TextExpander in Law: Q&A session Part 2

This is the second part of this post. Find Part 1 here.

Starting out with TextExpander as a blank slate can be daunting, especially if you’re also running a law practice. To help, we crafted a webinar “5 Ways Attorneys Reclaim Time With TextExpander—A Beginner’s Guide.”

Thanks to everyone who joined us. We got so many great questions, we didn’t want anyone to miss out. Here are the questions we collected and the answers provided by our experts.

Q.

What is the most efficient way to use TextExpander for drafting and/or answering interrogatories, requests for production, and others?

A.

An excellent method comes from the Albertson & Davidson law firm in California, who document what they do in this blog post.

Instead of trying to compose an entire document in TextExpander, create snippets for the most common paragraphs in Discovery Responses and Objections.

To keep things organized, each snippet for responding to an interrogatory starts with the prefix:

ROG

This is followed by a short description. As the blog example states, when the opposing counsel requests an expert opinion in special interrogatories, he will simply type:

ROG ExpOp

Which expands into the paragraph of his specific response.

Pro Tip 1
Not mentioned in the post, but if you have a paragraph which requires adding a date, a name, or any other situation depended custom content, you can use a Fill-In inside the TextExpander snippet. Here’s a video all about fill-in-the-blank style snippets.

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