Reviews (7)

Great learning tool
I bought this book for a legal assistant class and I enjoyed it.I learned a lot.It's hard to learn computers from a book - but not this one.The book comes with software and has tutorials and exercises that accompany the software.My class also liked the fact that there are tons of practical applications for how computers are actually used by practicing paralegals and legal secretaries in the book.Also, when it comes to litigation support -one of the most difficult legal computer applications to master - it was fantastic.It comes with three different litigation support programs, including Summation.Summation is fairly involved to learn and the book, tutorials, exercises and software did a good job of teaching this to me.I am confident now in my ability to do basic litigation support.The chapter on using the Internet to do legal and factual research was also excellent.

I would definately buy this again!
This book is essential for anyone working in a law office.Computers are used in nearly every aspect of working in a law firm.The book is huge - nearly 700 pages - and it covers every main type of program used in a law office.It comes with software, and lots of exercises and I thought it was very easy to read and straight forward.It covers hard topics like litigation support and Access databases in a way that I could understand without totally going over my head.The book covers both entry level and advanced topics.For example in the word processing chapter the Word tutorial had 7 lessons that got progressively more difficult, starting with basic word processing and ending with mail merges and creating tables of authorities.

Highly Recommended
I think this is a fabulous book.It comes with demonstration versions of 5 legal software programs including three litigation support programs, a time and billing program and a case management program.There were a number of in-depth, hands-on exercises for each program, so I really got to learn about each type of program by using it.Also, although I have used Access, Word, Excel and Powerpoint before, I liked the fact that there were in-depth exercises for learning legal applications for each of these programs.This is a very practical book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Automation    2. Business/Economics    3. General    4. Handbooks, manuals, etc    5. Information storage and retrie    6. Information storage and retrieval systems    7. Law    8. Law Office Administration    9. Law Office Education    10. Law Office Technology    11. Law offices    12. Legal Profession    13. Legal Reference / Law Profession    14. Legal assistants    15. Office Automation    16. Office Automation And Management    17. United States    18. Business & Economics / General    19. Industrial or vocational training    20. Legal skills & practice    21. Office & workplace    22. Office systems & equipment   

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Do you really want to do the job?
Through this book I was able to imagine wonderful things for my clients. I have a lawyer friend that told me that chapter 8 was the key for him. Its a story told in first person by an associate who describes the wonderful digital resources he has at his disposition. Chapter 11 is fundamental too.
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Subjects:  1. General Practice    2. Knowledge management    3. Law    4. Law Office Education    5. Law Office Technology    6. Law firms    7. Law offices    8. Legal Reference / Law Profession    9. Management    10. United States    11. Business | Management | Strategic Management    12. Law / Law Office Technology    13. Legal skills & practice    14. Management decision making   

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Tells You Just What You Need to Know
More and more courts are allowing, if not requiring, that documents of all type be presented in electronic format either in addition to or in some cases instead of on paper. There are unquestionably a lot of lawyers who will assign the task of producing the electronic document to a secretary. But this is kind of like having a lawyer these days who can't use a PC - there probably are some, but they are getting fewer and fewer.
Really Great
This book really walked me through using Acrobat Professional.
Excellent book for lawyers!
I really needed this book!It focuses on the functions of Adobe Acrobat 6 that lawyers need to use.Explanations are clear, illustrations are helpful.
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Subjects:  1. Computer Programs    2. Electronic Publishing    3. Law    4. Law Office Education    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Databases & data structures    7. Law / General    8. Legal skills & practice   

Subjects:  1. General    2. General Practice    3. Law    4. Law Office Education    5. Law Office Technology    6. Law offices    7. Legal Profession    8. Legal Reference / Law Profession    9. Office procedures    10. United States    11. Business & Economics / General   

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Works Well For This Newcomer/Latecomer to Word
The book weighs a ton and there's lots packed in it.Have not attempted to use the CD-ROM.Index helped me find specific answers to specific issues, since I don't know the program at all and had to hit the ground running.Have not been able to find answers to more esoteric matters, but the book has been invaluable for my quick-fix situations.Legal-specific and more useful on a daily basis than the "Dummies" book my boss bought.Thank you, Payne Consulting Group!!!

