Mastering Microsoft Word in the Law Office - Featuring Barron K. Henley
August 2016
Mastering Microsoft Word in the Law Office
- Featuring one of the nation's best legal technology teachers - Barron K. Henley
Advanced training on how to conquer Word formatting and Styles to save time and create better legal documents.
Program Description:
No matter your skill level, Barron Henley’s tips will make your work better!
You'll learn easier and quicker document creation and complex formatting, including:
- Drafting complex legal documents more easily and more accurately, with less hassle
- Mastering Microsoft’s styles to format legal documents the way you need them
- Using macros to automate your legal document drafting
- Keeping your digital case files organized so there is no confusion about which documents are current
- Tips for legal-specific formatting issues
- Safely and ethically sharing and collaborating on documents
- And more!
Bring your laptop if you’d like to follow along!
- Seminar will be taught in Word 2016. The course manual works for Word 2007, 2010 and 2013 for Windows.
- Are you a Mac user? Please let us know ahead of time; We can send you a Word for Mac 2011 and 2016 manual so you can follow along. Word for Windows and Word for Mac have different interfaces, although they’re capable of most of the same things with some exceptions.
What previous Colorado CLE attendees have said about Barron Henley:
“One of the best seminars ever! Barron is knowledgeable and entertaining. This seminar will change your word processing life!”
“Incredible how much I didn't know about software I've used every day for decades.”
“One of the best programs I've ever attended!”
“Dynamic and interactive speaker - he knows his stuff”
“It's been a long time since I've learned so much or been so engaged in a CLE program, and I've been here all day!”
“Great information - clear, concise, and to the point!”
Mastering Microsoft Word in the Law Office
Are you tired of wrestling with Word every time you have to draft something more complex than a letter? Do you wish you could control Word’s formatting and gain a better understanding of how it works? Do you miss WordPerfect? If the answer to any of these questions is yes, this is your class! Word classes designed for the general public just don’t address the issues legal professionals face when drafting legal instruments. By contrast, this class is designed by lawyers, for lawyers.
Agenda:
8:30 am
Check-in (Continental Breakfast Provided)
9:00 am
Word Formatting Fundamentals
- Modifying Word’s defaults for use in a law firm or legal department
- Tips and tricks for navigating long legal documents
- Building clause libraries using AutoText and Quick Parts
- Automatic paragraph numbering
- Indents and tabs
- Getting the formatting to do exactly what you want
10:00 am
Advanced Legal Document Topics
- Headers and footers
- Page numbering
- Automatically updating paragraph cross-references
- Endnotes and footnotes
- Automatic table of contents
- Automatic table of authorities
10:30 am
Break
10:45 am
Advanced Legal Document Topics (continued)
11:15 am
Tools and Techniques for Negotiating and Revising Documents
- Document collaboration
- How to ensure all changes are caught – producing a redline
- How to consolidate proposed changed from many people into a single document
- How to handle multiple versions and avoid confusion
- How to protect confidentiality
- Locking down a document to protect against further changes
- Indicating proposed changes on a Word document, a PDF and paper – track changes and other techniques
12:15 — 1:15 pm
Lunch (on your own)
1:15 pm
Styles: If You Don’t Control Them, They Will Control You
- Eliminate random font changes while editing
- Copy text from one document to another with perfect formatting
- De-construct and fix documents which are a complete mess
- Convert WordPerfect files to Word
- Create custom formatting tools you can use in every document
2:15 pm
Using Templates to Streamline Your Document Generation
- Create model documents with fill-in fields
- How to create “public” templates and share them with others on your network
2:45 pm
Break
3:00 pm
Using Templates to Streamline Your Document Generation (continued)
3:45 pm
Macros: Automate Your Word Processing
- Macros – what they are and when to use them
- Other automation tools in Word – AutoText, AutoCorrect & Quick Parts
- Creating and sharing macros
- Assign macros to toolbar buttons and/or speed-keys
4:45 pm
Adjourn
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 | $349.00 |
| CBA Member | $309.00 |
| Paralegal/Legal Support Staff | $249.00 |
| CLE ELITE and BASIC Pass Holder | $0.00 |
| New Lawyer Edge Partner | $0.00 |
- General Credits: 7.00
- Ethics Credits: 0.00
- EDI Credits:
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Sponsor Information
- You'll learn easier and quicker document creation and complex formatting, including:
- &#$2022; Drafting complex legal documents more easily and more accurately, with less hassle
- &#$2022; Mastering Microsoft's styles to format legal documents the way you need them
- &#$2022; Using macros to automate your legal document drafting
- &#$2022; Keeping your digital case files organized so there is no confusion about which documents are current
- &#$2022; Tips for legal-specific formatting issues
- &#$2022; Safely and ethically sharing and collaborating on documents
- &#$2022; And more!