Category Archives: Techniques

Tips, tricks, and secrets.

OneNote On A Mac

Some people swear by Microsoft OneNote for taking class notes and organizing information. Since the unofficial Mac Law Students motto is: “There is no One Way”, who am I to keep JT Money’s OneNote-centric Mac setup from your eyes? JT sent me a writeup two months ago, and I’ve finally posted it as Jack’s OneNote [...]

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Quicksilver for Legal Research

If you use Quicksilver to automate your Mac, check out Jesse Kirchner’s list of Quicksilver bookmarks for searching Lexis-Nexis, Westlaw, USPTO, and more.
Quicksilver is a very powerful application launcher (and then some).

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Pleading Templates for MS Word

A reader asked me about pleading templates for the Mac version of Microsoft Word. Anyone have any solid templates?

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Got Questions?

If you’re getting ready for the fall semester and are switching to the Mac, you may have questions about how Macs do certain things, which software you may want to use, and so on.
Here are a few links that should help:

PC to Mac: The Basics (a good overview video from Apple)
Windows v. Mac Navigation (an [...]

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MS Office 2008 for Home and School $130

There’s a limited time deal at the Apple Store for the Home and School edition of Microsoft Office 2008. $129.95 gets you the full package.
Note that I’m not promoting Office per se. I find it bloated and often annoying. But there are times when Word in particular is necessary in law school.
If you’re [...]

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