If you still burn data to CDs or DVDs, you will need to print disk labels. This fast tip demonstrates how to use a free software program called Avery DesignPro to create the disk labels. Download Sample Files
One of my favorite features in MS Word is Format Painter. This fast tip demonstrates how to use it in two ways. Download Sample Files
We often receive AutoCAD files in litigation matters. They are architectural diagrams and usually require special software to view them. This fast tip demonstrates how to use a free software program called DWG TrueView to open the files and optionally export them to PDF format if desired. Download Sample Files
This fast tip demonstrates how to use conditional formatting in Excel to highlight duplicate rows, sometimes referred to as duplicate records. In a previous Fast Tip Friday, I demonstrated how to highlight duplicate values using Excel. Download Sample Files
This fast tip demonstrates how to use conditional formatting in Excel to highlight duplicate values within a column of data. In another Fast Tip Friday, I demonstrated how to highlight duplicate rows using Excel. Download Sample Files
We often receive videos that are in VOB format and we would prefer to convert them to a more user friendly MP4 format that plays on more devices. This fast tip demonstrates how to easily convert the file using Handbrake. Download Sample Files
This fast tip demonstrates how to create a split zip archive. This is useful if the one large zip file is too large to email or it won’t fit on a single CD. For more information, see my Tools of the Trade series 7-Zip article.
Have you ever wondered what is taking up so much space on your hard drive? Have you ever wanted to get an overview of the file contents that just arrived on an external drive? This fast tip demonstrates how to use Treesize Free to break down hard disk space usage down to the file level.
This fast tip will demonstrate how to create a full-text index across folders and subfolders of PDF files. This enables the user to run searches across all of the PDF files at once, including bookmarks and comments if desired. In last week’s Fast Tip Friday, I demonstrated how to use an index to increase search…
Sometimes we receive very large PDF files with thousands of pages and of course we then need to run searches within the file. When the PDF file is very large, each search can take a while to run. This fast tip demonstrates how to use an embedded index to increase the search speed.
Have you ever needed to add the same subfolder to a bunch of existing folders? For instance, let’s say you have a list of folders that are named by custodian and you need to add an Exhibits subfolder to each and every custodian folder. This fast tip demonstrates how to automate the task using an…
This fast tip will demonstrate how to rename generically numbered TIFF files to filenames that include a prefix and zero padding. The tool is a free software program called Bulk Rename Utility. Download Sample Files
Gone are the days where we need to print a PDF document, handwrite our signature on the paper version, scan the paper into a PDF file, and then email the PDF file. We can use Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat to electronically sign the PDF document and save a signed (and flattened) version of the…
In electronic discovery matters, we tend to collect a lot of Excel files from our clients. This fast tip is an interesting Excel macro that generates a report of all of the worksheets within all of the Excel files in a folder. Download Sample Files
During a litigation matter, there is often a need to produce documents in PDF format. This fast tip demonstrates how to endorse PDF files for production. Download Sample Files
All roles within a legal team have had the need to compare two lists of bates numbers. This fast tip will share one easy way to do that using Excel. Download Sample Files
We create a lot of screenshots in litigation support. We use a number of different software tools to create the screenshots. My favorite is Snagit. This fast tip demonstrates one of my favorite Snagit features and I provide some examples of why I use it. For reference, you can read my previous Snagit article.
This fast tip will demonstrate how to use DOS commands to create a file listing. In another Fast Tip Friday, I demonstrated how to get a list of all files in a folder using an Excel macro. Download Sample Files
This fast tip will demonstrate how to use the Bulk Rename Utility software with a text file that will instruct the software how to rename the files. To learn more about the concatenate function used in this tutorial, see my article entitled Concatenate – Fancy Word, Simple Meaning. Download Sample Files
When we collect and process electronic data from a number of custodians, we usually create a folder for each custodian to store their data. This fast tip will share a shortcut for creating those folders that can save us a bunch of time. In another Fast Tip Friday, I demonstrated how to create subfolders using an Excel…
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