Microsoft Word has had the Styles feature for several versions, and the Ribbon-based versions (Office 2007 and up) kick it up a notch by offering multiple sets of standard Styles. Or you can either modify an existing style or create a new style to fit your needs. All you have to do is select your text and the existing style to re-format. Word offers multiple sets of standard Styles already poised and ready for you in the toolbar. It’s a one-step way to apply multiple formatting settings for consistency throughout your document. For example, you can easily designate a style called “Heading 1” which formats all of your first-level headings in a particular font, single-spaced, and centered. Styles are a simple way to apply pre-set formatting definitions to blocks of text. Thank goodness for Word’s Styles feature. Add in the need to format that document and you may find you’d rather hit your head against a wall rather than continue to mess with formatting. It takes what can seem like years to put together a legal document. Of course, if you still need or want to print a copy of the document for review, you can do so with or without the redlines. With the tool active, modifications show as suggestions you can approve or reject instead of immediately taking effect. The track changes feature enables you and those around you to make changes to your documents for review. The days of circulating a paper copy for review are over. Word comes preloaded with some great basic features for lawyers who spend full days scrutinizing and composing legal documents. Microsoft Office for Lawyers: The Powerhouse Tool
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