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By: Danielle DavisRoe and Jeffrey Schoenberger, Affinity Consulting Group LLCThe early days of computer software were the Wild West for document file formats. Into the late 1990s, even products of the same name from the same software publisher were incompatible, such as Word for Windows and Word for ... Read more

Check out this quick video tip about conditional formatting in Microsoft Excel from the Affinity Insight course live training session Excel - Readily Readable Data.  ... Read more

by Danielle DavisRoe, Affinity Consulting Creating and editing PDFs is a crucial set of skills in any professional setting. From basic editing to redacting sensitive information, anyone who works frequently with PDF documents can benefit from learning about new features that increase efficiency ... Read more

Wanting to embrace new technology at work, but not sure how to start implementing changes? As many in the legal profession know, it’s not always easy to adapt to new technology and programs. Software implementations quickly fall flat if users do not adopt the new application. Improving user adopti ... Read more

By Charles Coffey, The Bar Plan Mutual Insurance Company This is the second article of a three-part series from The Bar Plan Mutual Insurance Company. The first part (about legal malpractice insurance) ran Dec. 15 and the third part will run Jan ... Read more

By Jeffrey SchoenbergerEmail is by far the most used business application. Even though numerous studies demonstrate its distractive tendency, most people also keep email open and running on their computer throughout the day, just inviting interruption by anyone who happens to send them a message.If ... Read more

By Jeffrey Schoenberger, senior consultant at Affinity Consulting Group LLCCollaboration happens in two forms: asynchronous and real-time. We generally prefer asynchronous communication – text messages, emails, and voicemails – over real-time communication. How often do you text or email ... Read more

By Jeffrey Schoenberger, senior consultant at Affinity Consulting Group LLCFor business development and correspondence, we know that handwritten notes and letters make the best impression. I received 18 handwritten postcards in the mail last year from my high-school best friend who was traveling acr ... Read more

By Niki Black, MyCaseThe American Bar Association recently released its 2021 Profile of the Profession, which compiles data the ABA collected from several surveys, most of which were conducted in 2020-2021. The report includes valuable information relating to the legal profession, including lawyer d ... Read more

By PracticePantherThe number of potential clients searching for legal services exclusively online continues to increase. In 2018 72 percent of respondents to Thomson Reuters’ U.S. Consumer Legal Needs Survey said they consulted offline sources; this year, that ticked downward to 68 percent. An ... Read more