New York Word Legal User Group

Presentation uploaded

sdandy — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 23:46:05 +0000

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!

NY WLUG_Collaboration Collision 10272011

October Meeting Details

sdandy — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 12:16:50 +0000

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

June Meeting Details

sdandy — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:50:10 +0000

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

sdandy — Fri, 27 May 2011 11:37:56 +0000

Sherry 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!

NY WLUG – The Finer Points of Word’s Styles, Templates

May Meeting Details

sdandy — Mon, 16 May 2011 16:48:03 +0000

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.

Early warning for our May meeting

sdandy — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 11:01:18 +0000

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

Thanks…

sdandy — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 10:56:17 +0000

…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

April Meeting Details

sdandy — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 19:30:09 +0000

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

We’re back!

sdandy — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:12:54 +0000

Our next meeting will be on April 28th 2011. More details to follow soon.

Presentation from our December meeting

sdandy — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 12:43:01 +0000

The 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.