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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 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.

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.

ABA is Having a Book Sale (Yes, including mine)

ABA Publishing is offering a special 20% discount on all ABA titles. For a complete listing of our books, visit www.ababooks.org. Order online and enter source code PEP9MJPM or call the ABA Service Center at 800-285-2221 and reference source code PEP9MJPM to receive the special 20% savings. This offer expires on July 24, 2009. The 20% discount excludes pre-loaded iPods from CLE.

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)

Want to Get Office 2010 Early AND Legally?

Microsoft is looking for people who want to be part of the marketing campaign. In exchange for participation you'll get the user of a "loaner" laptop pre-loaded with Office 2010, a chance to be featured in some Microsoft marketing materials AND a copy of Office 2010 for free when it officially ships.

See here for details: https://connect.microsoft.com/officecustomerstories

Office 2010 Information Continues to Leak

Various media sources are posting information and screen shots of what is apparently leaked copies of the Office 2010 Technical Preview (AKA "Beta").  I make no guarantees about how accurate these might be.

• Office 2010 ScreenShots from CNET
• OneNote from Office Watch
• Outlook 2010's Ribbons
• Word 2010

OpenOffice 3.1 has shipped.

It's a minor update (as the .01 to .1 rev should indicate) with a handful of feature additions and improvements.

Office 2007 Service Pack 2 has shipped!

It includes a number of handy fixes, some of which I will discuss here in the coming days.

For now you can get it through Microsoft Update or by going to any Microsoft Office 2007 application and clicking Help | Check for Updates.  Yes, of course it's free.

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!

Coming Soon..."The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Word 2007" also from the American Bar Association.  I'll have a link here as soon as it's available for pre-order from the ABA.

The Top Questions:

• "When will Office 2010 ship?" Officially?  First half 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: June 30, 2009

• Updated the Word page.
• Added "12 Things You Can Do NOW To Improve Your Security."
• Added the BCC's article.
• Adding new Integration articles to the Outlook page.
• Updated the MacOffice page with news.
• Updated the Access page with a new Tip of the Moment (AutoCorrect!)
• Updated the LawTech Glossary
• Added the TechShow 2009 Page
• Added the "Using Microsoft OneNote to do Legal Research" article.

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