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Factoid Cake Quiz
Every issue of Afinety+ will feature a "Factoid Cake Quiz." Answer this question right, and be eligible for a drawing to have a delicious cake of your choice delivered directly to your office!
Last issue's question:
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak earned money in college by selling "blue boxes" to other students. What were the "blue boxes" used for?
- A blue box attached to a pay telephone and created the proper signals to allow a user to make free phone calls.
- A blue box attached to a TV cable line, allowing the user to watch free cable TV.
- A blue box connected their TV to a keyboard, allowing the first on-screen "video games" to be played at home.
Answer: #1: Free phone calls! Read more about Woz's Blue Box.
Congratulations to Cindy Fortune of Blank Rome LLP for winning last issue's cake quiz!
On February 2nd, Punxsutawney Phil did not see his shadow. According to the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), was Phil's prediction correct?
- No. Winter is still lingering on the horizon predicting late Spring snow storms and cold weather.
- Yes. The outlook calls for warmer-than-normal temperatures across the US for three-month period covering February through April.
THINK YOU KNOW??
Click here to answer
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TECH TIP!
How to Recover Text From Any File
The following tech tip is from the MS Knowledge Base and provided by Patrick Cabral, Systems Engineer at Afinety. Patrick is also one of our trainers. This is a very useful tool if your document is corrupt.
The MS Word "Recover Text from Any File" converter allows you to extract the text from any file, whether it's a Word or non-Word document.
The "Recover Text from Any File" converter has its limitations. Document formatting is lost, along with anything that is not formatted as text. Graphics, fields, drawing objects, and so on are not converted. However, headers, footers, footnotes, endnotes, and field text are retained as simple text.
You are able tor recover the information even if your document is damaged.
Questions? Call Afinety's great support staff at 877.423.4638.
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Greetings!
Hello and welcome to our Spring issue of Afinety+. We have some exciting seminar topics lined up for the rest of the year, including Social Networking for Business. This was a popular seminar when we hosted it a few years ago and we're pleased to bring you an update on how businesses are using various online tools to connect with existing and potential new clients. Stay tuned for more information.
Until then, please keep those comments and suggestions coming our way. Your feedback is always appreciated!
Angie Moskalenko
Afinety, Inc.
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IT Decisions: What NOT To Do
by Doug Hafford - VP Consulting Services, Afinety, Inc.
A lot of the articles published in this space deal with various new technologies, law firm specific IT needs and in general, individual solutions. This is almost always very good information for an administrator, however, it does not cover the other side of the equation - What not to do. Our firm provides network assessments every week for California law firms and we see the same common mistakes over and over. This article is devoted to how to avoid common mistakes, why you should avoid them and some suggestions for better solutions.
Before we dive into some of the scenarios below, we should start with a very basic premise. There are only two factors of importance in a law firm computer system. The first is your users. A successful computer system allows the user to work all day, every day, without interruption at the full speed they are able to work. The second is software applications. A proper IT solution provides all of the applications needed by the users and allows them to produce high quality work in a fraction of the time spent by less efficient firms. All IT decisions should be driven by these two simple concepts.
Misconception #1: Any PC will do
It is not unusual to see law firms with 30 desktops of which there are 8 different models and sometimes 3 or more different operating systems. This makes a huge difference in the key areas of any law firm's IT solution... READ THE FULL STORY
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Client of the Quarter: Gorelick & Uslaner, CPAs
Each quarter, Afinety selects a firm to name as the "Outstanding Client of the Quarter." This quarter we would like to recognize Gorelick & Uslaner, CPAs. The firm will receive a catered lunch delivered to its Los Angeles office, along with our thanks and admiration.
All of our clients are special to us and the relationships we form with them are very much a partnership. The Outstanding Client of the Quarter is selected for its professionalism as well as the benefits it receives from Afinety's unique standardization and planned refresh approach. A CPA firm like Gorelick & Uslaner requires a professional-grade computer system and this becomes part of its clients' perception of the firm.
We caught up with owner and shareholder, Bill Osborn, who has been with the firm for 19 years.
"I have been with Afinety from the ground up as the firm's accountant," explained Bill. "When our network needed an upgrade, it was only natural that we speak to Afinety..." READ MORE
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ALERT! Format Pleadings - Changes to Local Rule Amendments
for Southern District Court
Please note that General Order 625 contains the latest Local Rule amendments effective February 8, 2013.
Among the changes are revisions to Civil LR 5.1.a, Format of Pleadings, which now requires the use of 14 point standard font for printed text produced on a word processor or computer; revisions to the Patent Local Rules; and changes to Criminal LR 57.2.1, Related Cases.
For more information, please visit www.casd.uscourts.gov to view General Order 625 for a complete summary of all the rule changes for Southern District Court.
If you'd like any assistance with existing or new macros, please contact us.
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Afinety: Out & About
Afinety is "Out & About" throughout California. We hope to see you at future events!
The Afinety Seminar Series line-up for 2013 - This year's line-up of Afinety Seminar Series topics will include Social Networking for Business, as well as iManage Document Management System. Our seminars include a wide range of information with a focus on law firms. Details on dates and locations to be announced soon!
LegalTech West Coast 2013, May 21-22, 2013 - Please visit us at booth 324 at the Westin Boneventure Hotel in downtown Los Angeles for this year's LegalTech conference. LegalTech is one of the largest and most important legal technology event of the year. For more information, please visit the LegalTech website. Add this event to your Outlook calendar
Golden Gate Chapter of Association of Legal Administrators - As a new business partner of this chapter, Afinety will be attending the Summer Quarterly Educational event. Thank you to all of our friends of the ALA! We look forward to seeing you at future events throughout the year.
PAST EVENTS: Afinety Seminar Series: "Introducing MS Office 2013" - In February, Glenn Osako of Microsoft presented a demo of the newly improved Office 2013. If you missed this series, you can check out the video by clicking here. 
Greater Los Angeles Association of Legal Administrators: Annual Employment Law Forum, January 26th, 2013 - Afinety was pleased to attend this annual GLA ALA event at the Intercontinental Hotel in Century City. Orange County Association of Legal Administrators: Annual Chapter Education Summit, February 8, 2013 - Keeping with tradition, we exhibited at the OC-ALA's annual event at the Hilton Hotel in Newport Beach. Law Firm Leadership Forum, March 12, 2013 - The topic is the Top Ten Lessons Learned from the Recession and featured Michael Short from LawVision Group at the Pacific Club, Newport Beach. Back to Top |
Afinety regularly joins forces with other professionals in the legal industry to help deliver the best possible IT services to our clients. The company we keep - our partners - help to make that happen.
One partner we're honored to work with is CAPROS. Consisting of the combined chapters of the SoCalPROS and NorCalPROS, CAPROS is a group of professionals representing highly respected service and product providers. Their outstanding reputations, level of commitment to their clients, and diversified expertise make them a unique professional organization and a respected resource center for businesses throughout the state. Afinety is a proud member of both SoCalPROS and NorCalPROS. This provides us with a deep referral base for the finest professional services that California has to offer.
We realize that efficiency is the highest priority for any business. CAPROS provide experts who reduce the administrative costs for our clients' firms while increasing productivity at the same time.
To learn more about CAPROS or how they can help you to reduce costs while tapping into one of the most respected resource centers for business in California, contact Angie Moskalenko at 877.423.4638, or visit www.gocapros.com.
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