OfficeForLawyers.com

Welcome to OfficeForLawyers.com!

This layout is temporary while our more formal design is finalized, but we didn't want to make you wait for the content so I hope you can forgive the somewhat basic look and feel.

Please note - this is NOT an official Microsoft website.

Our Goal

Our objective at this site is to give you resources, articles and links to help law firms, attorneys, paralegals, legal assistants and others get the most out of Microsoft's Office suite. We'll talk about all of the current versions of Microsoft Office including Office 2007. If there is a product that we're not covering that you'd like us to, please feel free to drop us a line at webmaster@officeforlawyers.com.

The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007 - ORDER NOW!

You can now order your copy of Ben M. Schorr's "The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007" from the American Bar Association. CLICK HERE

The book has made the ABA's "Summer Reading List" and gotten very positive reviews from a number of bar associations across the country.

Outlook Training For Your Firm

Yes, Ben Schorr *IS* available to come to your firm and do Outlook training. For more information give him a call at 808-782-6306 or e-mail him at bens@rolandschorr.com.

The Top Questions:

"There are like a million different Office Suites again? Which should I buy?" Actually there are 5 that the average user/buyer should be concerned about and a good comparison of them can be found here.
How many different computers can I install Office 2007 on? Depends a bit on which version of Office you have but generally speaking the license allows you to install on one desktop and one portable computer for the SAME USER. In other words you've got a desktop on your desk at work and a laptop you use to travel with - you can install on both. That does NOT mean you can install it on your laptop and your assistant's desktop - that would be two users. To be sure read the End User License Agreement (EULA) that came with your software. If you don't have the paper copy anymore go to Help | About in the application and you should find it there. NOTE: The licensing for Home and Student Edition is a little different; I believe it allows install on 3 machines and because it factors in parents/kids it may allow more than one user. Again, read the EULA.

Newest Content:

We try to add new content every day or every few days and we welcome suggests and recommendations.

Latest update: August 15th, 2008

Added Suite Comparison page
Our new Mac Office and OpenOffice Sections have launched!
Coming Soon: Ben will be appearing on "The Digital Edge: Lawyers and Technology" podcast.
The Outlook and OneNote Q&A articles have been updated
Coming Soon: Our new look!
Added the Microsoft OneNote Add-ins and PowerToys page.
The Law Technology Glossary is just getting started....
By popular request: Our new Law Technology Section is born.
Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 3 White Paper -- I've been told it's o.k. to provide this to you any it will shortly appear on the Office 2003 Resource Kit Website. As soon as it appears there I will be removing it from here and just linking to it there. Click to download it.
How to Print the Rule Lines in Microsoft OneNote

Microsoft Office News

Microsoft Office Featured Sites

Office 2007 Service Pack 1 is available.

You can download it from Microsoft here.

First News about Office 14?

Information Week is running an article claiming that the next version of Microsoft Office is due in 2009.

Office 2003 Service Pack 3 has Shipped!

Microsoft has made SP3 for Microsoft Office 2003 available for download here. I'll try to get together an article on what changes are in it over the next few days.

Here is the KB article at Microsoft.com that lists the fixes contained in Office 2003 Service Pack 3.

Paul Thurott's Office 2007 FAQ

The Crabby Office Lady - Demystifying OneNote Terms
Crabby explains some of the fundamentals of Microsoft OneNote 2007 terminology.

Excel Tutorial
A basic on-line tutorial for Microsoft Excel.