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here are a few inexpensive tools with which to create pdf’s

sonic pdf 1.0 ($79) multi-featured pdf converter works with any windows-based program

word pdf converter ($49) simple user interface. just open a word document and hit “save as pdf”

primo pdf 2.0 (free) converts from word, excel, power point, and others (security, embedded fonts)

what do you use to create, read, and work with pdf documents?

do you have a preference or a favorite?

You may want to convert PDF to Word
if you want to go through the hassle of formatting a
PDF document and using a good piece of
PDF converter software can help.

with e-filing firmly in mind the lpm reminds you:

adobe acrobat user seminar in chicago (tues, october 31)

when:      10:00am -12:00pm
where:     mariott downtown (magnificent mile)
address: 540 North Michigan Avenue p 312.836.0100

10:00 - registration
10:15 - welcome/agenda review
10:20 - top 10 new features and legal whitepaper
10:25 - new trends in legal services
10:30 - demo of acrobat 8.0 for legal
12:00 - wrap-up

adobe legal solutions
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this online service builds group-savvy version controls and other features designed for interaction right into Microsoft Office products like Word and Excel. the interface is neat and tucked unobtrusively into the document, but it has a rich set of features you can use to interact securely about documents (which version is the one, how many revisions into the document are we, etc.). it’s like a virtual deal room built into your documents.

nov 14, 2006 joint meeting: business law and lpm committees

attorney resource center | 3rd fl. 505 n. county farm rd. | wheaton

start collecting mcle credit

presentation: Computer Forensics 101  presenter: Project Leadership Associates

• basics of electronic data discovery (edd) strategy and collection
• how computer forensic investigation is carried out
• new Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that go into effect December 1, 2006
• how the mew ri;es will effect the discovery process
  

pizza and soda compliments of Project Leadership Associates

rsvp to eric delgado at 630-653-7779 or edelgado.org

now available: ipod nanos™ and video ipods preloaded with cle programs specific to your practice area. video ipods for the business and labor/employment law include video cle programs. ipod nanos include audio cle programs in litigation, antitrust, estate planning, health law, real property.

see the aba’s website for additional practice-specific cle titles.

question: why aren’t we doing this at the dcba? we can and should be podcasting and vidcasting.

an lpm member mentioned that he would like to see a round table discussion about e-discovery. it could take the form of an update on the presentation we did last year with the civil law committee. the discussion would highlight changes in the law and we could post it on the blog or on the lpm wiki.

question: is there an interest in a follow up presentation about e-discovery?

as if in response to this disparaging post about linkedin by robert scoble on his blog,  hiddenMarket is here. now i’m pretty jazzed about what this site might be/could be/ought to be.  in the words of its creators (quotes in italics) the site aims to be the world’s first social business intelligence network rather than another social network connecting you to millions of people you’ll never be able to leverage.  instead they say the goal of the site is to coax out the hidden knowledge that we all have about our environments, our jobs, etc.
i would be interested in any experience the readers of this blog have had with this site, so please join and give me your thoughts by replying to this post or e-mailing me at mmhedayat1@gmail.com

in my humble opinion, if any site can help us to draw out, organize, or share the vast stores of hidden knowledge all around us then that site should be praised and used.  because let’s face it: most of what people have ever known has been unwritten, unrecorded, uncaptured, and unused.  nowhere is that more true than in law. as Justice Holmes observed, the life of the law is not logic but experience.  so we in turn desparately need to do a better job of sharing our experiences and making the nuances of practice more tangible, more sharable, and more usable. there, i said it.