Formatting Legal Documents With Microsoft Office Word 2007 (Paperback)

~ Jan Berinstein (Author)

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Product Description

This book helps legal staff use Microsoft Office Word 2007 to prepare pleadings, contracts, estate plans, and other complex documents. The author, an expert legal word processor and computer trainer, starts by examining Word's "logic," the key to mastering the program. She offers tips for getting Word 2007 to work more like older versions, for customizing the program, and for using keyboard shortcuts. She goes on to provide step-by-step instructions for working with case captions, inserting a pleading footer, aligning text with pleading line numbers, setting up a style for indented quotes, creating and generating a Table of Contents and a Table of Authorities, tracking changes, and comparing documents. She also covers everyday features such as headers and footers, automatic numbering, indents, and footnotes. In addition, she touches on the issue of metadata and explains how to use Word 2007's "Document Inspector" metadata removal tool. The book is filled with pragmatic tips, tricks, and workarounds.

Product Details

• Paperback: 270 pages
• Publisher: Jan Berinstein (May 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ASIN: B002AD46XC
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #50,172 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unlike anything else in the field, June 25, 2009

By	Barry D. Mcgrath "sly dog" (los angeles ca usa) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

You can really tell this was written by someone who actually does legal word processing for a living. There are many. many tricks and hidden features (not to mention things NOT to do) in this book. It deals with the program on a professional's level with an accent on doing things quickly - lots and lots on keyboard shortcuts and macros. If you do legal word processing for money, you want this book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You need this book!, August 13, 2009

By	R. J. Etheridge (Sacramento, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Our legal office has used WordPerfect for years. However, in the past year, the newer generation attorneys being hired use Microsoft Office Word 2007. As legal secretaries we have had a hard time transitioning from WordPerfect to Word. Letters in Word were no problem. However, when it came to pleadings we definitely struggled. For example, we could not line up the words to the numbers on the pleading paper, etc. I searched the internet to find a book that would help us learn what we were doing wrong. I came across this book and it was exactly what we needed. As mentioned by previous reviewers, this book teaches you all the shortcuts and tricks needed to do your job quickly and efficiently. On the last page of the book, there is a discount coupon for a training session with Ms. Berinstein. Our secretarial staff signed up for a training session. If you get a chance, you should do so too. Jan is wonderful! She has helped us tremendously. I would not say we are experts at Word now, but we are getting there! I highly recommend this book. It is well worth the money as is the training session.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This lady really knows her stuff, July 17, 2009

By	Auntie M. - See all my reviews

Finally, a really good manual for legal professionals. I've been waiting and looking for this forever. So many mysteries have been cleared up for me. Thanks a million, Ms. Berinstein.