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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 2010. 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.
An interview with Melissa MacBeth
Melissa MacBeth is a program manager on the Outlook team and she gave an interesting interview that has been posted on the Microsoft News Center. Read the Interview...
Office 2010 Releases to Manufacturing!
Today, Friday, April 16th, 2010, Microsoft released Office 2010 to manufacturing. That means the product is essentially finished and it's been sent off to have DVDs burned and boxes printed. It should be available to the general public for retail purchase in June, right on schedule. Volume license customers should get it somewhat earlier than that.
The Lawyer's Guide to...
Author Ben M. Schorr gets interviewed at the Microsoft MVP Summit about the Lawyer's Guide books...Click here to watch the video.
Troubleshooting Microsoft Windows
A new article has been featuring some basic troubleshooting tips for Windows. I'll be updating it over the next week or so to add my favorite tips for making Windows run better. Read it here...
OneNote and Outlook...A Marriage Made in Redmond
Read our new article about using Outlook and OneNote together. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll fall in love all over again! (Well, maybe not.)
Get Office 2007 AND 2010!
Starting today (3/5/2010) if you buy Office 2007 you'll get a free upgrade to Office 2010 when it ships in June. For more information see here
Spring Cleaning for Your Inbox
By popular request I've added an article on how to get on top of a mailbox that seems overwhelming. One user I spoke with had more than 34,000 items in his Inbox! We got him cleaned up (eventually) though and we can help you too. Here's the first article to get you started....
LinkedIn Connector for Outlook 2003, 2007 and 2010 Ships (Beta)
Microsoft has released a public beta of the LinkedIn provider for the Outlook Social Connector (OSC). You can find more info here.
The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Word 2007
Ben M. Schorr's "The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Word 2007" is now available for order from the ABA. 
Click here for more information.
This book will help smooth the transition from Word 2003 (or earlier versions) to Word 2007 with the Ribbon, explains some of the nuances of metadata, talks about formatting documents and using styles, tricks and tips for printing and collaboration and more in 234 hopefully easy-to-read pages.
Outlook Training For Your Firm
Yes, Ben Schorr *IS* available to come to your firm and do Outlook and Office training. And yes, we can do it remotely as well if you'd prefer that. For more information give him a call at 808-782-6306 or e-mail him at bens@rolandschorr.com.
Outlook 2010 Uses Word to Render HTML Mail?
Yes. Read this article to find out if you really care or not. (Hint: You probably don't)
OpenOffice 3.2 has shipped.
You can download the latest version from OpenOffice.org
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.
The Outlook 2007 book is also now available via Amazon.com!
"The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Word 2007" is also NOW AVAILABLE from the American Bar Association.
The Top Questions:
- "When will Office 2010 ship?" Officially? June of 2010.
- "What versions of Office are supported on Vista?" Office 2000, 2002 (AKA "Office XP") 2003 and 2007 are, actually. BUT...2000 and 2002 are in "extended support" so there aren't going to be any new fixes released for them. For more.
- "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: May 26, 2010
- Added a new article on creating a Delay Delivery rule in Outlook.
- Added a new article on using Microsoft Outlook's AutoArchive feature.
- Added an article on Troubleshooting Microsoft Windows.
- Added the Outlook Troubleshooting page.
- Added the "OneNote and Outlook Together" article
- Added the Spring Cleaning for Your Inbox article.
- Updated the Excel page and added the Excel 2010 Preview.
- Updated the OpenOffice page.
- Added the Word 2010 Preview page.
- Added the OneNote 2010 Preview page.
- Added the Outlook Social Connector page.
- Added the Outlook 2010 Preview page.
- Added the list of Solosez Disclaimers
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| Microsoft Business Resource Center - 60 Second Podcasts Suzanne Barnhill's Word Tutorial Site 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. |