementation or learning time but SAVES lots of time for all concerned. These are 3 free online options. Each works just a bit differently.
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.
If you want easy access to your Outlook work calendar you can syncronize it with your Google calendar. You can choose to do it both ways or either way. The tool is a free download from Google. http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=89955 To set up Google Calendar Sync: Make sure you're using a supported operating system and Outlook version . Download Google Calendar Sync (version 0.9.3.5) at http://dl.google.com/googlecalendarsync/GoogleCalendarSync_Installer.exe Once a dialog box appears, click Save File . The downloaded file should open automatically. If it doesn't, manually open it from your browser's download window. Click OK to confirm that you're aware this is an executable file. Read through the Google Calendar Sync Terms of Service, and click I Agree . Follow through the Installation Options and click Install to finish the set-up process. Once Google Calendar Sync is installed on your computer, the Google Calendar Sync Settings window will appear:
Here is the Outlook calendar
Here is the Google Calendar
So you want to set up reminders in your calendar of when discovery is due, when you should prepare status conference materials, when jury fees are due, etc…. You could count on a calendar or you could simply input one of several date codes in the “Start Time” field under a particular appointment and find the date you are looking for. Keep in mind, however, that Outlook is giving you the absolute calendar days calculation taking into account weekends and holidays. This method is still useful for setting up ticklers, especially if your habit is to give yourself a cushion of 5-10 days (e.g., for mailing or just because your diligent). If you have the need to calculate court days only and need to exclude weekends and holidays, I recommend setting up a date calculator in Excel. (see our next tip!)
You can easily determine the number of court days between 2 dates by using the “NETWORKDAYS” function in Excel. Go to: Formulas: Insert Function: “NETWORKDAYS” This is an Excel function. It includes a list of court holidays which the calculator will take into account in determining the number of “work” or court days between the two dates you enter into the calculator. You can also insert rows into the list of holidays in order to modify and customize the calculator to work for any particular court in your jurisdiction.
Step 1: set up the holiday table Step 2: set up the date range table Step 3: pull up the formula: Formulas: Insert Function: “NETWORKDAYS” NOTE that you enter the table references not the actual dates. So enter A13 for start date, enter A15:a18 for the holidays. NOTE weekends are automatically excluded.
First, modify the font. Note that all changes to the font style should be made by selecting the various options from the Format list. Using the shortcuts under the Formatting heading often leads to odd formatting settings sneaking into your settings.
Redaction tool not available/supported from Microsoft for Word 2007. However, there is an open source tool available for download that integrates natively with Word 2007. See blog post: http://blogs.msdn.com/microsoft_office_word/archive/2008/09/22/a-word-2007-redaction-tool.aspx And download site: http://www.codeplex.com/redaction Great if you need to share a confidential document, but don’t want to alter the document by deleting all of the words or names. You have the choice of either going through and individually deleting certain words (like I’ve done in the example) or you can choose to mark all of a certain word. Once you’ve highlighted all the words you’d like excluded, choose “redact” and a new document will be created with those words or names blacked out. You’ll also still have a copy of the document with those words intact. Go to the link for the quick download.
The tool provides you with the option of marking items as you go. Or, you may “find and mark” which works similar to a find and replace function. When all items have been marked, then select “Redact Document” to complete the redaction.
Do cases, courts, and page numbers haunt you in your dreams? Categorizing cases in a Table of Authorities is easier than you think!
Most trial and appellate briefs are likely to have at least two different categories of authorities. Here are some sample categories you could set up before you begin to mark your citations: Supreme Court of the United States, Other Federal Authority, State Court Decisions, Statutory Provisions, United States Constitution. Of course, your local rules may require a specific organization of authorities much different from this example. It is quite easy to set up your own, so that when you run the Table of Authorities, it organizes all of your marked citations accordingly. Use the short-cut Alt+Shift+I. Then select Category. You’ll find that the first seven categories are pre-defined. Scroll down until you find an unused option (8, 9, 10, etc.). Replace the # with your own custom categories, keeping in mind that Word will sort your cases in the order in which the categories are represented in the list. THEN, be sure to select the appropriate category as you mark your citations. Insert your table and watch how nicely all your authority lines up!
