Courtroom Preparation and Technology

Are all of the concepts from session 1 clear?

Review of session 1 content.

What was your Google Alert from session 1?

For more information:
...about the new Reference Tab in Microsoft Word 2007 from the folks who created it.

...about Microsoft Office templates:
» Five Templates help articles from Microsoft.com
» Search Microsoft Word help, e.g., "insert and position graphics in Word documents."

Extra exercise:
We've made Google the basis for our search exercises, but it's good to have multiple tools: The Five Things That Yahoo! Search Can Do But Not Google

From the text book:
"The LNC must present a professional appearance in person, in the materials that represent the business, in verbal communications with clients, and in any work product. Professionalism, or lack of it, influences the client's perception of the business."

—Legal Nurse Consulting: Principles and Practice, edited by Patricia W. Iyer

1. The basic metaphor for a spreadsheet.
2. Taking advantage of existing resources.

1. Use basic spreadsheet (example: fee schedule or simple amortization or home expense calculator)
2. Create an invoice for business purposes.
3. Modify a Microsoft Excel template.

Manage the information you find through an online bookmarks or favorites manager.

Develop sources to have web information delivered to your e-mail inbox, rather than having to search for it.

Appreciate the value and efficiency of automatically pulling in information from the web using tools such as Bloglines and iTunes.

Open an account at diigo.com and begin to explore social bookmarking. The Diigo Guide is available for reference.

My diigo account for this course can be viewed here:
http://www.diigo.com/user/paulhyde/CourtroomPreparationTechnology

Demonstration of iTunes as a podcast subscription manager.

Activate your Google Reader account that accompanies the Gmail account you opened during last session.

1. How and why do you set program preferences?
2. How does the design grid relate to the table tool?
3. What are tips and tricks for good spelling and grammar checking results?
4. What are good organizational and formatting principles for printed documents?

1. Working with a long-format Word document (download this example for class)
2. Understand how to get help when you need it (i.e., applying the 15 minute rule)
   1. Program help
   2. Online help
   3. Printed help
   4. E-mail assistancex
3. Ten things every Microsoft Word user should know will be our guide.

Microsoft Word, additional techniques

1. Use the table tool (examples: resume and chronology)
2. Create a columnar layout (example: newsletter)
3. How to insert a hyperlink.
4. How to work with Word's commenting feature.

For more information:
...about Clippy's demise, "To Kill a Paperclip".