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Coming today to TechnoFeature: The iPhone can view Microsoft Word and Excel documents out of the box, but DataViz's Documents to Go and Quickoffice's Quickoffice Mobile Office Suite enable you to store, manage, edit, search, and email Office documents. Every iPhone-owning lawyer who works with Word documents should consider purchasing one of these apps. But which one? We asked Jeff Richardson, the lawyer behind the iPhone J.D. blog to compare the two apps and report his findings in this comparative review.

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Coming today to TechnoFeature: The Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500 scanner aims to help lawyers go paperless. The specifications look promising — duplex scanning, fast speed, small footprint, 50 page automatic document feeder, Adobe Acrobat, etc. — but how well does it work? We asked legal technology consultant Barron Henley to test drive the ScanSnap S1500 for a few weeks and report back in this TechnoFeature. If you're considering the ScanSnap S1500, you won't find a more comprehensive review from a lawyer's perspective.

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Coming today to TechnoFeature: Just because you can create a PowerPoint presentation with flying text and a pink background to accompany your opening and closing arguments doesn't mean you should. But a professional looking slide show can have a significant impact. In this TechnoFeature article, trial presentation expert Ted Brooks offers ten trial presentation creation tips that you and your team can immediately put to use. Your adversaries will wonder what hit them.

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Our flagship newsletter never disappoints thanks to its in-depth reporting by leading legal technology and practice management experts, many of whom have become "household names" in the legal profession. It's in TechnoFeature that you'll find our oft-quoted formal product reviews and accompanying TechnoScore ratings. The TechnoFeature newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.

Coming today to TechnoFeature: Working at home eliminates your commute. But apart from that obvious advantage, what other benefits does it provide? What about downsides? As with any endeavor, good advice from an experienced and knowledgeable source can help make the move to a home office successful. In this TechnoFeature, San Francisco attorney Grace Suarez draws from eight years in her home office to provide ten terrific tips. Don't set up shop in your house before reading this article.

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Our flagship newsletter never disappoints thanks to its in-depth reporting by leading legal technology and practice management experts, many of whom have become "household names" in the legal profession. It's in TechnoFeature that you'll find our oft-quoted formal product reviews and accompanying TechnoScore ratings. The TechnoFeature newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.

Coming today to TechnoFeature: You need a new practice management system. Or do you? Before you spend thousands of dollars, spend a few minutes reading this TechnoFeature article in which practice management expert Katrina Curfiss provides a to-do list for law firms considering replacing their practice management system with a competitive product. The article explains how to create a "needs analysis score card," and addresses all the factors your score card should contain.

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Our flagship newsletter never disappoints thanks to its in-depth reporting by leading legal technology and practice management experts, many of whom have become "household names" in the legal profession. It's in TechnoFeature that you'll find our oft-quoted formal product reviews and accompanying TechnoScore ratings. The TechnoFeature newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.

Coming today to TechnoFeature: Google is like Hollywood. There's an A List, B List, etc. Law firms on the A List appear on the first search results page for keywords relevant to the legal services they provide. These firms receive many inquiries from prospective clients at virtually no cost. Money for nothing. Meanwhile, law firms on the D List are virtually invisible. In this TechnoFeature article, technology consultant Seth Rowland explains how to get on Google's A List using nothing more than common sense and a content management system.

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Coming today to TechnoFeature: A poor courtroom performance can derail even a slam dunk case. And most cases are not slam dunks. In addition to being well-rehearsed and on your game, trial presentation technology can help you persuade judges or jurors. But caveats abound ranging from literally tripping over wires to figuratively tripping over the rules of evidence. In this TechnoFeature article, former litigator and current trial technology consultant Bruce Olson offers his considerable wisdom in the form of ten tips.

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Coming today to TechnoFeature: Need to create your own forms? Microsoft Word expert Carol Bratt has written a clear and concise Microsoft Word tutorial that will have you creating fill-in forms in no time flat. This tutorial unravels the mystery behind merging cells, and creating drop-down boxes, text boxes, check box field forms, spacing, borders, and even form security. This particular tutorial explains how to create a round trip form that your clients receive via email and return to you complete with data.

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Coming today to TechnoFeature: Jott converts voicemail messages into text and emails them to you. It also uses its voice-to-text technology to make a growing number of tasks accessible by voice. But how well does it work? We asked business attorney and frequent TechnoLawyer contributor Mike Schley to test Jott Voicemail and Jott Assistant, and assess their usefulness for the legal profession.

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Our flagship newsletter never disappoints thanks to its in-depth reporting by leading legal technology and practice management experts, many of whom have become "household names" in the legal profession. It's in TechnoFeature that you'll find our oft-quoted formal product reviews and accompanying TechnoScore ratings. The TechnoFeature newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.

Coming today to TechnoFeature: You cannot effectively evaluate any ergonomic device for your computer without considering the conditions in which you'll use it — your entire system so to speak. So says technology consultant B. Jefferson Le Blanc. In this article, Jefferson lays down the law for ergonomic lighting, chairs, equipment positioning, and especially input devices. If you're still using the keyboard and mouse that shipped with your PC (and which cost the company a few cents to manufacture), you owe it to your wrists, arms, neck, and back to read this TechnoFeature article and take Jefferson's advice.

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Our flagship newsletter never disappoints thanks to its in-depth reporting by leading legal technology and practice management experts, many of whom have become "household names" in the legal profession. It's in TechnoFeature that you'll find our oft-quoted formal product reviews and accompanying TechnoScore ratings. The TechnoFeature newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.