Category: Microsoft

By Holly Sheriff November 16, 2025
Master litigation task management. We compare Microsoft Planner, Google Workspace, and Zoom as your tech toolkit to manage legal deadlines & workflows.
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By Holly Sheriff MSLS January 9, 2020
Stoping Microsoft Word from calling you “author” in comments is easier than you think. If Track Changes identifies you as “Author” instead of your username when you are inserting comments and edits, this means someone has used the Document Inspector to remove hidden data from the document. There are two ways to fix Word from [..] The post STOP MICROSOFT WORD FROM CALLING YOU AUTHOR appeared first on Best Virtual Paralegal, LLC.
A microsoft word document is open to a page about business building skills for solopreneurs attorneys and paralegals.
By Holly Sheriff MSLS December 29, 2019
How Does Holly Do That? A Building Business Blog Whether you think Microsoft Word is a great word processing tool or a necessary evil, you need to know how to use it to be a great legal professional. You’ll enjoy your life as a solopreneur attorney or paralegal more if you would face reality: nobody [..] The post MICROSOFT WORD: BUSINESS BUILDING SKILLS FOR SOLOPRENEUR ATTORNEYS & PARALEGALS appeared first on Best Virtual Paralegal, LLC.
By Holly Sheriff MSLS August 6, 2018
As a paralegal, I use Microsoft Excel every day to create spreadsheets, graphics, and trial exhibits.  Here are some of the most common shortcuts: CTRL + 1 Format Box ALT + E + S + T Copy Format ALT + H + 0 Increase Decimal CTRL + SHIFT + 7 Boxing ALT + H + [..] The post Excel shortcuts to help your practice appeared first on Best Virtual Paralegal, LLC.
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By Holly Sheriff MSLS July 18, 2018
 Keyboard shortcuts As a paralegal, business coach, and entrepreneur Microsoft Word Shortcuts are my favorite productivity tool.  It’s incredible how many paralegals and attorneys don’t use word shortcuts. I’m hoping this blog can help a few attorneys and paralegals start using a few word shortcuts. SHORTCUT DESCRIPTION Ctrl+0 Toggles 6pts of spacing before a paragraph. [..] The post Microsoft Word Shortcuts appeared first on Best Virtual Paralegal, LLC.
By Holly Sheriff MSLS July 15, 2018
DON’T SHARE YOUR DIRTY LAUNDRY HOW TO SCRUB YOUR WORD DOCUMENTS Original Publish date 2015 last updated 7/12/18 It’s amazing how many attorneys and paralegals still ask us “How to scrub a word document and a PDF document.” This is the #1 question asked at all our webinars and live seminars within the past three [..] The post HOW TO SCRUB YOUR WORD DOCUMENTS appeared first on Best Virtual Paralegal, LLC.