Sherry Kappel has kindly shared her PowerPoint presentation from this week’s WLUG meeting. There are some some great annimations and links in here ….Enjoy!
Here are the details of our next meeting. To RSVP please email nywlug@gmail.com.
When…
Thursday October 27th 2011
9 a.m. breakfast
9:30 – 11:30 presentation
What…
Avoiding the Collaboration Collision
Our industry’s methods for the production of legal work product are evolving in response to:
· Technology advancements
· Corporate Counsel demands
· Economic pressures
· Competition, brand identity
Microsoft Office 2010 opens the possibility to rethink and reposition the legal team’s authoring environment to meet the new reality of higher quality, modern electronic documents. Learn how new and re-architected functionality drives collaboration, comparison and co-authoring efficiencies and improves the firm’s ability to remain competitive into the future.
Who…
Sherry Kappel
Chief Innovation Officer
Microsystems
www.microsystems.com
Where…
Kraft & Kennedy, Inc.
360 Lexington Avenue
10th Floor
New York, New York 10017
Telephone: 800.523.3081 or 212.986.4700
Here are the details of our next meeting. To RSVP please email nywlug@gmail.com.
When…
Thursday June 23rd 2011
9 a.m. breakfast
9:30 – 11:30 presentation
What…
Best Authority – the present and the future.
Ian Levit will be doing a demonstration of the latest release of Best Authority, version 2.7.x. He will emphasize, using examples from documents from the large law firms, the way firms format TOAs, to meet both court requirements as well as attorney preferences, showing hoew they cannot be done in native word (TA/TOA fields), or any third party product based on the Word feature set.
As a special bonus, we will get a look at the pre-release of Best Authority Version 3.0. Version 3.0 is 5 to 50 times faster than Best Authority 2.7x, and includes many new features, including an interactive live preview of the completed TOA.
Who…
Ian Levit
Vice President
Levit & James Inc.
www.levitjames.com
Where…
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
One World Financial Center
New York, NY 10281
Directions to Cadwalader:
X marks the location of One World Financial Center.
The closest subways are scored in blue. If you take the 1 local, get off at Rector Street and walk N towards Albany Street. Go West and cross the West Side Highway at Albany Street. We are the building that is on your right as soon as you cross the West Side Highway. The official address is 200 Liberty Street or One World Financial Center. Proceed to reception on the 39th floor.
PowerPoint from our May Meeting
Published May 27, 2011 Meetings , Office 2007 , Office 2010 Leave a CommentSherry Kappel has kindly shared her presentation with us. Note that there are ‘bonus features on this disc’ …… there are resources and added links at the end of the presentation, as well as a few slides we did not actually get to!
Here are the details of our next meeting. To RSVP please email nywlug@gmail.com.
When…
Thursday May 26th 2011
9 a.m. breakfast
9:30 – 11:30 presentation
What…
The Finer Points of Word’s Styles, Templates & Building Blocks
In this deep-dive of the finer points of Word 2010’s styles, templates & building blocks, Sherry Kappel, Sr. VP and Chief Innovation Officer (Microsystems) will showcase the devilish details learned as the legal industry reestablishes its document design and automation architectures for Office 2010. We’ll also review the impact of your decisions on document exchange and compatibility with the OpenXML file formats. Our review will include:
Building your Building Blocks
- Built-in Galleries
- Custom Galleries
- Automation Opportunities
- Why (new) Styles & Themes Matter
Templates
- The New File | New
- Numbering, the TOC & Linked Styles
- Setting proper defaults (table styles, footnotes/endnotes, properties and tags)
- Quick Style Sets
Roundtripping lessons learned
- The Compatibility Pack: realistic expectations
- The Compatibility Mode…
- Setting .docx. as the Default File
Where…
Kirkland & Ellis
601 Lexington Avenue,
New York, New York 10022
Telephone: 212-909-3029 (Jeff Casper)
Main entrance is now on Lexington Ave, btw 53rd and 54th. Bring photo ID. Come directly to the 50th Floor Conference Center.
Sherry Kappel from Microsystems will be presenting at our May 26th meeting. Topic and host still to be confirmed. If your firm can host this meeting please contact us asap by emailing nywlug@gmail.com
…to all that were involved in our April meeting.
WLUG Panel members shared their Powerpoint challenges in planning to support their firm’s presentation needs, to the lessons learned in the process. Stephanie Krieger closed the meeting with her extensive knowledge of PowerPoint and various migrations issues we need to consider. For more information on the resources Stephanie shared with attendees, visit Stephanie’s website.
Panel Members:
Marsha Flowers – Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Greg Gerves - Sullivan & Cromwell
Jeff Casper – Kirkland & Ellis
Stephanie Krieger – Microsoft MVP http://www.arouet.net
Here are the details of our next meeting. To RSVP please email nywlug@gmail.com.
When…
Thursday April 28th 2011
9 a.m. breakfast
9:30 – 11:30 presentation
What…
What is New and Cool in PowerPoint 2007/2010
The format for the meeting will be a panel discussion/demonstration. Included will be a presentation of the new interface and the technical issues from the support/training and end user perspective.
We look forward to seeing you there.
Where…
Sullivan & Cromwell
125 Broad Street
New York, New York 10004
Telephone: 212-558-4000
Our next meeting will be on April 28th 2011. More details to follow soon.
Presentation from our December meeting
Published December 3, 2010 Meetings , Office 2007 , Office 2010 Leave a CommentThe PowerPoint from Sherry Kappel’s fantastic and very informative presentation is now available here: NY WLUG – The Three R’s for a Successful Word 2010 Deployment.
