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The following articles are available for download from the CaseSoft Website:

The Bell Curve & Document Indexing/Imaging

Creating & Using Issue Analysis Memos

What's New In Acrobat 8.0

What Was New In Acrobat 7.0

The Three Flavors of Acrobat

Making the Most of a Cast of Characters

Better Visuals Via Brainstorming

Brainstorming Your Way to a Winning Case Strategy

Chronology Best Practices

Getting Case Analysis Off to a Fast Start

Timelines, They're Not Just For Trial Anymore

NOTE: CaseSoft Articles are in PDF format and require Adobe Acrobat Reader for viewing.

The Bell Curve & Document Indexing/Imaging
Let’s apply the “bell curve” from statistics class to the document collections produced during discovery. Out of every thousand cases, how many involve 1,000,000+ documents? 100,000+?100+? And what does this distribution suggest regarding document indexing and the possibility of using Adobe Acrobat PDF files for document images?

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(210KB / 8 pages)

Creating & Using Issue Analysis Memos
Of the thousands of hours you invest in a case, the handful it takes to work up an issue analysis memo could easily be the most important.

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(210KB / 8 pages)

What's New In Acrobat 8.0
Acrobat has become a standard tool at virtually every law firm and government legal and investigative agency. Acrobat 8 offers a host of enhancements that should encourage you to make the move to this upgraded version sooner rather than later.

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(1MB / 10 pages)

What Was New In Acrobat 7.0
Acrobat 7 offered a host of new enhancements and features, read this aticle to see what was new in Acrobat 7.0.

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(329KB / 6 pages)

Three Flavors of Acrobat
Adobe Systems offers three versions of its ubiquitous Acrobat software.
Which version or combination of versions is right for your organization?

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(220KB / 4 pages)

Better Visuals Via Brainstorming
Two things we all recognize about demonstrative evidence: it's potent and it's expensive. One great way to maximize the bang and minimize the bucks associated with your courtroom graphics is to kick off the visual development process with a brainstorming session.

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(108KB / 4 pages)

Brainstorming Your Way to a Winning Case Strategy
Brainstorming sessions make it easy to think clearly about complex cases. This article offers some ideas that will help you get the most out of your brainstorming sessions. (Includes a full-page brainstorming methodology diagram.)

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(369KB / 4 pages)

Chronology Best Practices
A fact chronology can be a tremendous asset as you prepare a case for trial. Yet, the majority of chronologies fail to live up to their full potential. The following article outlines some simple steps that will help you get the most out of your chronology.

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(757KB / 7 pages)

Making the Most of a Cast of Characters
Do you create a Cast of Characters for every case? What could be easier and more basic? Despite its simplicity, a cataloging of key players is of great value. It can be an important aid during early witness interviews, as you evaluate case risk, as you brainstorm on the order in which to present evidence at trial, and when you need to bring new trial team members up to speed on a case.

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(148KB / 6 pages)

Getting Case Analysis Off to a Fast Start
From your first conversation with a prospective client, you're learning about the dispute that led the individual or corporation to seek counsel. This article presents a method for systematically organizing and evaluating this knowledge. And it illustrates how the results of this dispute analysis process can be used to great effect in an initial case analysis session with your client.

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(238KB / 5 pages )

Timelines, They're Not Just For Trial Anymore
Timelines are a particularly powerful form of demonstrative evidence. In many cases, timeline graphs have been a decisive factor in obtaining a favorable trial outcome. And now, a new type of software lets you instantly create timelines so that you can use them every day as a thinking tool and as a communication aid.

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(250KB / 5 pages)

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