Hi Harry, That was an extremely detailed post; thanks a million. :) That is exactly what I was looking for. Right now, I'm able to use the internet pretty well. Or that is at least what I think. I also use Preview for reading novels; TextEdit for writing essays and assignments; Mail for corresponding with others and a few other apps and games. I'll actually be doing my first legal internship this summer. I'll be required to draft legal notices and to do some basic legal research. I want to be well prepared for performing all these tasks.
Thanks again for your help; I'll definitely implement all your suggestions. Best, Rahul On 11/04/2013, Harry Hogue <harryhog...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > If I may ask, how are you doing your work at present? Pages will be > important, together with creating relevant templates for drafts, motions, > billable hours perhaps, etc. Numbers would be useful for basic tracking of > financial information, although you would probably really want to use an > account tool or software. Unfortunately I am unable to recommend one, as I > am wondering about that myself. > > As far as legal research, a solid understanding of VoiceOver skills, > including an ability to comfortably move about the Internet and access > databases such as Weslaw are important. Although many things may be located > using Google, websites with databases and resources specific to certain > fields are always the best source for finding specific and detailed > information. You should be comfortable accessing PDF files, also. Although > many PDF files are somewhat readable and many are not readable at all either > because they are hand written text or a scanned image, there are some ways > to approach these issues. First, PDF files open in an application called > Preview. I recommend you set a short cut key for the > NewTextEditWindowContainingSelection command, which does the following: > After selecting all of the text with command A, press the short cut key you > have created, and the text in Preview or any other application will be > copied over to TextEdit. You will then be able to review all formatting and > easily move about the text. The problem with Preview is that you can only > really read by line, and that isn't even always the most reliable, so I > regularly use this command to read PDF files. If the PDF file is a scanned > image, you will need OCR (optical character recognition) software to access > it. Many people use AbbyyFineReader, but I don't know if this works for PDF > files, and I have never used it. There is also a program called iSky PDF > Converter, but again I have not had much experience with that tool. These > are just a few suggestions. > > To prepare yourself, I would practice all of these skills to get yourself > ready for legal work. You will most likely be writing many drafts and > things in your law school career, and this will give you excellent practice. > Anne Robertson offers an excellent Pages course covering topics such as > basic formatting, how to write a business letter, design a template, and > other basic and more advanced word processing concepts that would be > particularly useful to someone doing legal work or any other kind of work > involving heavy use of word processing tools. > > You will be fine; it is a matter of practicing, and practicing, and then > practicing some more. You won't learn it over night, but you will look up > one day and realize you have been doing things with ease you never imagined > you would be able to. > > Best of luck, and please write back if any of us can be of any further > help. > > Harry > On Apr 11, 2013, at 11:40 AM, Rahul Bajaj <rahul.bajaj1...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I'm a first-year law student and intend to work as an associate in a >> law firm after completing my education. >> I'm not very proficient in the use of computers; I only know the basics. >> Which applications will I have to use more frequently for doing my >> work? >> What should I do to prepare myself for being able to do legal >> research, drafting, etc effectively on my Mac? >> >> Your views will be really appreciated. >> >> Cheers, >> Rahul >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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