Subject Index Pointers From Practice HQ

Holiday gift ideas from the Illinois Bar Journal’s Pointers From Practice HQ contributors.

How to elevate your Excel skills—the AI way.

How to avoid headaches and collaborate effectively with these robust apps.

Bring order to calendar chaos with a scheduling assistant.

Get into the swing of things with Adobe Acrobat’s updated interface.

Look beyond general-use AI tools for tasks requiring legal expertise and confidentiality.

Transforming your practice using AI, with minimal risk.

Advancing security protections step by step.

Getting the most out of video conferencing with Zoom and Microsoft Teams.

Set yourself up for success at your next conference.

Settings to change in Microsoft’s new Outlook interface.

What’s new in Apple’s latest iPhone software.

Why and how to create one for your firm.

Customer relationship management tools help you maintain and increase meaningful connections with clients and leads.

Clients can schedule their own appointments and submit all the information you need online, long before they even enter your office.

Powerful cybersecurity tools for firms of all sizes.

Growing in popularity, artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT are flooding the workplace. But lawyers have less risky AI options.

Mobile, desktop, and meeting transcription bots.

There are plenty of great software tools, other than artificial intelligence, that can speed up your work.

Cybersecurity in plain English.

The hardware and software you need to launch your firm. And, don’t forget about marketing!

Technology can’t solve bad habits, but it can make breaking them easier.

Before disposing, selling, trading in, or giving away old devices, protect your data first and then wipe the devices clean.

Nothing is more frustrating than working with the wrong clients. Learn how to turn them into better clients or show them the door.

Simple yet powerful tips for managing and organizing your emails.

Free and paid options for feature-rich password protection and syncing.

It takes mere seconds to crack weak passwords. Learn how to force hackers to spend 395 quadrillion years cracking yours.

The sophistication, power, and ease of Microsoft’s online apps.

Appearing professionally on Zoom is becoming an expectation. Read on for easy ways to do so.

Microsoft Word is so ubiquitous, it’s easy to forget how powerful it is.