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Thursday, April 20, 2006 | 8:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m.
Dan Pinnington
For lawyers, Excel is probably the least-used component of the Microsoft Office suite. While many may know the basics of using Excel, few appreciate the true power of this amazing program. This session will teach you practical tips and techniques on how to more quickly select, edit, copy, and move cells, and how formulas, sorting, and subtotals can help you to manipulate your data. You’ll learn how to fly around spreadsheets with keyboard shortcuts and special menu commands, and learn what those cryptic error messages mean. We’ll provide the knowledge you need to make Excel look, feel, and operate the way it should for your practice.
Thursday, April 20, 2006 | 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
David Masters
2005’s hurricane disasters are causing many lawyers to rethink their devotion to paper documents. The new Adobe Acrobat makes going paperless easier than ever, but that’s not all – now you can use Acrobat to secure your documents, create impressive e-briefs, and even archive your e-mail. This session will introduce you to the basics of reducing paper in your practice, as well as the more advanced features of the application.
Thursday, April 20, 2006 | 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
Nancy Grekin, Adriana Linares
Microsoft Word is the most popular word processing application for lawyers, but let’s face it: sometimes it can be darned difficult to use. Vent your frustrations at this session, where you’ll learn how to handle Word’s annoyances with ease, including formatting, using styles, tables, columns, and the mysterious Normal.Dot file.
Thursday, April 20, 2006 | 2:15 p.m.-3:15 p.m.
Craig Ball
As a tool in the lawyer's presentation arsenal, PowerPoint tremendously enhances our ability to communicate ideas to others. This popular ABA TECHSHOW session returns with Craig Ball, our resident PowerPoint Wizard, as he shares his tips and tricks for getting the most out of this program. Bring your laptop so you can learn simple but powerful techniques that will have you conjuring PowerPoint magic in no time.
