Office XP for Law Firms

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Summary: More MS than Legal
Review: I was greatly disappointed with this book. While it may be a nice reference to MS Office, its uniqueness for the legal aspect was poor. I expected to see some key elements related to the specifics of legal writing (setting up specific styles, conventions and fonts - cf. The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation). I was not interesed in the stuff on the CD and the one Word document I looked at --"Sample pleading.dot" -- used the tab to align text! It would have been far more effective using a table or even the margins. I sure wasted my money on this thing as I am proficient in Word (above in the other MS Office products). I had hoped not to have to reinvent the wheel, but I think I can do a much better job on my own.

Rating:
Summary: Not what I expected
Review: My fault, I didn't look at the authors and assumed it was by the company that wrote the other "for law firms" books. The book doesn't go into detail on any programs. The Word section is only 200 pages. Haven't looked at the CD yet but the book is adequate as an overview of Microsoft.

Rating:
Summary: Not what I expected
Review: My fault, I didn't look at the authors and assumed it was by the company that wrote the other "for law firms" books. The book doesn't go into detail on any programs. The Word section is only 200 pages. Haven't looked at the CD yet but the book is adequate as an overview of Microsoft.