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LOL @ COA CLERKS USING WORDPERFECTTT. Fuck is this shit
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Date: April 7th, 2012 10:51 AM Author: Chest-beating Coiffed Coffee Pot CAAF uses Word. Lol @ Wordperfect-havers. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#20410860) |
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Date: April 10th, 2012 3:41 PM Author: Zippy rose hominid crackhouse The entire federal judiciary does. I thought this was common knowledge. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#20432933) |
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Date: May 11th, 2012 1:33 PM Author: Chest-beating Coiffed Coffee Pot You sound dumb, brother. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#20669780) |
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Date: September 20th, 2012 3:16 PM Author: Dull cheese-eating pocket flask office former coa clerk here, i also thought the whole fed. judiciary does (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#21622253) |
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Date: September 20th, 2012 4:47 PM Author: Zippy rose hominid crackhouse Update: The courts are finally transitioning to Word. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#21622962) |
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Date: September 20th, 2012 5:47 PM Author: Dull cheese-eating pocket flask office obama's federal judiciary (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#21623408) |
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Date: September 20th, 2012 6:18 PM Author: Chest-beating Coiffed Coffee Pot source? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#21623653) |
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Date: December 14th, 2013 9:16 PM Author: charcoal bbw new version (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#24641915) |
Date: April 7th, 2012 11:04 AM Author: lime cracking quadroon fed govt can't give microsoft a MONOPOLY (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#20410887) |
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Date: April 7th, 2012 11:06 AM Author: Chest-beating Coiffed Coffee Pot Ya but some courts have both versions. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#20410892) |
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Date: April 7th, 2012 11:10 AM Author: spectacular ocher chapel black woman word perfect >>> word
HTH |
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Date: April 7th, 2012 11:11 AM Author: Chest-beating Coiffed Coffee Pot The interface is absolutely horrendous on Wordperfect (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#20410907) |
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Date: April 7th, 2012 11:12 AM Author: spectacular ocher chapel black woman sorry u think the microsoft ribbon is a good interface (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#20410910) |
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Date: April 7th, 2012 11:13 AM Author: Chest-beating Coiffed Coffee Pot CM/ECF is absolute shit for allowing such TTT formatting of documents be uploaded (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#20410915) |
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Date: April 10th, 2012 10:46 AM Author: Chest-beating Coiffed Coffee Pot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#20431145) |
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Date: April 7th, 2012 11:22 AM Author: elite silver rigor cruise ship Is it still 1994? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#20410954) |
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Date: May 11th, 2012 2:27 PM Author: elite silver rigor cruise ship Is it still 1994?
(I'm still curious.) |
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Date: April 7th, 2012 11:24 AM Author: razzle-dazzle useless base turdskin Can you use your own MacBook Pro or does Jerry Smith spank you if you don't use their computers? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#20410970) |
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Date: September 20th, 2012 3:09 PM Author: umber appetizing antidepressant drug Well, your laptop wouldn't be very useful if it couldn't connect to the highly secure federal networks. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#21622212) |
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Date: April 7th, 2012 11:26 AM Author: abnormal racy spot electric furnace you'll be lucky to ever smell the inside of a coa clerk's office (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#20410980) |
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Date: April 7th, 2012 11:27 AM Author: Chest-beating Coiffed Coffee Pot Already have, brother. One of the clerks had a manual sitting on his desk about sitting on designation with the 9th circuit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#20410984) |
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Date: April 7th, 2012 11:28 AM Author: razzle-dazzle useless base turdskin Weren't you asking about doc review jobs a few days ago? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#20410986) |
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Date: April 7th, 2012 11:29 AM Author: Chest-beating Coiffed Coffee Pot Are u in biglaw, brother? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#20410989) |
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Date: April 7th, 2012 11:31 AM Author: Soul-stirring karate He practices BIGBASEMENTLAW. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#20410995) |
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Date: April 7th, 2012 11:33 AM Author: Chest-beating Coiffed Coffee Pot Source? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#20411000) |
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Date: May 11th, 2012 1:30 PM Author: brindle slimy preventive strike wrinkle www.xoxohth.com (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#20669753) |
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Date: May 11th, 2012 1:30 PM Author: Chest-beating Coiffed Coffee Pot What does that practice group entail? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#20669759) |
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Date: October 23rd, 2012 5:01 PM Author: Chest-beating Coiffed Coffee Pot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#21864968) |
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Date: April 9th, 2012 7:06 PM Author: brilliant harsh death wish link to a CAAF judge ever being able to sit on a COA by designation? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#20426563) |
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Date: April 10th, 2012 4:32 PM Author: fantasy-prone trailer park this. pretty sure AI judges can't do that (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#20433350) |
