Since I usually travel with two laptops and an iphone, now all these devices can connect to the MiFi for internet. I can also put the MiFi near a window in a hotel and then go back to the desk to work without having to worry about getting a good connection. Costs about $100 after rebates and the sprint data plan is $60 a month.  Seems to be much more reliable then AT&T. I am in car heading up to Oxford to the LSU Ole Miss Game and have only lost connection twice.  It is about the size of a deck of cards but much thinner.   This would be great for Clio users.

1.  Views -  I should have been using these for a long time

The outline view is totally amazing.  I am coding an ILIT Template for a client in HotDocs and just by using this view, I fixed some of the outlining issues that I was having.  The draft view is great for viewing a large document as it significantly speeds up the reviewing process.

2. Quick Styles Gallery

Very nice to be able to add certain styles I use over and over again to the Quick Styles Gallery for easy access

Client could not post time, every time they tried they got an error telling them that Amicus was not connected to Amicus Accounting.  To fix this issue, I had to contact Gavel and Gown and get them to give me a program that re-register the dlls on the workstation this was happening.  This quickly fixed the problem. 

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Work Flow:  As soon as an email is read, it is moved into a Folder with an a. in front of it.  Once an action has been taken, the email is then moved into either the Craig Bayer folder if it is personal or the Lawot folder if it is regarding work.

Create / Add to Ticket

When a client needs work done for us we create a ticket.  They should email support@lawot.com for this but if they happen to email me I move it into this folder.  My assistant watches the folder like a hawk and creates a ticket, assigns it to a consultant and moves the email to the Lawot Folder.

Workflow: Ticket is Created from the email immediately and then moved out of the folder.

Create Calendar

When some sends an email requesting an appointment I move it here.  Either my assistant or I will create a calendar event from the email by the end of the day.

Workflow: Calendar Event  is created from the email by the end of the business day and then moved out of the folder.

Create Contact

Anytime I receive an email that has a contact I need to create. 

Workflow: Contact  is created from the email by the end of the business week and then moved out of the folder.

Create KB

Law Office Technology uses an enterprise wiki called Brainkeeper for our knowledge base.  When I see an email that could be added to our knowledge base, like a best practices article I move it to this folder.

Workflow: Knowledge Base Article is created from the email by the end of business week and moved out of the folder.

Create To Do: Today, Week, Someday

Any email that needs a response is moved to one of following To Do folders.  If the email needs to responded to that day it is moved to Create To Do – 1.Today, if it needs a response by the end of the week, it is moved to Create To Do –2.Week.  If there is no deadline I  move it to Create To Do - 3.Someday.

Workflow: Today is responded to that Day, Week is responded to by the end of the business week and Someday has no time limit.  Once responded to the emails are moved to the Lawot folder.

Craig Bayer / Lawot

After the email has been processed, if it is personal, I move it to Craig Bayer and if it is business related it is moved to Lawot.

Facebook / Twitter

I have a rule created in Outlook that moves any notices from Facebook or Twitter to this folder.  I check it when I have time.

Remove the entire registry key (HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Word\Data)

This will be rebuilt when Word starts.

Only had to do this on my tablet, my Dell Laptop running Windows 7 had no problems with Word at all.

Word 2007, while a vast improvement over other versions, still can be difficult without the proper training to create and edit documents.  When creating documents in Word, most users keep the print layout view on the entire time.  The print layout view is great for showing what your final document will look like on paper, but not the best view for actually drafting documents. Outline View: Lets say you are creating a document that has a lot of number sections, paragraph headers and bullets.  For some reason Word is skipping between paragraph #6 and paragraph #7.  If you switch to the Outline View, it is usually very easy to spot your problem. Draft View: Documents in Word that are fifty pages or longer can be a real pain to edit.  The longer the document, the more memory and processor your computer will use to display it.  If you change the view to Draft, Word no longer displays headers, footers, and other features.  This means that computer needs a lot less memory to run the program and will speed it up. This tip is courtesy of Craig Bayer, Law Office Technology http://www.lawot.com/