Have you ever wished you could get an email back? While I can't show you how to do that, I can show you how to delay sending it to give you time for second thoughts. Open Outlook and select Tools, Rules and Alerts, then create a new rule. On the Rules Wizard pick Check Messages after sending, Click next, then don't select anything on the conditions screen that comes up next. Confirm you want it for all messages by clicking Yes on the pop up box,
On this screen select &quot;defer delivery by a number of minutes. In the step 2 box pick the number of minutes you want the delay.
If you want some messages to be able to go immediately, create an exception, such as setting the importance to high, or it could be a special character in the Subject line.
Msg then goes into your “drafts” box
After you install the utility, you can configure it to look for key words that indicate you meant to have an attachment. If the message contains those words and there is no attachment, you get this flag. If a message has one of the key words but you didn't intend to send an attachment, you just click Yes.
I’m sure all the techies in the room use most of these shortcuts all day long. But perhaps your staff or volunteers do not. Print this list for every desk and include it as part of employee orientation or training.
These are used less often, but are very handy for those working in a diverse area.
There are 2 options for doing automatic translations in MS Office 2007. The first one is the translation screen tip, which really only lets you translate 1 word at a time, but can be very convenient if you’re proficient in the language you’re trying to use, but just need a little help here and there. The tool comes ready to translate into Arabic, English, French, and Spanish, but if you go to the MS Office website you can download add-ins to include many other languages. There are many negative reviews out there about the reliability of this this tool, but I found that as long as you don’t rely on it exclusively, it can be very helpful.
The second option for translation is much more detailed, and a better option for someone who isn’t familiar with the language they’d like to use. To use this option, simply type out your whole document in English and then choose the “translate” option. A side bar will come up where you can choose the language you’d like to translate to. Unlike the Translator Screen Tip, this option comes pre-loaded with most languages, so you won’t need to download any add-ins. Once you choose your language, a web-based version of your document will be created in the language you’ve selected.
The Excel Conditional Formatting options are a great way to highlight your data for a report or presentation. In the example, I selected a series of numbers, chose the “greater than” option, and chose to highlight all the values greater than 50. There are many other options, including “text that contains” for cells that have text rather than numerical values.
My next tip is also in Excel Conditional formatting. The top/bottom rules options allows you to highlight the top percentage, average, or values as well as the bottom. In the example, I chose to highlight all the values that were above average in my series of numbers. All of these options can really help make your reports stand out and help you make your point. There is also a “more rules” option, where you can go into more depth with choices like “highlight duplicates”, or you can even make your own rule if the rule you’re looking for doesn’t exist.
To transpose your data or flip your chart making your rows columns and your columns rows, simply select the data, copy it (Ctrl+C), select where you want the new transposed spreadsheet to appear, choose Edit>Paste Special (or Paste>Paste Special from the Home Tab in MS Excel 2007), check the Transpose option, and click OK.
Excel Short-Cuts: &quot;F4&quot; (switch from absolute to relative reference & vice versa): Manage your calculations within a table by setting whether the reference should be absolute or relative. Computations that are relative will change automatically as you insert columns and rows. That automatic reaction in Excel can wreak havoc on a spreadsheet if you meant the reference to remain the same. Absolute references are preceded by “$”; Excel will add a “$” before each reference in a calculation when you select the calculation and “F4.” &quot;alt-enter&quot; (line break w/in a single cell): Manage your own text wrapping by using alt+enter to begin a new line within the same cell. &quot;Ctrl+Shift+A&quot; & &quot;Ctrl+A&quot; (reveal formula format or use formula wizard); Let’s say I remember that there is this cool calculation called networkdays, but I have no clue how to use it or what order the references should be included between the parentheses. I can type “=networkdays” and then select Ctrl+Shift+A and Excel will give me the format as follows: “=networkdays(start_date,end_date,holidays)” Alternatively, if I need even more help, I can select Ctrl+A and I will get more help from the Formula wizard. &quot;Data/Subtotal&quot; (auto subtotal and grand total lines inserted by Excel!): You don’t have to create rows for subtotals on your own. Let Excel do the work. Make sure you have common names in the first column for items that you want to have subtotaled. You can have second levels of differentiation in the data – just put the second label in the second column. So, for instance, if you want to subtotal costs for meals only in a reimbursement spreadsheet, a row in the first column would say meals, and the second column breakfast; the next row would say “meals” again, and the next column lunch, and so on. Then to create your subtotals select Subtotal under the Data Tab or menu, tell Excel which columns you want totalled and watch the magic.