The Standard for MS Word in Law Firms
Any law firm that uses MS Word has been influenced by the work of Payne Consulting.Payne Consulting was in a conference that went into a committee that worked closely with MS to influence Word and to make it compatible to what law firms got used to with Word Perfect.Interestingly, Word finally has a feature that offers you the opportunity to recover documents if you had not saved it the day before.....wow.....why didn't they do that for corporations.
good for mds
real world advive for anyone interested in applications of word in a business setting ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Computer Bks - Word Processing    2. Computer Books And Software    3. Computers    4. Computers - Word Processing    5. Law Office Education    6. Law Office Technology    7. Word Processing - General    8. Word Processing - Word    9. Computers / Information Technology    10. Laws of Other Jurisdictions & General Law    11. Microsoft Word    12. USA   

Subjects:  1. General    2. Handbooks, manuals, etc    3. Law    4. Law Office Education    5. Legal Profession    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Legal assistants    8. Paralegals & Paralegalism    9. United States    10. Legal skills & practice    11. Office systems & equipment   

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A Great Book for Any Lawyer
This book is a great tool for any lawyer, but particularly a neophyte to visual persuasion, to learn about how to persuade with PowerPoint and other computer presentation tools.It is a treasure trove of examples to use and to stimulate thinking about how to persuade visually.
Best Guide to Legal Presentations
The authors have outdone themselves with this edition.It is comprehensive and accessible, whether you are a novice or an expert.The CD provides excellent step by step instruction for the lawyer who wants to learn techniques to create the most effective presentations.But the book is more than just technical tips.The discussion of legal concerns, as well as basic rhetorical theory, makes this book an essential resource for lawyers and legal assistants who want to reach jurors (and judges) who are much more media savvy today.Most decision makers are not primarily aural learners, and in the days of CSI, the ability to highlight the most compelling evidence is not just a luxury.
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Subjects:  1. General Practice    2. Law    3. Law Office Education    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. Practice Of Law    6. Reference    7. Technology (General)    8. Law / General    9. Legal skills & practice    10. Presentation graphics software   

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An Excellent Resource for the Internet-savvy Public
I found this book to be helpful in conducting Internet searches in general, although it is written primarily for those in the legal profession.It is well-written, concise, and it appears the author went out of her way to put as much valuable information as possible into a small package.

Great Research Tool!!!!!!!!!!!!
I loved the format and ease of use. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business/Economics    3. Data processing    4. General    5. Information storage and retrie    6. Information storage and retrieval systems    7. Law    8. Law Office Education    9. Law Office Technology    10. Legal Profession    11. Legal Reference / Law Profession    12. Legal research    13. United States    14. Business & Economics / General    15. Education    16. Jurisprudence & General Issues   

Subjects:  1. General    2. Law    3. Law Office Administration    4. Law Office Education    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Online Services - General    7. Computer-aided learning (CAL)    8. Law / General    9. Legal skills & practice   

Subjects:  1. Apple And Macintosh Programming    2. Automation    3. Computer - Apple/Macintosh    4. Computer Bks - Apple / Macintosh    5. Computer Books: Operating Systems    6. Hardware - Personal Computers - Macintosh    7. Law    8. Law Office Administration    9. Law Office Education    10. Law Office Technology    11. Law offices    12. Miscellaneous Software    13. United States   

Subjects:  1. Business Software - MSOffice    2. Computer Bks - Accounting Packages    3. Computers - Accounting Packages    4. Law    5. Law Office Education    6. Law Office Technology    7. Spreadsheets - General    8. Word Processing - General    9. Microsoft Office   

