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A non-breaking space is a special character you can insert between text you don't want split on two lines. For instance, when writing a date – February 19, 2006 – you wouldn't want "February" to land on one line and the digits on another. You can avoid any word-processing acrobatics when working trying to keep a date, a name or a special phrase on the same line. Here's how:

• Word: Ctrl + Shift keys as you press the Spacebar
• WordPerfect and OpenOffice: Ctrl as you press the Spacebar
• MacOS: Option as you press the Spacebar

Computer book publisher Visibooks is offering all 22 titles in it's In Pictures series free to the public, as downloadable PDF files at http://inpics.net/ until August 1, 2006. Users need the Adobe Acrobat reader, version 5 or newer, to open the files. More...

Listen to ABA-CLE programming at your convenience by downloading MP3 files to your computer. Or take CLE home with you by transferring the MP3 file to your portable MP3 player, giving you even more freedom to learn on your time, where you like. More....

This day and age portability is key to unchaining yourself from the office. A device that can help take your files and data with you is a personal encrypted (that means safe and secure!) hard drive. More...

Hello folks. I am delighted to be a periodic guest blogger here on the ABA TECHSHOW Blog. My angle is technology, learning and legal education and I will use these opportunities to stretch that into law practice. After all, law school is just like law practice, right? (Hah!) More...

June 1 launched this years hurricane season and within a week, Alberto was tumbling around in the Gulf. In the wake of Katrina, the ABA?s Legal Technology Resource Center (http://www.abanet.org/tech/ltrc/) compiled a list of resources that include disaster preparedness and recovery resources (http://www.abanet.org/katrina/technology.html) - check it out and be sure you are prepared for the unexpected.

Metadata is a hot topic in law firms these days as lawyers start to get chilling ideas about what kinds of things they may be inadvertently revealing to outside parties including opposing counsel or even their own clients. More...

Join some of your favorite legal technology personalities for an educational and enlightening CLE session that we can all use! Overcoming E-Mail Overload: Techniques and Tips for Avoiding Malpractice, Streamlining, and Improving Effectiveness on Thursday, July 20, 2006. Find details and registration information at http://www.abanet.org/cle/programs/t06eth1.html.

ABA TECHSHOW Welcomes New Planning Board Members In preparation for the upcoming ABA TECHSHOW 2007, the TECHSHOW Planning Board is pleased to announced the appointment of three new board members. More...