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Date: April 14th, 2012 3:32 PM Author: Chest-beating Coiffed Coffee Pot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#20461896) |
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Date: September 20th, 2012 2:47 PM Author: Chest-beating Coiffed Coffee Pot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#21622086) |
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Date: April 9th, 2012 7:05 PM Author: brilliant harsh death wish entire federal judiciary uses WP
CAAF = TTT |
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Date: April 10th, 2012 3:42 PM Author: Pearl adventurous background story how about Lotus? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#20432944) |
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Date: April 10th, 2012 3:46 PM Author: Chest-beating Coiffed Coffee Pot IBM is old, broseph. You an aspiring COA clerk? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#20432972) |
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Date: April 11th, 2012 10:20 PM Author: soggy party of the first part Old timer judges love it. They think word is some confusing new fangled thing. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#20443205) |
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Date: May 11th, 2012 1:26 PM Author: Chest-beating Coiffed Coffee Pot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#20669725) |
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Date: May 11th, 2012 1:31 PM Author: Zombie-like topaz church what classes are you taking next semester brother? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#20669767) |
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Date: May 11th, 2012 1:33 PM Author: Chest-beating Coiffed Coffee Pot CAAF, breh. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#20669774) |
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Date: May 11th, 2012 1:33 PM Author: Zombie-like topaz church so you didn't get into that seminar? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#20669781) |
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Date: May 11th, 2012 1:49 PM Author: Bateful Hall Scourge Upon The Earth (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#20669864) |
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Date: July 20th, 2012 11:33 AM Author: Canary Irradiated Candlestick Maker Mad-dog Skullcap I SWITCHED TO WORDPERFECT BASED ON FAIRNESS???? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#21129891) |
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Date: July 20th, 2012 11:34 AM Author: Chest-beating Coiffed Coffee Pot You seem dumb. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#21129902) |
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Date: July 20th, 2012 11:36 AM Author: Canary Irradiated Candlestick Maker Mad-dog Skullcap WordPerfect is far superior to Word for any type of legal writing, dipshit. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#21129907) |
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Date: July 20th, 2012 11:37 AM Author: Chest-beating Coiffed Coffee Pot Give me a couple examples why (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#21129919) |
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Date: September 20th, 2012 3:10 PM Author: umber appetizing antidepressant drug inserting symbols like the section sign is way easier it doesn't rape your ass for the lulz etc |
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Date: September 20th, 2012 3:21 PM Author: elite silver rigor cruise ship "inserting symbols like the section sign is way easier"
I can't think of a lawyer who uses Word and doesn't have a macro for the section symbol.
Describe how WP makes it easier than pressing two keys. |
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Date: September 20th, 2012 5:50 PM Author: mischievous brethren cr. just set section symbol to CTRL + S (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#21623439) |
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Date: September 20th, 2012 5:52 PM Author: elite silver rigor cruise ship I keep that for saving, but that's the idea.
It's easy, and almost every lawyer does it.
I don't see how WP could make it easier.
(You're a real stud if you have a macro for special pasting unformatted text from websites and the like.) |
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Date: July 20th, 2012 11:43 AM Author: Dull cheese-eating pocket flask office they stick with it because every time somebody suggests switching to word they come up with some study that says it would cost a shitload to transition to word, plus wordperfect still works. However, their hand is gonna be forced because the marker of wordperfect (novell?) eitehr no longer supports it or is out of business, iirc (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#21129954) |
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Date: July 20th, 2012 11:46 AM Author: tantric hospital volcanic crater Corel owns it now and continues to support it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#21129966) |
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Date: July 20th, 2012 12:25 PM Author: Dull cheese-eating pocket flask office maybe corel owned it before. it was not supported by teh manufacturer during the 2009-2010 term fo sho (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#21130279) |
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Date: July 20th, 2012 11:48 AM Author: Chest-beating Coiffed Coffee Pot Does SCOTUS use wordperfecttt? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#21129984) |
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Date: July 21st, 2012 1:02 AM Author: Canary Irradiated Candlestick Maker Mad-dog Skullcap JOHN ROBERTS DECIDED TO KEEP IT BASED ON FAIRNESS (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#21136314) |
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Date: August 3rd, 2012 1:30 PM Author: Chest-beating Coiffed Coffee Pot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#21250191) |
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Date: September 20th, 2012 3:03 PM Author: mischievous brethren My firm uses word perfect. Fucking annoying. I usually just do the work on Word and then transfer it to WP. But sometimes this causes formatting errors and shit. I should probably just learn how to use WP. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#21622175) |
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Date: September 20th, 2012 3:05 PM Author: trip skinny woman it's really not hard. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#21622182) |
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Date: September 20th, 2012 3:07 PM Author: mischievous brethren I duno I find doing tables on it annoying as fuck and sometimes the formatting just gets all fucked up and I have no idea how to fix it - like line spacing sometimes will just get fucked up in a portion of the document - weird as fuck. On Word if something gets fucked up I can fix it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#21622194) |
