SharePoint: A Legal Killer App | ABA Journal - Law News Now - 2 views
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even a solo lawyer can use SharePoint for less than $50 per month. Microsoft has continued to refine the tool, and it might be time to put SharePoint on your technology to-do list.
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SharePoint is a software platform used for hosting customizable websites where multiple users can share documents and work on projects
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The key to SharePoint is something called “Web parts,” small software applets or controls that provide a set of functions, like a task list or a discussion board.
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Web parts then act as controls that interact with other programs and pull information from a variety of sources, including law office programs, databases and websites, all without the user needing to know anything about the underlying programming. The result is a personalized portal page where you and everyone else given access can find, see and manage all of the relevant information for your project in a familiar, easy-to-learn Web format.
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Click on a link and you open a document or read an e-mail without moving from program to program. And with a few quick clicks you can move your list of documents around the page or change fonts and colors without affecting anyone else’s experience