Make sure you have common names in the first column for items that you want to have subtotaled. You can have second levels of differentiation in the data – just put the second label in the second column. So, for instance, if you want to subtotal costs for meals only in a reimbursement spreadsheet, a row in the first column would say meals, and the second column breakfast; the next row would say “meals” again, and the next column lunch, and so on. Then to create your subtotals select Subtotal under the Data Tab or menu, tell Excel which columns you want totalled and watch the magic.
Xmarks (www.xmarks.com) is an extension for Firefox, Internet Explorer, Chrome and Safari that synchronizes bookmarks and passwords between computers (and browsers).
Save paper by only printing the part of a web page you need. It’s easy: Highlight the text you want to print, then press Ctrl+P or select File->Print from your browser menu. In the Print dialog box that appears, in the Print Range area click on the radio button Selection, then click OK. Only the selected portion of the Web page will print.
Use this online dictionary to figure out tech jargon, text-speak, and other “netiquette” questions. Is all of this cyberslang to you? Wondering what those cryptic text messaging acronyms mean, or what the right netiquette is for using them? Netlingo is a good place to find out. There’s a dictionary with down-to-learn definitions of techie jargon, and a section dedicating to helping people decode those mysterious text messages and emoticons. Who knew there’s even an text messaging acronym for Starbucks?
Simply put, RSS is a way to have electronic articles delivered directly to you, rather than you going out and finding them. Instead of going out and browsing multiple web pages, you sign up to receive articles from specific websites and blogs, and those articles are gathered together and displayed using a program for you to read at your convenience as they are published live. In short, it is an information overload tool to manage and sort through content relevant to your work that is published daily.
You can add more tabs (i.e. a specific legal services tag). One idea: incorporate all legal services rss feeds into tags. NEW later this year Customized Igoogle for legal aid. See NTAP trainings Aug 2 @ 2:00 EDT & Sept 14. This training will provide an overview of how to setup the Next Generation Legal Services Desktop based on the igoogle.com content model on your desktop. An example desktop template will be provided as well as a list of Google Gadgets that may be helpful to you in service delivery
1. Sky: Browse the universe at sky.google.com . Also available in Google Earth . NOTE if interested in learning to make Google Earth maps with Client data see NTAP training Sept 9 2. Search nearby: If you find a destination on the map—say, a hotel—in the info bubble, you can &quot;search nearby&quot; to find the businesses and attractions close by. 3. Use business name/category in directions search: Instead of looking up the address of a store and then having to get directions from one to the other, simply type &quot;deli mountain view, ca TO ice cream mountain view ca,&quot; and the search results will provide you with a list of businesses to choose from and provide directions from point to point. 4. Public transit directions: Plan trips using public transportation at google.com/transit. For cities where transit is available, a search for directions will also provide the option for directions using public transit. 5. My Maps: Create your own maps by adding lines, markers, pictures , and videos to a Google Map . You can also collaborate on maps with friends (or the public), and make it publicly available or private. 6. Check gas prices: With mapplets like GasBuddy, you can see gas prices throughout your area. Go to maps.google.com, select &quot;My Maps&quot;, and browse the directory for &quot;Gas Prices by GasBuddy.com.&quot; There are plenty other useful and fun tools in the directory, such as AccuWeather.com Weather Snapshot, Area Calculator, and Real Estate Search. 7. Check traffic: In many cities across the country, Google provides real-time traffic information. For instance, type in &quot;New York, NY&quot; and click the &quot;Traffic&quot; button in the upper-right corner of the map to view traffic patterns, road closures, and construction sites. This feature is also available in Google Maps for Mobile. 8. Street view: View and navigate high-resolution, 360-degree street-level images of various U.S. cities. Just click the Street View button and drag the &quot;person&quot; icon onto a blue outlined street. Street View is also available for driving directions and in Google Earth. 9. Editing Google Maps: You can now add or edit business listing information to Google Maps. 10. Weather in Google Earth: Get weather forecasts, conditions, clouds, and radars in the &quot;Weather&quot; folder in the Google Earth layer menu. 11. Weather: To see weather conditions and a four-day forecast for any U.S. location, type &quot;weather&quot; and a city or zip code. For example: &quot;weather 94114&quot; or &quot;weather Kansas City KS.&quot; 12. Movies: Find movie info by typing &quot;movies,&quot; or the name of a current film, into the Google search box along with your location (city and state or zip code). For example, &quot;Sex and the City Atlanta GA&quot; or &quot;movies 02459.