In this exercise, I challenge you to tap into your critical thinking skills, which are crucial to a litigation support role. In a previous article, I discussed the importance of workflow. The discussion resonated with you, as evidenced by the many shares and comments it received. So, I thought I would turn it up a notch…
This fast tip demonstrates how to create a simple pivot table that will count the unique values in a column. Download Sample Files
Name: Tracy Ayling Location: Vancouver, BC What kind of work were you doing before litigation support found you? I spent a number of years working, learning skills and knowledge in many different sectors. I have always had a real hunger for personal growth, and I am someone who needs something to inspire me to continue…
In a previous article, I discussed “stop words” and within the free resource at the bottom of the article, I mentioned a search engine called dtSearch. You may not be aware that you are using dtSearch because it is “baked in” to many of the legal industry database systems we use. To increase the success of…
This fast tip demonstrates several tips for controlling the privacy of your LinkedIn profile. If you don’t have a LinkedIn profile, you should definitely create one. Nowadays, all professionals are expected to have one. Not having a LinkedIn profile can leave a poor impression.
Name: Alex Fernandez Location: Washington, DC What kind of work were you doing before litigation support found you? Check processing center for a large bank based out of New York. How did you get the opportunity to join the litigation support community? Needed a second job, maybe a third at the time. Started on the…
Have you ever gotten frustrated running search queries against a database and it won’t find what you’re looking for? One reason for the lack of success could be that you are not aware of the “stop words” (also called “noise words”) in your particular database system. Over the years, I have had frustrated paralegals and attorneys…
This fast tip demonstrates how to perform efficient legal research on the internet using the Google search engine.
I met Jamie Collins on LinkedIn in September 2011. I was just about to launch this blog. Jamie had launched her blog, The Paralegal Society, about a month earlier and I was impressed by one of her first articles entitled Top Ten Pointers for New Paralegals: Climbing the Paralegal Ladder. Two years later, in October…
This fast tip demonstrates how to use Revo Uninstaller to do a much more thorough software uninstall process. Most default uninstallers provided by the software creator will leave orphan files on your computer.
Name: Clair R. Atkins Location: Chicago, IL What kind of work were you doing before litigation support found you? I owned a computer services company in Atlanta. I taught computer classes (in-home and classroom), designed web sites, helped local businesses with their marketing efforts (menus, flyers, etc.), and provided hardware and software support to clients….
This fast tip demonstrates a shortcut for sharing a webpage link with friends and colleagues using Gmail. Here is a link to the awesome video tutorial referenced in this fast tip. Smile.
This fast tip demonstrates how to search for custom text patterns using regular expressions and then redact the text. UPDATE: When searching for the XML file locations, you may need to unhide system files before running the search so that you can see this additional location under your user profile: C:\Users\[user profile name]\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Acrobat\[Acrobat version]\ Preferences\Redaction\ENU. You can…
In a previous article on the topic of electronic discovery, I began the conversation about a term we use called “processing”. Now we will discuss one of the stages within the workflow of processing electronic discovery referred to as “deduplication”. Remember, the goal of processing is to get the electronic documents we collected into a format that we can easily…
This fast tip demonstrates how to search for email addresses, social security numbers, credit card numbers and dates within a PDF file and then redact any personal identifying information (PII). NOTE: The Search & Remove Text function can handle a maximum of 500 PDFs at a time. In another Fast Tip Friday tutorial, I demonstrated…
This is an adaptation of a recent article written by Jeff Bennion for the Above the Law blog. In my legal career, I have formatted hundreds of Excel files for printing, at the request of an attorney who is uncomfortable using Microsoft Excel. I use many of the same steps that Jeff mentions in his…
Name: Susan Stone Location: Washington, DC What kind of work were you doing before litigation support found you? I started as an administrative assistant for an IT group supporting a government contract shortly after high school. The group was responsible for computer and network infrastructure support. There wasn’t a strong need for an administrative…
This fast tip demonstrates how to utilize tabs in MS Word, a feature that is often overlooked. If you are listing “Proficient in Microsoft Word” on your resume, then you better know how to use good formatting techniques in your resume or you will be busted! Download Sample Files
Name: Patrick L. Mathews Location: Dallas, TX What kind of work were you doing before litigation support found you? I started my career as a paralegal back in the early 90’s. I originally started working for a government agency indexing documents into database systems. At this time scanning was somewhat cost prohibitive so we…
This fast tip demonstrates how to remove duplicate rows in Notepad++ using a plugin called TextFX Characters. Notepad++ is a free text editor. In a previous tutorial video, I demonstrated how to delete duplicate lines using TextPad.
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