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Subscribers to some versions of Adobe Acrobat may soon find themselves a little lost because the desktop application has a fresh new interface. Just when you had gotten used to the feature pane on the right, it has now moved to the left. What else has changed? Read on. Out With the Old Adobe Acrobat, whether through download or the…

During the program “Weathering the Storm: Managing Your Firm Through an Economic Downturn” Erik Mazzone and Catherine Sanders Reach presented “Free and Cheap Technology for Thrifty Lawyers“.  As law practice becomes increasingly technology-oriented, law firms spend on technology has also increased to command an ever-larger share of the budget. We can’t turn back the clock and practice without all the…

Have you ever sent an engagement agreement to a potential client, never to hear from them again? Waited on the mail to get a signed document so you can move the matter forward? Sent an MS Word document or image only PDF to a client for signature? In addition to improving your client-centric focused practice, electronic signature tools can help…

In the early 2000s many lawyers were horrified to find that their documents could reveal more than they meant to share. In addition to forgetting to remove comments and track changes, Microsoft and PDF documents have file properties that reveal everything from author to editing times to file location. There are many ethics opinions that address metadata, including NC 2009…

Every day you probably attach a document (or two) to an email, send it and move along. However, there are a lot of options for sending documents elec­tronically that are far better than attachments. Most law firms have several products designed to securely send doc­uments, collaborate, review, and collect information. Before you reflexively attach a document to an email, think…

This guest post is written by Jac McQueeney, Senior Business Technology Consultant at Hendrix Business Systems, one of the CPM Connect partners. Let’s start from the top. You are a lawyer. You went to school to be proficient in your practice area and spent more time than you care to admit to loved ones building your skill set and pouring…

Over the years Adobe has made some significant changes in how the Acrobat Standard and Pro versions are developed and priced. In the past you could purchase a license for Adobe Acrobat and keep the software for several years with support. Adobe would issue an upgrade, and existing customers – so long as they had a recent version of the…

Do you want a way to gather information from clients easily and securely? Sending a MS Word document requires that the client has the appropriate software to fill it out and can be frustrating. PDF forms are often hard to create and clunky. JotForm is a secure, easy, and functional tool that lets you convert existing forms into surveys that…