INPUT ARTICLE: Article: After you have decided to hire a lawyer, you have to communicate with him or her. To help your lawyer work as efficiently (and cheaply) as possible, get all your details together. If you're prepared to answer the lawyer's questions, you can make the most of any meetings you have. You should also provide the lawyer with any documentation that you have pertaining to your legal matter. If your attorney is billing by the hour, you want to minimize the time that he or she has to spend on your matter. Many attorneys bill in six-minute increments, so even a quick phone call to your attorney will cost 1/10th of an hour (possibly $25). This doesn't mean you shouldn't contact your attorney. However, be efficient. Don't call your attorney five times during the day. Make a list of things you'd like to talk about and call once. The same applies to email. Keep your address and phone number current with your attorney at all times. Provide documents and information to your attorney as soon as he or she requests it. If your attorney has to spend time chasing you down or repeatedly requesting information from you, he or she will have to charge you for those actions. Minimize your attorney's fees by being as cooperative and timely with your attorney as possible. Your attorney is not your therapist or your friend. If you use your attorney in this manner, you will end up spending far more in attorney's fees than you had planned. Your attorney will have no choice but to charge you for the time that is spent counseling you or even having his staff members talk to you about issues that aren't really legal in nature.

SUMMARY: Provide all the details. Group your questions. Help yourself. Rely on your attorney for legal advice only.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: If you think your dog has any sort of mange, you should consult your veterinarian. Only a trained, experienced vet can run the proper diagnostic tests to determine the type and severity of the mange. Depending on the diagnosis, the vet will then prescribe the proper medication to treat the mange. Because mange is almost always easiest to treat before it becomes severe, seeing your vet as quickly as possible is important to ensure your pet is back to normal as soon as possible. Cases of sarcoptic mange require a veterinarian more urgently than demodectic mange. Because the severe itching from sarcoptic mange can make a dog miserable (and, more importantly, quickly lead to health problems), early diagnosis and treatment is essential. The exception to this general rule is for very minor cases of localized demodectic mange. Because these usually clear up on their own, a veterinarian is not always necessary, though you may want to consult with one for peace of mind anyway, and to rule out other conditions. In cases of mange (especially sarcoptic mange, which is contagious), any objects that have recently come into contact with the dog's hair or skin should immediately be washed or replaced. This includes its bedding, collar, leash, harness, doghouse, and any brushes or cleaning products. The need for cleaning is especially urgent if you have other pets who don't have mange yet. For fabric objects, launder with bleach or borax and dry at the highest possible setting. For hard objects and surfaces, use a hospital-grade disinfectant. Repeat daily as needed until the mange subsides. As noted above, dogs who get bad cases of demodectic mange sometimes have a weakness in their immune system that they've inherited from their parents. Because of this, owners of dogs that have had long, severe, or difficult-to-treat cases of demodectic mange are usually encouraged not to breed their dogs. For dogs that have had minor, localized cases of demodectic mange, breeding is sometimes considered acceptable, especially if the mange occurred when the dog was young and cleared up on its own. It's worth noting, however, that some veterinarians will recommend against breeding dogs that have had any sort of demodectic mange. If you're unsure of whether it's wise to breed your dog, talk to a vet who knows you and your dog for advice. Usually, a vet like this will be able to recommend a course of action that takes your needs into account as well as the health of any future puppies. Because sarcoptic mange is highly contagious, quarantine is essential for making sure that other pets and animals don't catch the aggravating disease. If your dog has sarcoptic mange, immediately separate it from other animals. Don't let it sleep, feed, or play near them. If you think a neighbor's dog has sarcoptic mange, don't let your own pets go near it. Once the mange has completely disappeared, the dog may be allowed to mingle with other animals as normal. Note that no form of demodectic mange is thought to be contagious to other animals or humans. In very rare cases, the disease may be contagious to other dogs. However, quarantine measures usually aren't taken even when symptoms are severe. Sarcoptic mange is highly contagious and usually passed from one infected dog to another. Often the infected dog shows few, if any, signs of the disease. Sarcoptic mange may be passed from a mother to her puppies, and is common in overcrowded conditions where dogs are poorly maintained, such as puppy mills, boarding kennels, and shelters. However, a dog might be exposed to mites even if it doesn't come into contact with a mangy animal: mites can survive four to 21 days away from their host in temperatures between 50-59 F (10-15 C), and two to six days in temperatures of 68-77 F (20-25 C). A dog could catch mange from an object that has recently been used on an infected animal, such as a blanket or towel. Likewise, if grooming salons do not practice regular sanitation of clippers, towels, and caging, this could also lead to the spread of the disease. Since wild animals like coyotes and foxes can also get sarcoptic mange, exercising in wildlife areas may also expose your dog to scabies.

SUMMARY: Seek veterinary care. Clean or replace the dog's bedding, collar, and so on. Don't breed dogs with demodectic mange. Keep other animals away from a dog with sarcoptic mange. Understand the risk factors for catching sarcoptic mange.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: The Adobe Acrobat Reader app that most people have can open PDFs, but not export them; you must have the paid version of Adobe Acrobat in order to convert PDFs into other documents. You can also download a free trial of Adobe Acrobat from Adobe's download page to temporarily use these features for free. If Adobe Acrobat is your computer's default PDF reader, just double-click the PDF that you want to open. If Adobe Acrobat isn't your computer's default PDF reader, open Adobe Acrobat, click File, click Open..., select your PDF, and click Open. It's on the right side of the window. Clicking this prompts the "Export PDF" section to open on this side of the window. This option is at the bottom of the "Export PDF" section. A drop-down menu will appear. It's in the drop-down menu. It's a blue button below the "Export PDF" section. Doing so will prompt a File Explorer (Windows) or Finder (Mac) window to open. Click a folder to which you want to save the converted file. You'll do this on the left side of the window. On a Mac, click the Where drop-down box and then click a location. You can also rename the file on this page. It's at the bottom of the window. This saves the converted PDF file in your selected file location. You can open it in Excel by double-clicking it.

SUMMARY:
Make sure that you have the paid version of Adobe Acrobat. Open your PDF in Adobe Acrobat. Click Export PDF. Click the "Convert to" drop-down box. Click Microsoft Excel. Click Convert. Select a save location. Click Save.