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Date: September 20th, 2012 3:09 PM Author: Chest-beating Coiffed Coffee Pot Why doesn't your firm have Word? WTF? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#21622215) |
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Date: September 20th, 2012 3:15 PM Author: mischievous brethren our computers have word. it's just the old timer partners use word perfect and they are the ones who ultimately give last review of the work so everyone ends up using WP. it's gay as fuck. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#21622251) |
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Date: September 20th, 2012 3:21 PM Author: Chest-beating Coiffed Coffee Pot Why don't you bring up your complaint at the next general meeting? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#21622283) |
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Date: September 20th, 2012 3:55 PM Author: mischievous brethren Uh, b/c the partners care more about their own convenience than mine (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#21622513) |
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Date: September 20th, 2012 3:56 PM Author: Chest-beating Coiffed Coffee Pot Why don't you invest in 1 hundred dollar word program to install it on your computer, shitlib? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#21622519) |
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Date: September 20th, 2012 3:57 PM Author: mischievous brethren My computer has word, faggot. I just have to send my docs in word perfect format, which you can't just easily do via MS word for some faggot reason. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#21622535) |
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Date: September 20th, 2012 4:20 PM Author: Chest-beating Coiffed Coffee Pot so copy and paste won't work? How about footnotes? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#21622751) |
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Date: September 20th, 2012 4:45 PM Author: mischievous brethren I do copy paste currently. Sometimes it fucks up the footnotes and other formatting stuff though (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#21622946) |
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Date: September 20th, 2012 3:14 PM Author: Talented School In my experience, most lawyers in general use wordperfect. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#21622247) |
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Date: September 20th, 2012 3:22 PM Author: elite silver rigor cruise ship What sort of experience do you have?
The only firms I've encountered that use WP are shitty small firms. |
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Date: September 20th, 2012 3:22 PM Author: Talented School shitty small firm experience (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#21622295) |
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Date: September 20th, 2012 3:23 PM Author: elite silver rigor cruise ship Bullshit. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#21622298) |
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Date: September 20th, 2012 3:56 PM Author: mischievous brethren Big firms have to adopt MS Word because of file sharing and redlining that goes on between co-counsel. Small firms don't have that problem b/c it's so rare to be working with different firms like that. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#21622521) |
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Date: September 20th, 2012 3:57 PM Author: Chest-beating Coiffed Coffee Pot What about the federal courts? There is plenty of file sharing and redlining that goes in writing a memorandum of law and fact for the judge (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#21622537) |
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Date: September 20th, 2012 3:59 PM Author: mischievous brethren Right, but they all have word perfect. It would be a giant mess if half the firms had word and half had word perfect since there is no cross redlining feature. You can't even open a word perfect doc in MS Word. This forces all firms to choose MS Word. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#21622553) |
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Date: September 20th, 2012 4:18 PM Author: Chest-beating Coiffed Coffee Pot Does SCOTUS have wordperfect? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#21622730) |
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Date: September 20th, 2012 5:49 PM Author: elite silver rigor cruise ship I work at a small firm that does mostly litigation. We redline things all the the time with opposing counsel (e.g., settlement agreements, stipulated facts).
I can't imagine what we do is all that rare. |
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Date: September 20th, 2012 4:01 PM Author: mischievous brethren One of my pet peeves about WP is what you see on the screen looks nothing like how it prints out. Drives me nuts how TTT it looks on the screen, but then you print and it looks fine. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#21622566) |
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Date: September 20th, 2012 4:47 PM Author: Talented School I handwrite my motions (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#21622961) |
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Date: September 20th, 2012 6:17 PM Author: Chest-beating Coiffed Coffee Pot How do u submit to court & opposing counsel? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#21623650) |
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Date: September 20th, 2012 4:47 PM Author: Zippy rose hominid crackhouse As of 2 months ago, the court announced plans to transition to Word. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#21622970) |
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Date: September 20th, 2012 6:17 PM Author: Chest-beating Coiffed Coffee Pot cite (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#21623647) |
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Date: October 23rd, 2012 7:16 PM Author: Zippy rose hominid crackhouse An email that was sent to me from a clerk who I constantly ball busted about their using WordPerfect. Allow me to waste time uploading it so I can satisfy some guy who wastes his life away on this board. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#21866237) |
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Date: September 20th, 2012 6:55 PM Author: razzmatazz lodge (SSM subtly laying foundation for reason why he didn't get COA, just like how he started talking about hating Cambridge and New Haven a few years ago) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1918157&forum_id=2#21623985) |