Legal Drafting with Microsoft Word 2007/2010 – The Basics
January 2012
Legal Drafting with Microsoft Word 2007/2010 - The Basics
Program Description:
If you're tired of wrestling with Word's formatting every time you have to draft something more complex than a letter, this is your course. Word courses designed for the general public just don't address the issues legal professionals face when drafting legal instruments. By contrast, this course is designed by legal professionals, for legal professionals. We'll cover legal drafting issues such as automatic paragraph numbering, complex page numbering schemes, tables of contents, footnotes, and paragraph number cross-referencing. Not only will you learn how to control Word's complex formatting attributes, but as part of this course you will also receive sample Word templates for pleadings, contracts/agreements, trusts and leases--all with the complex formatting built in and ready to go. This class assumes basic familiarity with Word and focuses exclusively on issues inherent to legal drafting.
Topics:
- Explanation of the interfaces, ribbons, galleries, contextual tabs, the quick-access bar, and other new conventions.
- How to fix the program default settings, most of which are inappropriate for legal documents and actually make the program more difficult to use.
- Fundamentals of Word including advanced navigation and editing tips and tricks.
- How to copy text from one document to another without formatting nightmares.
- Create legal clause libraries with Word's Quick Parts feature.
- Understand once and for all how Word handles formatting. Learn how Word works and you'll start controlling Word rather than the other way around.
- Paragraph formatting including tabs, indents, auto paragraph spacing, keeping paragraphs connected and the right way to build signature lines and acknowledgments.
- Get page numbering to work for you, even in complex, multi-section documents (like an appellate brief).
- Controlling headers and footers in legal documents.
Location Information
CLECI Large Classroom
1900 Grant Street, Suite 300
Denver, CO 80203
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1900 Grant Street, Suite 300
Denver, CO 80203
Registration Fees
| Non Member | $179.00 |
| CBA | $149.00 |
| New Lawyer | $149.00 |
| $149.00 |
- General Credits: 3.00
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