By Derek Cole, Senior Trial Consultant at Planet Depos
Litigator’s Toolbox: PowerPoint or…
There is no denying that, along with a good trial presentation database, PowerPoint is an integral part of the litigator’s toolbox. PowerPoint is the claw hammer that drives your point home and pries apart opposing counsel’s case. And like the claw hammer, from the toolboxes of preschool learning tools to that of a master craftsman, PowerPoint is ubiquitous.
There is no denying that, along with a good trial presentation database, PowerPoint is an integral part of the litigator’s toolbox. PowerPoint is the claw hammer that drives your point home and pries apart opposing counsel’s case. And like the claw hammer, from the toolboxes of preschool learning tools to that of a master craftsman, PowerPoint is ubiquitous.
Unlike the trusty old claw hammer, despite the ubiquity of Microsoft’s PowerPoint (or perhaps because of it), PowerPoint is the preeminent software that people love to hate. This is no less true in the litigation community, be it by lawyers, paralegals, and even trial technology consultants. With most every presentation-related software release, there is renewed speculation whether or not PowerPoint will finally concede the throne it quickly overtook from Harvard Graphics and HyperCard upon its release, as the 1980s and the DOS era rolled to a close.
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