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SmallLaw: Fill Out Forms With Adobe Acrobat Instead of a Typewriter

By Ross Kodner

Originally published on January 11, 2010 in our free SmallLaw newsletter. Thank you for all the feedback on my series of SmallLaw columns about Adobe Acrobat. Previously, I've discussed how to create deal books, make your PDF files searchable, and archive your Outlook email. This fourth installment focuses on a jaw-dropping function known as "Typewriter." Does your firm still have one lonely little typewriter? Do your Generation Y lawyers even know what a typewriter is? Why do you still have one? Struggling and tussling with fill-in-the-black government forms perhaps? Filling in UCC filing statements? Typing up HUD forms for real estate closings? How much time do you waste just trying to find ribbons for that old, absurdly analog beast? And why do you bother? Probably because you think it would be too involved to spend the time to automate the pre-printed form in Word or in Acrobat...continue to full post

Full post as published by TechnoLawyer Blog on January 18, 2010 (boomark / email).