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Mac Productivity Tip: Sign PDF Documents using Trackpad

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If you’re a Mac user, you are likely familiar with Preview – the handy, built-in image and PDF viewer of the macOS operating system. Like so many of our day to day programs, it has more tricks up its sleeve than you may know. It is an unpretentious application that can perform the tasks of multiple standalone utilities. Apart from quickly converting files formats, opening documents and images, and allowing for basic image editing, it also has a cool signature function that you can use to sign PDF files with a Trackpad. Here’s how:

  • With your PDF file open in Preview, look for the Markup button (a pen tip inside a circle) then look for the Signature button (a horizontal line with a small “x” and initials).
  • You will be presented with a window to create a signature. Click on Create Signature > Click Here to Begin.
    1. If you have a trackpad, sign your name with your finger. Click any key when finished signing.
    2. Alternatively, with your Mac’s built-in camera, you can sign your name on white paper and hold it up to  the camera. Preview will draw a virtual signature.

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    Podcast: How Aggressive Should We Get in Pleadings?

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    Pleadings can often be overlooked but are an essential part of the trial process. In this report from On The Road at ABA Annual Meeting 2018, host Rocky Dhir talks to Michael Panter, Matthew Moeller, David Pardue, and Michael Weber about the purpose of pleadings and how to craft them successfully. They discuss how pleadings reflects a lawyer’s competency and professionality and why attorneys should aim for clean-cut pleadings.

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    Windows 10 Helps Keep Your PC Free of Clutter

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    Running out of disk space is a common curse for any one of us. Cleaning out clutter is essential for removing unnecessary files that can take up valuable storage space. Recently, Microsoft introduced “Storage Sense” in Windows 10 – a built in service that automatically removes unnecessary and temporary files as well items in the recycle bin that are more than a month old.

    To activate  go to System > Storage, and turn on Storage Sense. For a detailed how-to on optimizing Storage Sense, visit this guide from Windows Central.

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    Video TechTip: Outlook (PC) Convert an Email to an Appointment

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    Often emails contain information (conference details, directions, notes) that are better suited on your calendar. Instead of creating a new appointment and retyping or copying and pasting information from an email, you can drag and drop an email onto the Calendar icon in the navigation pane. Outlook will convert the subject and body of the email to an appointment that you can update or edit with full details.

  • Click and HOLD an email to drag and release over the Calendar icon in the Navigation Pane.
  • Outlook will convert the subject and body to text in a new Appointment window.
  • Edit the Subject line if necessary.
  • Select date and time.
  • Add any additional information or a note in the body of the appointment.
  • Need to include others? While here, you can “Invites Attendees” to your appointment.
  • Save and close or click Send to finish up.

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    Mac Productivity Tip: Night Shift

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    Apple’s latest OS  release (Sierra) comes with some cool and useful new features  including “Night Shift”.

    The “blue light” emitted by our devices is known to interfere with sleeping patterns. Our brains have been wired to adhere to wake and sleep cycles associated with sunlight. Our eyes are used to seeing cooler “blue light” during mornings and  a warmer orange light in the evenings (when the sun sets). You may (or may not!) have noticed that it can be difficult to fall sleep right after tearing yourself away from that last look at Facebook or while plugging away at a brief (more likely, right?). This restlessness may be due to that emitted blue light which is signaling our brain that it is actually time to wake up.  This is where Night Shift feature comes in – it’s been available on iPhones since iOS 9 – the goal is to filter that sleep-interrupting light and replace it with a warmer, more soothing orange light.

    If you’ve updated to Sierra, you can now activate this feature on your Mac. You’ll find Night Shift settings in two places: in your  Notification Center and with more options in System Preferences (Displays > Night Shift tab).