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More than just for Law Firms
Microsoft Word 2000 for Law Firms is for anyone who needs to establish consistent formats for long documents using templates and styles.The explanations are some of the best I have encountered.

good book for lawyers and legal types
This covers some pretty good material. She speaks frequently on this stuff and really knows the topics. This is more of a Word book - if you are like most lawyers transition from WP to Word, then I'd get "Word for Dummies" - if you are into hardcore document programming then I'd get "Learn Word 2000 VBA Document Automation" More Than A Rehash of The Previous Edition
I bought the edition for Word 2000 with some trepidation, concerned that it would be only a rehash of the (excellent) edition for Word 97. However, I found that it has been updated very thoroughly to reflect the functionaldifferences between Word 97 and Word 2000. It remains a very usefulreference for sole practitioners who automate their own documentgeneration. The reason it only rates 4 stars: I would have preferred a morerobust description of the uses to which fields can be put in automatingpleading (and other legal document) generating. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Computer Bks - Word Processing    2. Computer Books: General    3. Computers    4. Computers - Word Processing    5. General    6. Law Office Education    7. Law Office Technology    8. Word Processing - Word    9. Computers / Information Technology    10. Law    11. Microsoft Word   

Subjects:  1. Automation    2. Computer network resources    3. Information Storage & Retrieval    4. Information storage and retrieval systems    5. Internet - General    6. Law    7. Law Office Education    8. Law Office Technology    9. Legal Reference / Law Profession    10. Legal Research    11. Research    12. United States    13. Law / General   

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Amicus Attorney in One Hour for Lawyers
Amicus Attorney in One Hour for Lawyers is an excellent learning tool for Amicus Attorney case management software.Read more

Subjects:  1. Amicus attorney    2. Automation    3. Computers - Other Applications    4. General Practice    5. Hardware - Personal Computers - General    6. Information storage and retrie    7. Information storage and retrieval systems    8. Law    9. Law Office Administration    10. Law Office Education    11. Law Office Technology    12. Law offices    13. Microcomputer Application Software    14. Miscellaneous Software    15. United States    16. Computer Software Packages    17. Legal skills & practice   

Subjects:  1. Automation    2. Computer Books: General    3. Information storage and retrieval systems    4. Law    5. Law Office Administration    6. Law Office Technology    7. Law offices    8. Legal Reference / Law Profession    9. Legal assistants    10. United States    11. Legal skills & practice   

Subjects:  1. Automation    2. Computer Bks - Word Processing    3. Computer Books: General    4. Computers    5. Law Office Administration    6. Law Office Technology    7. Legal composition    8. Legal correspondence    9. Microcomputer Word Processing Software    10. United States    11. Word Processing - General    12. Word Processing - Word    13. Word processing    14. Legal skills & practice    15. Word processing software   

Subjects:  1. Automation    2. Information technology    3. Justice, Administration of    4. Law    5. Law (Specific Aspects)    6. Law Office Education    7. Law Office Technology    8. Legal Reference / Law Profession    9. Media & the Law    10. Practice of law    11. Science/Mathematics    12. Impact of computing & IT on society    13. Law / Legal History    14. Law | Corporate Law    15. Legal profession   

Subjects:  1. Automation    2. Business & Economics    3. Business/Economics    4. Great Britain    5. Information Management    6. Law Office Education    7. Law Office Technology    8. Law offices    9. Legal Profession    10. Legal Reference / Law Profession    11. Impact of computing & IT on society   

Subjects:  1. Engineering - Industrial    2. Handbooks, manuals, etc    3. Industrial Health & Safety    4. Industrial Safety    5. Law    6. Law Office Education    7. Reference    8. Technology & Industrial Arts    9. Reference works    10. Technology / Industrial Health & Safety   

Subjects:  1. Automation    2. Law Office Technology    3. Law offices    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. United States    6. Communications law    7. USA