CIPA http://ciparalegal.org Central Illinois Paralegal Association Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:30:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 When checkboxes don’t load in Lexis http://ciparalegal.org/2012/02/jeanette/when-checkboxes-dont-load-in-lexis/ http://ciparalegal.org/2012/02/jeanette/when-checkboxes-dont-load-in-lexis/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:12:01 +0000 Jeanette http://ciparalegal.org/?p=133 Lexis is certified for use in Internet Explorer, and some versions of Firefox, but not 9.0 (yet?). If you ever find that the checkboxes don’t load for combined source searching, try clearing out the cache and all data except for cookies. (Hit Ctrl+Shift+Delete to bring up the “Clear All History” interface, and select everything except for “Cookies”.) Wait for the program to finish processing, log out of Lexis, close Firefox, re-open Firefox, and log back into Lexis. It worked for me, and hopefully it will work for you too. Thanks to Scott from Lexis technical support.

Cheers.

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]]> http://ciparalegal.org/2011/11/jeanette/scr-rule138/feed/ 0 National Association of Legal Assistants releases results of CP Exam http://ciparalegal.org/2011/11/aghill-cipa/national-association-of-legal-assistants-releases-results-of-cp-exam/ http://ciparalegal.org/2011/11/aghill-cipa/national-association-of-legal-assistants-releases-results-of-cp-exam/#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2011 09:55:29 +0000 Ann Hill http://ciparalegal.org/?p=110 There are currently 120 NALA certified paralegals in Illinois.  There are nearly 17,000 NALA certified paralegals nationwide.  If you are a certified paralegal currently residing and working in Illinois, please take time to share the benefits of certification with your local association members.  For additional information on the NALA certification process, visit NALA’s website at www.NALA.org 

 

 

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Windows

  • Ctrl+A to select everything.
  • Ctrl+C to copy what is selected.
  • Ctrl+V to paste what is currently on the clipboard.
  • Alt+Tab to switch between programs

Outlook

  • Before we installed Credenza as a practice management solution, my favorite Outlook shortcut was Ctrl+Shift+M for creating a new e-mail no matter where I was in Outlook. Credenza short-circuits that into a new matter, and I can’t find a replacement.
  • Ctrl+Shift+K creates a new task from anywhere in Outlook.
  • Ctrl+G when pressed in the calendar brings up a dialogue for you to input a date. You can type “Christmas,” and it will take you to this year’s 12/25. Type “28 days” to calendar that discovery deadline from the Interrogatories you just opened. (The written days work in any Outlook date field, such as in Tasks.)
  • Ctrl+Enter sends your e-mail immediately.
  • Esc or Alt+F4 to cancel (if Esc doesn’t work, Alt+F4 should).

Excel

  • Ctrl+; to input today’s date
  • Ctrl+Shift+; for the current time
  • Ctrl+End and then Enter to go to the end of a row

Word

  • Ctrl+H for find and replace
  • Alt+F9 to reveal mergecodes (I’ll write a separate post on the power of mergefields)
  • I usually turn Auto-Correct off.

 

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  • (Remember to download all content before moving ISP!)
  • Keep Paypal interface
  • send interested members newsletter (potential member packet online?)
  • Lots of interest in building a photo album. Members have lots of photos.
  • President’s Corner
  • Ann wants to write substantive legal articles.
  • Monthly Member surveys?
  • LinkedIn links
  • Members-only section with contact info for all members.
  • “Constant Contact” ($15/mo) (instead of e-mail). RSVPs allow all to see who is coming
  • e-mail reminders for site events instead of RSS feeds?
  • social media training
  • jeanette may want to write tech tips
  • bar association links
  • sponsor links
  • digital view of newsletter (digital publishing format?)
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