Name: Tim Thames Location: Columbia, SC What kind of work were you doing before litigation support found you? I was a case manager for a corporation managing products liability and asbestos litigation. As a former paralegal with a large law firm, I worked with litigation support review tools like Concordance and Summation to organize…
This fast tip demonstrates how to use a software program called Quick View Plus to take a peek inside an Outlook PST file. Download Sample Files
Abby Rosenbloom and I decided to write a series of articles together related to the infamous world of managing a document review. There are no standards. There are best practices. There are personal preferences. There are lessons learned. I have known Abby for over 15 years. We have worked in different roles within the industry,…
This fast tip demonstrates one way to convert a date-time value to date-only in Excel. Download Sample Files
This fast tip demonstrates how to view different parts of one PDF file at the same time.
Name: Brad Lynch Location: Columbia, SC What kind of work were you doing before litigation support found you? I initially set off to be a computer programmer, so I began my career working for a well-known area software company. I started working in the mail department and delivered inter-office mail around the building. I…
This fast tip demonstrates how easy it is to convert an existing form in MS Word format to a PDF form. Download Sample Files
In previous articles, I discussed the Legal Hold, the Subpoena or CID, the custodian Identification process and Chain of Custody. Now we need to discuss a very important part of the collection process. In terms of best practices, any data collection should be handled very carefully to avoid changing the data in any way. However, the…
This fast tip demonstrates how to easily spot patterns using more than simply adding color to a cell. Download Sample Files
This fast tip demonstrates how to use an efficient mouse selection technique. Download Sample Files
The overall goal for a document review is for the document categorization to be as accurate/consistent as possible and for the review to be completed in a timely fashion. As a litigation support professional, one of my favorite project management tasks is managing a large document review. Designing an efficient workflow and process is key,…
This fast tip demonstrates a built-in feature with MS Word that will insert sample (filler) text that can be used to assist with a training session or designing a template document. The Lorem Ipsum text comes from the publishing and graphic design industries. Each version of MS Word will insert different sample text.
This is an adaptation of an article posted on the Excel Esquire site. This scenario happens often in the middle of a litigation matter. Attorneys will make a list of relevant document numbers and only include the part of the number that is different. But in order for a paralegal or litigation support professional to…
Most people are aware that PDF files can easily be saved to MS Word files in order to edit or reformat the file contents. In this fast tip, I demonstrate that Adobe Acrobat also does a good job of saving charts or tables in PDF to MS Excel. Download Sample Files
I celebrated my birthday a few days ago. Four years ago, I launched LitigationSupportGuru.com on my birthday. When I reflect back on the past four years, I am proud of the impact this site has had on so many individuals. I have met some wonderful people that I would not have met otherwise. I have…
This fast tip demonstrates how to export Excel comments to an MS Word document. The list of comments will also include the cell reference and the comment author. Download Sample Files
Name: Sean O’Shea Location: New York, NY What kind of work were you doing before litigation support found you? I temped for law firms in New York, Tokyo and San Francisco from 1996 to 1998, mainly coding documents the old fashioned way. This was my first exposure to the legal world, working on cases…
This fast tip demonstrates how to use the freeze panes feature in MS Excel.
This fast tip demonstrates one particular way to use the fill handle in Excel. Download Sample Files Source: David Carns
David Carns is an attorney, technologist, and fan of all things eDiscovery. Follow him on LinkedIn and Twitter. My friend David is much geekier than me. This is a topic that many litigation support professionals probably haven’t had the time to grasp yet, but it is coming up more often during data collections. Cloud computing is…
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