Payne Group Featured Articles and Presentations
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PeertoPeer Magazine from ILTA Donna Payne's Story: Gotcha! Offense Is the Best Defense Against Security Vulnerabilities
The latest edition of PeertoPeer magazine from ILTA features a story by Donna Payne on security. Payne discusses security vulnerabilities that firms must be aware of and recommended courses of action for the immediate future.
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ILTA's website is http://www.iltanet.org/default.aspx.
PeertoPeer Magazine from ILTA Features Donna Payne's Story: Netbooks Are Adorable, but Will They Last?
The latest edition of PeertoPeer magazine from ILTA features a story by Donna Payne on netbooks. Payne reaches out to firms and vendors alike to gain their perspective on this technology and renders her personal verdict.
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ILTA's website is http://www.iltanet.org/default.aspx.
Test Drive: Accelerate Excel
How to create ampersands, center text, and solve other vexing spreadsheet challenges.
Published in February 2010 in Law Technology News.
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Test Drive: Seven Up (requires log in but free)
Windows 7 Troubleshooting Tools.
Published in January 2010 in Law Technology News.
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Test Drive: Sweet Seven
Tips to help early adopters embrace Microsoft's new operating system.
Published in December 2009 in Law Technology News.
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Donna Payne of PayneGroup records two podcasts for ILTA on Microsoft Office
Donna Payne and Cathy Nuxoll discuss Office 2007 Compatibility in this podcast for the ILTA Microsoft Peer Group. Also on this page is a link to a second postcast by Donna and Cathy on the subject of What’s in Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 2.
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Test Drive: High & Dry
I'd rather have sand in my bathing suit than in my techno gear. So with the onset of summer upon us, this July column is dedicated to keeping your high tech gear water and sand free. Grab your sunscreen and hat and let's hit the beach with coverups for your cameras, Kindle, iPods, and more. Published in July 2009 in Law Technology News.
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Listen to accompanying podcast How to Protect Your High Tech Gear this Summer on LegalTalkNetwork.
Test Drive: Pocket Drive
As a card carrying member of the road warrior club, I'm always looking for ways to travel more efficiently. So when video producer, Bob Timm of altusmedia, came into my office with the nifty My Passport Elite portable hard drive from Western Digital Corp., I knew this was something I had to have.
Published in May 2009 in Law Technology News.
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Test Drive: Web Tools for Tough Times
With the current state of our economy, everyone is striving to get more from their technology investments. For example, some people are switching from landlines to VoIP and bundling internet, TV, and phone services. Others are abandoning landlines altogether in favor of cellphones or Skype. To reduce travel, some firms are using web conferencing technology, such as GoToMeeting.com, or the ultrasophisticated TelePresence from Cisco Systems Inc. Here are some of the top weboriented technologies to help you get more for bang for your bucks:
. Published in Arpil 2009 in Law Technology News.
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Test Drive: Choose Carefully
No matter which make, model, or service provider, choosing a cell phone or PDA can be daunting. Here are 12 tips to help you narrow your search. Published in March 2009 in Law Technology News.
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Travel Lighter With a Microprojector
Read Donna Payne's column on microprojectors. Published in February 2009 in Law Technology News.
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New Rules on Metadata: What a busy attorney won’t take the time to tell you, and how it affects the
legal IT department.
Read Donna Payne's article on the New Rules on Metadata. Published October 2008 in an ILTA white paper on Microsoft.
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LegalTech NY 2009 Metadata and Global Disclosure Presentation by Donna Payne, Ross Kodner, Esq. and Eugene Stein, Esq.
View the slides from our presentation at LegalTech NY 2009 entitled Global Electronic Discovery or Did you Mean Disclosure.
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Google Tricks
Read Donna Payne's column on tips and tricks for Google. Published in January 2009 in Law Technology News.
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Time to Downsize Your Laptop?
Read Donna Payne's column on tips and tricks for the Blackberry. Published on December 31st, 2008 in Law Technology News.
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Keyboard Shortcuts to Keep Your BlackBerrys Ripe
Read Donna Payne's column on tips and tricks for the Blackberry. Published on October 17th, 2008 in Law Technology News.
