The Lawyer's Guide to Adobe Acrobat [Paperback]

David L. Masters (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 25, 2005 | ISBN-10: 1590315367 | ISBN-13: 978-1590315361 | Edition: 2nd Edition

Now including information about Acrobat version 7.0 as well as 6.0, this book takes lawyers through the processes of working with PDF documents, allowing them to communicate like never before. They'll learn how to create, control, and more securely deliver intelligent, content-rich documents that can be opened by anyone using Adobe Reader. More and more court systems require electronic filing, and this is the definitive guide to the standard for those filing systems.

Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: American Bar Association; 2nd Edition edition (January 25, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1590315367
• ISBN-13: 978-1590315361
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,333,866 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tells You Just What You Need to Know, May 19, 2006

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John Matlock "Gunny" (Winnemucca, NV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Lawyer's Guide to Adobe Acrobat (Paperback)

More and more courts are allowing, if not requiring, that documents of all type be presented in electronic format either in addition to or in some cases instead of on paper. There are unquestionably a lot of lawyers who will assign the task of producing the electronic document to a secretary. But this is kind of like having a lawyer these days who can't use a PC - there probably are some, but they are getting fewer and fewer.

This slim document, now in its second edition is aimed to enable lawyers (or their secretaries) to produce the .pdf documents desired by the court. It does not go into all the details of what Adobe Acrobat can do, that would take a thousand pages or so. It is not a book intended for the teckie who lives, breathes, and eats computers. It tells the lawyer what he needs to know to meet the courts requirements. At this it does a great job.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book for lawyers!, March 17, 2005

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This review is from: Lawyer's Guide to Adobe Acrobat (Paperback)

I really needed this book! It focuses on the functions of Adobe Acrobat 6 that lawyers need to use. Explanations are clear, illustrations are helpful.

These are skills that a lawyer could choose to "leave to the support staff." The lawyers who do that are also the ones who can be productive and profitable practitioners in the 21st Century without touching a computer keyboard. (I assume there are a few of them somewhere.)

The rest of us need to know how to create, manipulate and use documents in the PDF format. This book tells us how. Those who are experienced Acrobat users may not need it, but I am not and this book really gets right down to the things I need to know to use Acrobat in my work.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A gem of practicality, March 8, 2007

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Sharon Nelson "President, Sensei Enterprises,... (Fairfax, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Lawyer's Guide to Adobe Acrobat (Paperback)

Few books offer so many practical rewards for lawyers (indeed for anyone who uses Acrobat). Cleanly written and full of screenshots to aid you, this is a one stop shop for "everything Acrobat" a lawyer could possibly want to know. David Masters is renowned as a lawyer/expert who speaks nationwide about the use of Adobe Acrobat in law firms. If you get the chance to hear him speak, you'll thoroughly enjoy him in person, but the book is a reference tool that you'll go back to time and again. Most lawyers who read this book are shocked by the many things that Acrobat can do - and they practice better, more efficiently and more securely as a result. This book should be in every lawyer's library.