Advanced Microsoft Word Wizardry for Lawyers & Support Staff - 3-Part Live Webcast Series - 6 CLE (NLS) - Oct. 8, 22 & 29

Advanced Microsoft Word Wizardry for Lawyers & Support Staff

3-Part Live Webcast Series

6 CLE (NLS)

Each session is designed as a stand-alone training session. Attend more than one session and receive a Discount on your registration fee. To receive a multi-session Discount, you must register for all the programs you wish to attend in the same, initial, transaction.

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Part 1:

How to Customize Word for a Law Office & Fix its Default Settings.

Plus, Everything You Need to Know to Control Whole Document Formatting.

2 CLE (NLS) - On Demand Seminar Coming Soon

• How to Customize Word for a Law Office & Fix its Default Settings

You will learn how to:

- Improve The Interface

- Fix Default Formatting in New Documents

- Fix Default Formatting in Existing Documents You Have to Edit

- Customize Word’s Default Template

- Fix Word’s Programmatical Default Settings

Problems solved:

- Make Word considerably less annoying

- Configure Word’s interface so it works better for legal users

- Finally get rid of the Calibri and Aptos fonts from your new documents

- Fix all of Word’s programmatical settings that irritate users

- Identify and solve the reason that the formatting of many documents seems to have a mind of its own

• Page Numbering, Headers, & Section Breaks:

Everything You Need to Know to Control Whole Document Formatting

You will learn how to:

- Use Section Breaks

- Establish Complex Page Numbering Schemes

- Control Headers & Footers

- Set Up Columns

- Change Margins & Orientation

Problems solved:

- You’ll learn how to add and remove section breaks and when they’re appropriate

- Get Word’s page numbering to do anything you want

- Finally get headers and footers under control

- Keep columns within certain boundaries so they don’t automatically affect your entire document

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Part 2:

Generate Automatic Table of Contents & Table of Authorities.

2 CLE (NLS) - Wednesday, October 22; 9:00 A.M. - 11:15 A.M.

Live Webcast Only!

• Generate Automatic Table of Contents

You will learn how to:

- Set Up Line Numbers in Pleadings

- Generate An Automatic Table of Contents

- Control the Formatting of a Table of Contents

- Create Multiple Tables of Contents from Different Parts of a Document

Problems solved:

- Never manually type a table of contents again

- Easily control the formatting of a table of contents

- Learn the role Styles play in tables of contents

• Generate Automatic Table of Authorities

You will learn how to:

- Generate An Automatic Table of Authorities

- Control the Formatting of a Table of Authorities

- How to Fix a Mistake in Identifying a Citation

Problems solved:

- Learn how to do arguably the hardest task in Word – tables of authority

- Easily control the formatting of a table of authorities

- Easily fix any mistake made while tagging citations for a table of authorities

- Learn all of the strange little rules that apply when generating a table of authorities

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Part 3:

Better Editing, Proofing & Working with Long Documents.

Plus, Track Changes, Compare Documents, & Security Issues Including Metadata.

2 CLE (NLS) - Wednesday, October 29; 9:00 A.M. - 11:15 A.M.

Live Webcast Only!

Better Editing, Proofing, & Working with Long Documents

You will learn how to:

- Use Word’s Functions for Reviewing Documents on Screen

- Modify Your Display Settings Which Impact How Word Looks on Screen

- Quickly Navigate Long Documents- Select Text in New Ways

- Use Word’s Bookmark Feature- Use Word’s Advanced Cut, Copy & Paste Functionality

- Enable Multiple Clipboards

- Use Sophisticated Search Techniques to Find and/or Replace Text

- Use and Customize the Editor

- Maximize Word’s AutoCorrect Feature

Problems solved:

- Master Word’s tools for reviewing documents without printing them

- Easily find anything in your document and replace it with something else if desired

- Copy up to 24 different pieces of text and paste any of them in without re-copying anything

- Quickly and easily navigate long, complex documents

- Understand how your Windows display settings can significantly change the way Word’s interface appears on your computer

Track Changes, Compare Documents, and Security Issues Including Metadata

You will learn how to:

- Navigate Security Issues

- Tracking Changes

- Add Comments

- Compare Documents

- When Word or PDF Files Should Be Used

- Add Watermarks

Problems solved:

- Make sure you aren’t unwittingly sending damaging information to opposing counsel in your Word documents

- Stop worrying about metadata

- How to convert .doc files to .docx the right way

- Negotiate documents electronically in a manner that you’ll easily be able to identify how another party (like opposing counsel) has edited your document

- Skillfully use Track Changes, Compare Documents, and add comments to your documents

- Feel confident you’re using the right file type (Word or PDF)

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Faculty:

Barron K. Henley

Affinity Consulting Group, LLC, Columbus, OH

Barron K. Henley, Esq. is one of the founding partners of Affinity Consulting Group, a legal technology consulting firm focused on automating and streamlining law firms and legal departments. He earned his B.S./B.A. (marketing and economics) and J.D. from The Ohio State University and is a member of the American, Ohio and Columbus Bar Associations, and the Worthington Estate Planning Council. He is a Fellow of the College of Law Practice Management, a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, a member of Ohio Supreme Court Commission on Technology and the Courts, and a member of both the ABA Law Practice Management and the Real Property Trust and Estate Law ("RPTE") Sections. He's also a former member of RPTE Futures Task Force, a former Board Member for the ABA TECHSHOW, and the former Chair of the Ohio State Bar Association Law Office Automation & Technology Committee.

Mr. Henley heads Affinity’s document assembly/automation and software training departments. Barron is also an expert in launching new law firms, overhauling existing firms, and documenting and re-engineering law firm processes. Finally, Barron teaches continuing legal education (CLE) classes throughout the U.S. and Canada covering a wide variety of topics related to law practice management, technology, and ethics.

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