We track the recent volatility in the template management market, which means template projects need to be elevated to the top of the pile if users are to avoid wasting countless hours on manual formatting. Amid all the noise and
Simultaneous co-authoring of documents is becoming an integral part of users’ working day, but it is bringing challenges with it. The pandemic, as has been endlessly discussed, kick-started a huge upheaval in remote working. What has been a slightly slower
If you speak to any law firm IT department about what is on top of their to-do list right now, you can almost guarantee that it will involve a long list of projects around upgrading their document management system; moving
A recent article published by The Law Society highlighted that amidst current market conditions, law firms continue to face significant challenges in 2023, underscoring the criticality of productivity in law firms. Increasing Demands As clients seek greater value, it’s crucial
In the past, Microsoft Word templates in law firms have relied on VBA code. iManage, the preferred document management system, has designed its interface to work with VBA through all upgrades up to iManage Work 9. However, a major change
There is a listing of fonts available in Microsoft Office 365 – that is Word, PowerPoint and Excel. There are the same fonts that are available in desktop applications. This is where you find a listing of the fonts. Cloud
Kutana has acquired a major share of complementary business, Brochet, to build on the strengths of both companies and to offer even more value in support and features to clients. Both Kutana and Brochet are established independent businesses working in
Microsoft has announced they will be adjusting the policy around managing the security of Active Content (e.g. add-ins and macros) in Office 365 documents. The most salient point is that they are changing the hierarchy of who can allow this
We had a burst of activity at Brochet a few months ago when legislation changed around document accessibility. Any submissions to Government departments are now required to be fully accessible. In practice, this means the Adobe Acrobat Accessibility checker should
We have been finding that changes rolled out in the Current channel have been causing problems in the way Word handles a task or routine. Our challenge is that it is affecting existing routines that are robust and stable. When
We had reports of problems appearing in the some of the paragraph styles in our client Word templates running in Microsoft 365. Styles are being randomly changed in a block of Autotext when we insert it into a document. It
The CARA Workspace – an intelligent platform, capable of managing both data and documents – is an exciting new alternative for law firms We have partnered with Generis, who we know well, from working with pharmaceutical firms for over 20 years, to
One of the hot topics discussed at the British Legal Technology Forum 2020 was Legal Design. And it got me thinking …
Some tips to producing better documents
I’ve just spent ages trying to sort out how the blank workbook launches. These notes refer to Excel in Office 16 and 365. What tripped me up is that you can control the blank workbook displayed when you open Excel
Up until now Microsoft have listed the fonts that come with different version of their products. This link to their latest listing is very ambiguous and doesn’t even list Windows 10 or Office 2016 against Arial which doesn’t make any
If you use Adobe InDesign the normal comment on Microsoft Word is: IT’S RUBBISH. For our money that is normally the response of someone who hasn’t stopped to consider the differences.
In our training sessions we often advise users not to copy the last paragraph maker when copying and pasting between documents. What is it about the last paragraph marker that makes it so special?
We sometimes have clients who are confused when they see what they perceive to be strange squiggles and characters in their Word document. These are non-printing characters. It can be very useful to be able to display and review these
Use Styles to enhance your documents so that they look even better. The added bonus is that it will save you time. Styles are essentially shorthand for all the formatting characteristics you want for your text.
Section breaks in Microsoft Word help you to create highly sophisticated documents. They are a very powerful feature but they need to be used with care. Easy to insert they can be awkward and confusing to delete. Bearing that in
Some people think Word can only handle four versions of a font family – regular, bold, italic and bold italic.
Before purchasing additional fonts for MS Office it is worth checking if someone will be able to view it on another computer.