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 Tips

Legal Resources From Microsoft

Shauna Kelly: Making the most of Word in Your Business

Allen Wyatt's Word Tips

The Mysteries and Magic of Metadata  (Jim Calloway)

Improvements in Word 2002/XP and Word 2003 for Legal Users

I Tech: Word Tips

Word 2007

Microsoft Word's Team Blog

Interactive: Word 2003 to Word 2007 command reference guide

Converting documents from previous versions of Word

Check the compatibility of your Word 2007 documents

Online Tutorials

Tutorial on Track Changes for Word 2003

Tutorials "How to Use Word" from Microsoft VIP's

Utilities and Add-ons

Redaction Tool/Add-On for Word 2003 (Be sure to read through ALL the Help and Instructions, it's a quirky program and has restrictions but it works once you figure it all out!).

Word Viewer:
View, print and copy Word documents, even if you don't have Word installed. Send it to your clients who might not have Word but need to see the docs you send them.

Word for the Mac

Mactopia: Word for the Mac from Microsoft

Word:mac from MVPS

 

Control metadata in your legal documents

Write better legal documents with Microsoft Word

Convert legal documents to different word processing formats

Compare documents with the Legal blackline option

Check for hidden text, comments, and revisions before sending a legal document

Restrict access to legal documents with Office 2003

Improve mass mailing techniques at your law firm

Create a legal pleading

Leverage technology for discovery purposes

Use the Word 2003 Redaction Add-in

Improve the contract negotiation process with the right tools

Creating an employment manual

Improving the efficiency of your legal research

Making discovery requests

Managing large documents

Redacting Word documents

Securing legal documents and files

Tracking contract negotiations

Find and remove metadata (hidden information) in your legal documents

Discovery Information Form/Template

Recommended Books

Microsoft Office Word 2007 Step by Step

Word 2007 For Dummies

Word 2003 for Law Firms

Word 2003 for Dummies

Word 2003 Bible