&quot; 13. Area codes: Enter an area code in the Google search box to see the location of a phone number. 14. Package tracking: Enter the tracking number of a package from FedEx, UPS, DHL, or USPS into the search box. 15. Flight status: Check the status of a U.S. flight by typing the name of the airline followed by the flight number. For example, to see the status for United Airlines flight 134, search for &quot;United 134.&quot; 16. Measurement conversions: You can get height, weight, and cooking measurement conversions. For instance, type &quot;2 liters to cups&quot; to see how many cups are in two liters. 17. Currency conversions: Google's built-in currency converter. Simply enter the currency conversion into the search box. For example, &quot;80 pounds to dollars.&quot; 18. Calculator: Supports basic and advanced operations. Just type an equation into the search box. 19. Definitions: Type &quot;define&quot; followed by a word in the Google search box to get the definition, like &quot;define perspicacity.&quot; You can also do this via SMS. 20. Q&A: Ask a fact-based question or query (&quot;population of Japan&quot;) by typing it into the Google search box. You'll see the answer at the top of your search results as well as a link to the source to find out more. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2321879,00.asp
Google’s Accessible Search is a version of Google with the results optimized for users who are visually impaired or blind. It is still in beta mode, but it is designed to make it easier for people who use screen readers to navigate through search results and identify accessible websites. It also allows users to use hot-keys to browse the results. It’s a good tool to keep in mind for clients who have difficulty searching the web because of visual impairments, and also a way for you to gauge how Google views the accessibility of your site.
Let’s say you’re here at NLADA, the conference has ended, you’ve checked out of the hotel and four hours to kill before your flight. What do you want to do? Find Sushi in Denver? Check the score of the game back at home? Text Google - 466453 to get an instant answer. Here are some example queries. You can type of cuisine put your city or zip to get a list of nearby restaurants. Or check your flight time by sending flight, your airline abbreviation and flight number. You can even get simple translations and facts from Google 411.
The free way (Prey) Prey is a free application that allows you to set up your computer to do a number of things should it be stolen or go missing: You can set it to periodically access a web page you create (or use the preyproject.com website) – your computer goes missing, you delete the web page and the computer receives a 404 page not found error and begins to send you reports like the following: The status of the computer A list of running programs and active connections Network and wi-fi information Screen shots of the desktop A picture of the physical surroundings (if the machine has a webcam)
Fee Based (Absolute Software) Absolute Software , which makes Lojack for Laptops, which provides a remote-kill feature so if a portable is stolen, you can send a command to wipe out specific files--or even the entire contents of the hard drive. It also has the option to help you locate your computer and help recover it. So what do you do with this information? Well you don’t go confront the thief – you contact your local law enforcement and provide them with this information and presumably they go get the bad guys.
Tip 8 - to Lock Down a Cellphone if it is stolen The free way The free version is to find your cell phone’s imei number – a 15 digit number that is probably underneath your cell phone battery. Or enter *#06# and the imei number will display on the screen. Each cell phone has a unique imei number. If you cell phone is lost or stolen you can call your provider (from someone else’s phone ) and give them that number. They will then lock down the phone so it can’t be used in any way. Each phone has “phone specific” methods you can use yourself to lock a remotely and/or wipe the data from it – however they may cost you – check out your vendors websites for information specific to your phone.
Fee Based Bluefish Wireless has a product called Central that will allow you to erase all the data from your Palm Treo if it is ever lost or stolen. The product is $14.95. http://www.bluefishwireless.com/download/central.html www.blackberryapps.com sells a product called e-GPS for 2.99 that will “It allows you to remotely send a command to your phone that will have your phone email you: its GPS location, your address book with all your contact information, as well as remotely wipe your phone and SD card to protect all of your information. Also if you have misplaced your phone at home or office, you can send an alert command, and have it ring, even if the sounds are turned completely off or set to vibrate. Once downloaded and activated, it runs in the background, and works by command, through email or SMS.” If you have an Iphone, the product you need is MobileMe which does a number of things besides allowing you to locate and/or wipe clean your Iphone – for $99 per year subscription. Buy MobileMe at www.apple.com .
Past Tech Tips presenters include: Glenn Rawdon, Legal Services Corporation Joyce Raby, Consultant Molly French, Colorado Legal Services David Bonebrake, NTAP Matthew Burnett, Pro Bono Net