Usually presented in one three-hour session, this course is designed for legal professionals who wish to maximize their production skills and avoid the frustrations of inconsistent formatting, header and footer arrangement, numbering and pleading formatting. The outline is designed to address features in Word that will increase efficiency and make use of tools and methods that are typically underutilized.

Day 1 Outline - PDF

• Menus and Toolbars vs. Keyboard Actions
• The Online Help System and Word’s Equivalent to Reveal Codes
• Keyboard vs. Mouse Movements in Word
• Understanding AutoCorrect, AutoFormat and the Magic of Undo
• Customizing the Grammar and Spelling Checkers
• AutoText, Word's Answer to Macros
• Symbols and Non-breaking Spaces
• Understanding Why WordPerfect Uses Codes and Why Word Does Not
• Formatting in Word, Three Levels: Character, Paragraph, Document
• Understanding Character Formatting
• Using the Format Painter
• Creating a Document from a Template

(Continued in Word Core Concepts II)

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