Microsoft Word
Microsoft's Word is their premium word processing product and the most current version is Microsoft Word 2007. Microsoft Word 2010 is deep into the beta (testing) cycle and is expected to be released this summer.
Word 2010
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Tip of the Moment
Want to see how readable your Word document is? You can turn on the readability statistics that give you information based upon the average numbers of syllables per word and words per sentence. The theory being that less is better, generally. To turn this feature on in Microsoft Word 2010...
- Click the File tab then click Options.
- Go to Proofing.
- Under When correcting spelling and grammar in Word, make sure Check grammar with spelling is selected.
- Select Show readability statistics.
After this feature is enabled just run a spell check on your document (press F7). When Word finishes checking the spelling and grammar, it will display information about the reading level of your document.
Word Tip of the Moment Archive
The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Word 2007
Now available for pre-order - Ben M. Schorr's "The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Word 2007" published by the American Bar Assocation.
News
- Word 2010 Beta is now publicly available. The Release Candidate (RC) is probably not far behind.
- Caution - Be careful using Find/Replace to replace two things with one. More details here...
- The Office 2007 Service Pack 2 has been released. Among the improvements you can now open, edit and save documents in version 1.1 of the OpenDocument Format (ODF) which is most commonly used by OpenOffice.
- Word 2007 Viewer is released: An updated Word viewer capable of opening and viewing the Office 2007 files is now available for download from Microsoft.
Articles
- Troubleshooting Microsoft Word (NEW)
- Using Bookmarks in Word (NEW)
- Microsoft Word Q&A - Popular questions and answers about Microsoft Word for attorneys.
- Converting documents to and from the Word format
Resources
Here are some useful resources for lawyers to use for more information on Microsoft Word
- Pleading Paper (and other forms) from Stanislaus County Superior Court
- How to set up a letter template - great article from Word MVP Suzanne Barnhill on creating and printing your own letterhead.
- Office 2007 Service Pack 2 - Click here to download it from Microsoft
- Word 2003 to 2007 Command Reference Guide Not sure where to find it in Word 2007? Know EXACTLY where it was in 2003? This free tool will help you figure out where that command went to in Word 2007 by showing you a Word 2003 interface, letting you click thru the menus or toolbars to activate the command, then showing you step-by-step where the same command is in Word 2007. Entirely web-based and free.
- Lexis users can launch LexisNexis research directly from the Microsoft Word Research Task Pane. Click here to find out how.
- Search and Retrieve the latest case law for free
- Shepardize a case.
- Chart of Metadata Ethics Opinions from around the U.S. - Handy chart from the ABA summarizing what various jurisdictions have to say about handling metadata in documents.
- Solving Crashing Problems When Starting Word - Great resource from the Word MVPs to help address what to do if Word crashes on startup.
Sites
- Shauna Kelly's Word Site: AWESOME site for information about Microsoft Word. So good I'm going to list it first.
- Microsoft's Official Site for Word: The official Microsoft site for Microsoft Word. Includes articles, tutorials, links to more resources. A great place to start.
- Microsoft Word at Wikipedia: Wikipedia's entry for Microsoft Word
- Metadata in Microsoft Word: Short article explaining the basics of Microsoft Word metadata.
- Understanding Styles - a VERY handy site with tutorials and a lot of links to other resources on styles in Word.
- Table Basics - A great article at MVPS.ORG explaining the basics of creating and working with Tables in Microsoft Word.
Forums
Microsoft offers a nice collection of free support forums for Microsoft Outlook. You can post questions, read answers or even answer some questions yourself if you like. They're free and easy and just a click away.
- Microsoft Word Forums - For all released versions of Word (i.e. everything but Word 2010)
- Word 2010 - For the Word 2010 Beta version
How to Ask a Question: When posting a question to a newsgroup please be sure to indicate what software you're using, what version of the software you're using, what SPECIFICALLY you are trying to do and what happens when you try to do that (especially any error messages you may be receiving). It is also helpful if you tell us what you have already tried in an effort to fix it so that we don't waste time telling you to try things you've already attempted.
Newsgroups
Microsoft has free support newsgroups available for nearly every product they make. In these newsgroups you can read questions and answers that other people have posted for the product or you can post your own questions and get answers from the other posters.
How to Ask a Question: When posting a question to a newsgroup please be sure to indicate what software you're using, what version of the software you're using, what SPECIFICALLY you are trying to do and what happens when you try to do that (especially any error messages you may be receiving). It is also helpful if you tell us what you have already tried in an effort to fix it so that we don't waste time telling you to try things you've already attempted.
| NNTPNNTP (Network News Transfer Protocol) is the traditional way of accessing newsgroups. The traditional Microsoft program for NNTP is Outlook Express though in Vista this has been upgraded and renamed to "Windows Mail". Click the links below to open the Microsoft Word newsgroups in your NNTP reader: | Web ForumsSince NNTP is a tad esoteric Microsoft has introduced a web interface for their support newsgroups. These are the same newsgroups you get via NNTP, just in a web browser. Click the links below to open the Microsoft Word newsgroups in your web browser: |
Last Updated: 05/26/2010