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Why You Need a Mobile, Paperless Office

February 7, 2010

Admittedly, as long as you can afford it, having an office is a must. But I also think that having a mobile, paperless, office makes life a lot easier.
Today, for example, I needed to accompany a family member to some unexpected medical appointments. There was no freaking out because my entire practice is on my [...]

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ScanSnap S1500M Scanner for a Paperless Mac Office

December 7, 2009

Using the Fujitsu ScanSnap s1500M (aff.) with a Mac is a beautiful thing in my paperless law office.
Arguably, like everything else, the scanner works better on a Mac than a PC (Mac fanboy joke). Favoritism aside, the S1500M (aff.) works great with a Mac.
The S1500M is visually more appealing than the ScanSnap S1500 scanner. With [...]

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Moving a Paperless Office is a Breeze

November 11, 2009

There are approximately eight million reasons why a paperless office is a great idea—and moving is one of them.
My firm relocated yesterday and all told, the move took approximately two hours. There was no U-Haul filled with tons of banker boxes. No awkward maneuvering with a dolly to transport heavy file cabinets. No mad scramble [...]

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Confessions of a Dinosaur Going Paperless

November 6, 2009

Guest post by Thomas Gallagher.
It sounds good, doesn’t it? Lawyering without papering. Ahhh! A few years ago, I dreamed about it. I heard about it. But I was a dinosaur, tech-wise. Now, after a few steps in the right direction, I have a few tips for the other tech-dinosaur lawyers out there like [...]

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Bates-Style Numbering in Acrobat

September 11, 2009

Adobe Acrobat 9 Standard has the ability to do Bates-style numbering, like you often see on document production in discovery. I used it today to number the appendix for a brief to the Minnesota Supreme Court, and it really made things easy on me.
It is not obvious, but this walkthrough should help you get it [...]

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The Paperless Law Office: Easier Than You Think

July 3, 2009

I have had a paperless law office since early 2006, when I bought my first ScanSnap s1500 document scanner and started scanning every page that crossed my desk. That—and a bit of planning—is really all it takes to go paperless.
There seems to be a tendency to think of digital files as fundamentally different than paper [...]

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Fujitsu ScanSnap s1500 Document Scanner FAQ & Followup

June 15, 2009

My review of the Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500 is up to 60 comments, with lots of questions and answers. Here is a followup post with frequently-asked questions so you do not have to wade through those comments.
First off, though, I have had my ScanSnap S1500 for about two-and-a-half months, and I still love it. I am still [...]

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Review: NeatDesk Desktop Scanner Not Worth It?

May 26, 2009

The main competitor to our favorite document scanner, Fujitsu’s ScanSnap S1500, is probably the NeatDesk Desktop Scanner (also for Mac). Last week, Joel Johnson of BoingBoing Gadgets got his hads on one, and spent a few hours putting it through its paces.
His verdict: not worth it.

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