Start Page: Overcome the propensity to procrastinate — Email edition
Follow these Outlook tips and you’ll increase your productivity and put off procrastinating for another day.
Seth Wilson
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Start Page: Automate Microsoft Word documents with built-in tools
In the last article in this series, we discussed automating text entry for creating discovery with sequence fields. This article will expand on this process and others using Quick Parts/Auto Text to help you speed up document drafting.
Wilson: Use Word sequence fields to speed up discovery drafting
This article will be a collection of three tips that can be used to speed up the various portions of discovery document drafting. Combining the formatting and these tips will help increase your efficiency when using Microsoft Word.
Start Page: Set the table with authority for Word document contents
After reading this article, never again will you hesitate to rearrange sections of your brief due to your fear of redoing the Table of Contents or Table of Authorities.
Start Page: Online billing and e-invoicing options for lawyers
This article discusses the various online billing and e-invoicing tools available to lawyers today. As always, be aware of your ethical compliance responsibilities when utilizing any online or third-party service.
Start Page: Wrapping your head(ers) around footers
Hopefully this article will help you wrap your head around the header and footer tools in Microsoft Word.
Start Page: Microsoft Word for lawyers: Give me a (section) break
This article will show you how to apply two types of page numbering in one document. Future articles will build on this skill to help you craft complex Microsoft Word documents.
Start Page: Microsoft Word for the legal profession — format defaults
Can Microsoft Word help you maintain competence and avoid procrastination? Yes, if you take some time to make your software tools work for you.
Start Page: Microsoft Word for the legal profession: reformat documents
For 2017, the Start Page column will focus on Microsoft Word. Each article will help build skills you can use each day in your practice to be more efficient and effective for your clients.
Start Page: Decorate your documents for the holidays (and beyond)
One of the best (or worst?) features of Microsoft Word is its automatic formatting. Properly understood, Microsoft Word’s automatic behavior controls are incredibly helpful.
Start Page: Outlook Quick Steps can break email full-court press
Create one to three Quick Steps that you will commit to using for the next week. Then, practice those quick first steps.
Start Page: The appeal of the newest Apple iPhone? The core
This article will provide a brief overview of the new features available on the iPhone 7 to help you determine if it’s time to upgrade.
Start Page: Are you (tech) ready for back to school?
This article offers some ideas to help you use technology to take charge of the back-to-school chaos and make this school year great.
Start Page: Clear your Outlook inbox, clear your mind
Unfortunately, leaving emails unprocessed in your inbox waiting for you drains your energy, causes you to procrastinate, and takes up mental capacity. Thankfully, there’s a better way to deal with email. It’s called getting to “Inbox Zero.”
Start Page: Give yourself a fresh perspective on Outlook
A few suggestions on modifying Outlook can help you get more out of the email system by better organizing to boost efficiency and productivity.
Take note: 2 apps for better note taking
Seth Wilson takes note of two apps for taking notes: Evernote and Microsoft OneNote.
Start Page: Why you should consider Microsoft Office 365
Migrating to Office 365 is a decision that should be made with careful planning and consideration of the risks and benefits of a cloud-based system. That said, the trend toward using other people’s computers to lower your own operating costs will only continue in the future.
Start Page: Goal setting and habit development for the new year
This year, join me in a different approach: setting goals and developing habits. Neither concept is new and both take effort to be effective. Here are some pointers and tech tools you can use to help support achieving your goals and developing good habits in the new year.
Start Page: 3 reasons to consider using an Apple Watch
Lawyers need help managing the massive amounts of information we process on a daily basis. Wearable devices can help weed through the noise and filter the most important information to you when and where you need it.
Start Page: to-do list adjustments to help beat procrastination
While a legal pad and pen are forms of technology, and can be very effective, you should be tracking your to- do’s with digital tools.