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Procertas - Technology Training and Assessment for Lawyers: Skills Covered in Each Module

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Bluebooking

BlueBook Citation

  • Case Name Abbreviation
  • Titles of Judges and Officials
  • Parenthetical Information Regarding Cases
  • Numerals and Symbols
  • Related Authority/Abbreviations
  • Case Name Abbreviation
  • Legislative Documents
  • Explanatory Phrases
  • Case Name Abbreviation
  • Periodical Materials – Newspapers
  • Numerals and Symbols
  • Case Name Abbreviation
  • Reporters and Other Sources/United States Jurisdictions
  • Short Forms for Cases
  • Case Name Abbreviation/Numerals and Symbols
  • Abbreviations/United States Jurisdictions
  • United States Jurisdictions/Explanatory Phrases
  • Periodical Materials
  • Citation Sentences and Clauses/Periodic Materials
  • Periodical Materials
  • Citation Sentences and Clause/Order of Signals
  • Capitalization
  • Introductory Signals
  • Pages, Footnotes, Endnotes, and Graphical Materials
  • Order of Parentheticals
  • Capitalization/Titles of Judges and Officials
  • Case Name Abbreviation
  • Titles of Judges and Officials
  • Typeface Conventions for Citations
  • Introductory Signals/Typeface Conventions for Citations
  • Parenthetical Information
  • Numerals and Symbols
  • Abbreviations/United States Jurisdictions
  • Pages, Footnotes, Endnotes, and Graphical Materials
  • Short Forms for Cases
  • Parallel Case Citations
  • Parallel Case Citations/Court and Jurisdiction
  • Public Domain Format/United States Jurisdictions
  • Short Forms for Cases

PowerPoint

PowerPoint for Law

  • Add Slide
  • Duplicate Slide
  • Copy Slide
  • Insert Text
  • Insert Image
  • Align Text (to slide)
  • Callout Information
  • Insert Video
  • Set Video Playback
  • Transition
  • Animation
  • Change Aspect
  • Companion Handout
  • Presentation Mode

Word Contracts

Word Contract

  • Accept/Turn-off changes & comments
  • Cut & Paste Replace text
  • Format text
  • Footers
  • Insert hyperlink
  • Apply/Modify style
  • Insert/Update cross-references
  • Insert page break
  • Insert non-breaking space
  • Clean document properties
  • Create comparison document

Excel

Excel for Law

  • Copy/Rename worksheet
  • Insert column
  • Format column width
  • Format text
  • Sort
  • Filter
  • Remove duplicates
  • Divide
  • Count
  • Sum
  • Average
  • Prepare to print
  • Pivot table
  • Pivot chart

PDF (Portable Document Format)

PDF for Law

  • Convert Word & Excel docs to PDF
  • Create single PDF from multiple files
  • Recognize text (OCR)
  • Extract page
  • Highlight text
  • Redact information
  • Insert footer
  • Create bookmark
  • Create internal link
  • Remove hidden info
  • Password protect

Word Brief

Word Brief

  • Headings
  • Sub-Headings
  • Table of Contents
  • Table of Authorities
  • Mark Citation
  • Tabs
  • Widow/Orphan
  • Non-Breaking Hyphen
  • Section Break
  • Add a Line
  • Insert Table
  • Format Table
  • Page Numbers
  • Convert to PDF

Word Memo

Word Memo

  • Headings
  • Change margins
  • Footnotes
  • Insert image
  • Modify footer
  • Tabs
  • Widow/Orphan
  • Non-Breaking
  • Hyphen
  • Section Break
  • Page orientation
  • Insert Table
  • Format Table
  • Page Numbers
  • Convert to PDF