Tips Tuesday

Here are excerpts from the most recent tips on SlawTips, the site that each week offers up useful advice, short and to the point, on technology, research and practice.

Technology

Use Shift+F3 to Quickly Change Case of Text in Microsoft Word
Dan Pinnington

If you do a lot of writing or editing in Word, you will often find yourself wanting to change the case of selected portions of text – perhaps to upper case or to title case. You can do this manually of course, but there is a much faster way. First highlight the text you want to change the case of . . .

Research

Watch for See Also Notes
Shaunna Mireau

CanLII has added “See Also” references! No, I am not talking about references within CanLII to other things on CanLII, like the growing Commentary section on the site. In this case, I mean See Also references to case comments linked to outside sources . . .

Practice

Peace of Mind
David Bilinsky & Garry Wise

What is the most meaningful point of value that lawyers and other legal professionals are able to bring to our clients? In What do Lawyers Sell?, Law 21′s Jordan Furlong addresses this crucial question from a client’s point of view, and really hits it out of the park. I’ll let Jordan do the talking from here: . . .