bundles
As I may have mentioned, I can’t say I’m upset at the demise (at least for the moment) of the paper bundle, and the normalisation of delivering a soft one. But what if you’re instead faced with all kinds of disparate files, and you’re the one
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There are far too many PDF apps out there. Pick one, learn it inside and out, and make it work for you. Although I do have my preference. And it’s not Adobe Acrobat. This is in essence a shameless plug for the app that, more than anything else, made
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Format-wise, PDF is a no-brainer. Getting stuff into PDF format isn’t too much of a pain, either. Some might well wonder why I’m even discussing the pros and cons of PDF as a standard file format for papers and such. After all, it’s pretty much the standard.
bundles
The idea of surviving without back-breaking bundles of paper fills many barristers with an existential dread. Not me… I’ve still got a picture of the day my first red-tape-tied bundle arrived. I was grinning like an idiot. I’m sure most of us remember that. Somehow we get misty-eyed
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There’s lots to think about, if you want to survive in this new remote, bundle-less Bar. These are just a few physical preliminaries. Some readers of these musings may already have a way of working paperlessly, and remotely, that suits them. Although everyone can learn from everyone else’s
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Lots of people know more than I do about this. This is just what’s keeping me going. I’m lucky. I’ve always worked remotely. So while this situation imposes stresses, they’re not entirely the shock of the new. And some might say that at the Bar we’