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"10 Critical Computer Skills Every Attorney Should Know - Basic Word Processing Skills"

This post was written by Adriana Linares: "Along with words like "marketing" and "training" - "word processing" can make an attorney cringe. But in today's world, it is a critical, critical skill set.I often tell people that they might as well have a good old-fashioned typewriter back on the desk - the way they just peck and poke away without taking advantage of any of the shortcuts and automation tools Word (or WP) have to offer. 

Learning basic document editing skills is a simple (truly simple) task. The true challenge is allowing yourself the time to learn. If your Firm employees a trainer or a help desk - call them up right now - right this second! and schedule a one hour appointment with them. That's all it will take. When they arrive (and they will do so happily) provide them with this checklist of must-know skills..."

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Source: I Heart Tech, (no date listed), reproduced with permission of the author.

Full post as published by Stark County Law Library Blawg on April 30, 2010 (boomark / email).