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The Challenges of Microsoft Office’s Access Relational Database.
Years ago, I used Appleworks and Microsoft Works for list-making, spreadsheets, and word processing. The tutorial disk for Appleworks was interactive, fully contained on a 144 k 5 1/4 inch floppy disk, and easy to understand. Staff training was to sit a new employee down for 1.5 hours. The relational database Access is complex, powerful,… View Article
The Lawyers’ “Golden Rule” for Sheriffs’, and Private, Process Servers
Personal injury, family law, and civil dispute lawyers often have to file lawsuits and serve papers on opposing parties. Here is a simple rule every lawyer should remember: Provide to the person serving the paper, the critical information he or she needs: 1. A valid physical address; 2. Directions to the residence; 3. Information about… View Article
The Microsoft Surface Pro 2; some thoughts. New Potential for Doubling Your Reading Speed; And Updated Spreadsheet.
Dear Colleague, Friend, or Family Member; 1. A couple of weeks ago I wrote you about the nifty new tablet that can be a desktop, the Microsoft Surface Pro 2. Believe it or not, I have it all set up so it functions as a desktop, but it snaps off to become a tablet and keyboard… View Article
A Modern View of Religion by a Spiritual Person
Dear Faithful Readers: I introduce to you my Friend and Guest Blogger David Powell. David, a WVU graduate, is a true West Virginian and a freelance writer and videographer. To me, his claim to fame is his loving family and his standing as the founder of WV Irish Road Bowling. You may meet David at the… View Article
Experiments with : File Disposal – The Microsoft Surface Pro 2 as an Office Computer – and An Alternative to Expensive Litigation Software
Dear Colleague (and; this is so neat, I have included my family and friends mailing groups, BUT DO NOT HESITATE TO DELETE!); For the few who thought of me at all, maybe you thought I had stopped my newsletters. Not so! We have been pursuing some very exciting projects: 1. The burst of shredding,… View Article
A New Table of Contents to My Blog and Other Useful Tidbits
Some days, the only use I can picture for my Dell Latitude Laptop is as a Frisbee, right off of the back deck! This is one of them. Facebook and my Hughesnet Satellite have conspired to have me be nearly immobile. Ugh! Before I forget, here is the link to my Professional FB page… View Article
Letter to Colleagues, Friends, and Family – A Pathagoras (Document Assembly) Refresher
Pathagoras Owner Roy Lasris Dear Colleagues; (and Burt’s staff, friends, and family, since this software benefits anyonewho needs to produce, assemble and distribute documents; feel free to forward to anyone whose business produces lots of documents.) Please delete this if you have no interest in my fascination with document assembly. I am beginning… View Article
More Correspondence with Baron Henley – Dear Colleages, January 1, 2014
Burt’s First Dear Colleague Newsletter of the Year – 2014 Dear Colleagues; 1. Just delete this thread if you simply don’t have the time, but it is pretty amazing to receive this kind of analysis from a nationally known tech expert. Affinity bills itself as the largest in the U.S. I forward this with the… View Article
Burt’s January 1, 2014 Letters to Colleagues (and Clients).
Here is evidence of our efforts to become “paper-less”; 460 bankers boxes that we brought downstairs,60 of which are ready for shredding. Colleagues; Sorry to be a pest, but here is a link posted to FB by Family Law Expert, Mediator, and Guardian Ad Litem, Linda Hausman. We shall give this to our clients as… View Article
Guest Blogger Barron Henley – The Realities of the Paperless Office
Folks: You are invited to my sister blog, “WV Lawyer, Tips and Techniques”, for a post, with permission, from our guest blogger Barron Henley of Affinity Consulting. He writes of his experience and ideas relative converting the small legal office to a “less paper environment”. Hardware, software, cloud back-up, procedures, and training; they are all… View Article