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Web Sites to Help Keep You in the Air
Read Donna Payne's column on travel tips for the road warrior and useful websites. Published on July 14th, 2008 in Law Technology News.
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Justify Your iPod to Your Law Firm
Read Donna Payne's column on the iPod. Published on May 9th, 2008 in Law Technology News.
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Flippin' Out Over the Flip Video Ultra
Read Donna Payne's column on the the Flip Ultra personal video camera. Published on March 28th, 2008 in Law Technology News.
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Are you properly sanitizing your documents?
Read the US National Security Agency's guide to removing metadata from Word and PDF documents featuring a reference to Donna Payne.
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Metadata - Are You Protected?
Donna Payne discusses the hot topic of metadata
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Nonpartisan Testimony Gets White House Edit—Another Case of Track Changes Exposed
The topic of metadata has managed to make its way into the news once again. Read about how a supposedly nonpartisan document was exposed with track changes containing comments advocating a White House position on Social Security reform.
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Pentagon Document - What Went Wrong?
A recent Pentagon document containing highly classified material was exposed. Read about what went wrong and what you should do to prevent the same thing from happening to your documents.
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Donna Payne's Favorite Word Tips
Donna Payne discusses her favorite Word tips in versions 97, 2000, 2002 and 2003.
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Hidden Tactics: Mastering Timesaving Tools in Microsoft Office
Donna Payne and Bruce Lewis discuss Microsoft Office Tips & Tricks in this "Mastering Timesaving Tools in Microsoft Office" article for Law Office Computing.
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Back from a road tour with Microsoft and ILTA, Donna Payne features her presentation "Turning Information Into Impact"
Donna Payne's presentation for "Turning Information Into Impact: Using Collaborative Technology to Increase Productivity, Enhance Security and Strengthen Client Relations".
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Making the Grade: A look at valuable new features in Word 2003
Donna Payne discusses new Word 2003 features in this Microsoft Tips & Tricks article for Law Office Computing.
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Learn how Word Looks At and Loads Templates
Karen Walker, Senior Payne Developer explains how Word looks at and loads templates.
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Law Office Computing Announces Metadata Assistant as the "Shootout" winner
Read all about the "Shootout" between Payne Group's Metadata Assistant and WorkShare's MetaWall in Law Office Computing.
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Metadata: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Donna Payne explains the many faces of metadata in this feature article for Law Office Computing.
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Agent 2003: Get Smart on Smart Documents and XML
This article was first published in the March 2004 white paper, "The Birth of the Megafirm - Mergers and Acquisitions," and is reprinted here with permission.
For more information about ILTA, visit their website at www.peertopeer.org
Tweaking Your Word Macros and Templates
Leah Matthews presentation for ILTA on how to tweak and perfect your Word templates and macros.
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Legal Word Toolbox ILTA Webinar
Donna Payne's ILTA presentation on essential Word add-ons
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Learn how to take and pass the MOUS Word Expert Exam
Donna Payne offers tips on studying for and passing the MOUS (Microsoft Office User Specialist) Word Expert Exam.
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How Much Metadata Are You Sharing?
The buzz on the street these days is about metadata. While this issue has been around for years, the front page article in the Wall Street Journal served to refocus attention on what types of information is being sent to clients, whether some of it is considered confidential, and what to do about it.
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Word 2003 Legal Users Guide
The Microsoft Word 2003 Legal User's Guide is a reference for legal professionals that describes Word 2003 features useful to the legal industry. Features explored in this document include: digital signatures; legal numbering; header and footer formatting; footnotes; table of contents creation; and smart tags. Payne worked with Microsoft to create the Legal User Guide.
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Word 2002 Legal Users Guide
The Microsoft Word 2002 Legal User's Guide is a reference for legal professionals that describes Word 2002 features useful to the legal industry. Features explored in this document include: digital signatures; legal numbering; header and footer formatting; footnotes; table of contents creation; and smart tags. Payne worked with Microsoft to create the Legal User Guide.
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