The legal community is migrating en masse to its new word processor of choice, Microsoft Word 97. This is the only book on the market today that addresses the specific concerns of law firms and the legal community using Word 97. It covers the use of Word 97 in a legal environment and is dedicated to addressing the needs of law firms in creating, editing, and sharing legal documents created in Word. It is written by a computer consulting firm, and the lead author, Donna Payne, is a Microsoft Certified Trainer and three-time recipient of the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional award.
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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointing; a disk would have helped.,
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This review is from: Word 97 for Law Firms (Paperback)
The book promises "everything you need to know". I wanted to know how to add line numbers to legal pleadings, to avoid the unusual MS Wizard which cannot print double spaced numbers at the left, and instead prints linenumbers corresponding to the text (e.g., single spaced numbers when text or even caption is single spaced). This book devotes 1.5 pages to telling us to use the wizard, cautions that it cannot print the industry standardized double spaced numbers, offers the absurd suggestion to double space all text to produce double spaced numbers, then suggests "many law firms use a text box" to avoid WORD's line numbering feature, refers the reader to Chapter 9, which informs the purchaser "pleading templates require complex formatting for...line numbering" and suggests borrowing a template from a lawfirm already using Word 97! Gee, that's why I spent $30.00 for the book. Other illustrations are similarly empty of real instructional content. I see the book as a rehash of a standard MS handbook that simply substitutes "legal" for "word processing" or "typing" in the content.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A law office necessity for Word 97 users.,
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This review is from: Word 97 for Law Firms (Paperback)
Having converted from WordPerfect, I was very frustrated with some of the automatic formatting features of Word 97. Other Word 97 books I have read were not helpful in solving these problems or in making preparation of legal documents easier. That has all changed with this book. Within an hour of browsing through Word 97 for Law Firms, I found a number of very helpful suggestions in the tables, templates, and forms chapters. Even the lessons on the basics had new and helpful hints such as the pleading toolbar, auto text entries, and spiking text. I cannot say enough good things about this book, and I still have more to read and learn! I highly recommend it.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very clear, very thorough, very helpful,
By Ruth Edlund "dark goddess of replevin" (King County, Washington:) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Word 97 for Law Firms (Paperback)
The subject matter isn't exactly riveting, yet this book led me to the excitement of discovering, for example, exactly how easy it was to set up an AutoFormat table for an exhibit list.The explanation of mail merge, legal templates, and legal forms is a valuable resource for sole practitioners.
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