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"10 Critical Computer Skills Every Attorney Should Know - Operating System and File Management Essentials"

This post was written by Adriana Linares: "For years now, it has seemed that the art and skill of good lawyering is being pushed upon by technology. Perhaps it started with the first phone installation or the fax machine or the first attorney on the block to get an email address. Regardless from whence it came - it still cometh! And cometh and cometh... And some attorneys keep running and running. You would think that by now, I wouldn't have to post tips about [what some of us might consider] such basic and simple tips as cut, copy, paste - but I live the reality of it all the time <VBG>...

Here are a few things you should learn (and do it soon!) to work more efficiently:

Working with Windows...

Getting into and using Windows Explorer...

Creating folders and managing folders...

Renaming, copying and emailing files...

Using SHIFT and CTRL keys to select files...

Learn how to Drag and Drop..."

There are instructions or very good tutorials on all of the above topics, to reach them click on the author's name.

Source: I Heart Tech, reproduced with permission of the author.

Full post as published by Stark County Law Library Blawg on April 21, 2010 (boomark / email).