Font and Paragraph Formatting in Word: What Attorneys Need to Know

Agenda / Content Covered

1:00 - 2:00, Barron K. Henley

1. Font Formatting
   1. Inserting Symbols and Assigning Shortcut Keys to Them
   2. Non-Breaking Spaces and Hyphens - When to Use and How to Insert Them
2. Paragraph Formatting
   1. Paragraph Alignment
   2. Line Spacing
   3. Automatic Paragraph Spacing - Why It's Critical
   4. Avoiding Page Breaks by Holding Headings, Text, and Paragraphs Together
   5. Better Page Breaks

Accreditation Details:

Barron K Henley , Esq. is one of the founding partners of Affinity Consulting Group, a legal technology consulting firm focused on automating and streamlining law firms and legal departments. Mr. Henley is the primary author of Microsoft Word for Legal Professionals and has taught Word classes for lawyers and legal support staff for over 25 years. He earned his B.S./B.A. degree (marketing and economics) and his J.D. degree from The Ohio State University; and is a member of the American, Ohio State and Columbus bar associations; and the Worthington Estate Planning Council. He is a fellow of the College of Law Practice Management, a fellow of the American Bar Foundation, a member of Ohio Supreme Court Commission on Technology and the Courts, and a member of both the ABA Law Practice Management and the Real Property Trust and Estate Law ("RPTE") sections. He's also a former member of RPTE Futures Task Force, a former board member for the ABA TECHSHOW, and the former chair of the Ohio State Bar Association's Law Office Automation & Technology Committee.