Going paperless is a continuing process. Once you’ve got what you need and have developed your workflow, going paperless is about finding the additional tools and implementing tips and tricks to streamline as many processes as possible. So here are a few tips and tricks in Adobe Acrobat I’ve picked up since I’ve gone paperless.
The most important tip? As I’ve said before, don’t try to skimp on your .pdf program. In a paperless office you’ll spend nearly as much time using your .pdf program as you will your word processor. So don’t skimp—Adobe Acrobat Pro will give you more features than you will probably ever use. But the features you do need will be there.
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David Sparks’ new book, Paperless: A MacSparky Field Guide is not geared towards attorneys. It is also not geared towards PC users. To even read it you have to have an iPad. But it is still one of the most well put-together e-books I’m read to date. Not just for its content but also for its design.
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Now that we live in the future, a lot of lawyers have adopted the mobility and ease of access technology brings. Some haven’t, and that’s OK too. Ironically, for better or worse, I’ve found that my ‘paperless office’ means I need to remember to do a few things before I leave my home or office to go to a normal day in court.
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These three posts from our archives will help you get started going paperless and switch your workflow from sorting paper to sorting pixels:
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iPad at Work by David Sparks is 323 colored pages chock full of apps, tips, and workflows for using your iPad at work. David Sparks is an attorney as well as an advocate for a paperless law office. So it should come as no surprise that he uses his iPad regularly. But will iPad at Work make it worthwhile for you to use an iPad regularly?
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The Pandigital Photolink is an affordable alternative to more-expensive scanners like the very cool Fujitsu ScanSnap. Unfortunately, for my part-time law practice and personal needs, I just can’t afford it. I know that if I wanted to go solo it would cost me less than $3,000, but it’s not something I want to do at the moment. But I’m also a huge nerd. I want everything digital. Enter the Pandigital Photolink One-Touch. At only $85 on Amazon, the PanDigital is significantly less expensive than it’s more professional competitors. You get what you pay for with this device, but if you are simple scanning documents for personal use or you’re on a small budget, the quality on this scanner is well worth the money.
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The NeatDesk document scanner is an attractive, consumer-grade document scanner that is up against stiff competition, including the Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500, which has become incredibly popular with lawyers and includes a copy of Acrobat for a tough-to-beat value proposition. But the NeatDesk has its own software package and at least one feature the ScanSnap lacks: TWAIN.
So can the NeatDesk measure up to the ScanSnap? Read on to find out!
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Consistent change and experimentation is good thing—instead of making big changes once a year, making little changes on a regular basis will help your practice.
If, however, you use January 1 as a springboard to make changes, here are three good, and relatively easy, resolutions for lawyers.
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