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1. F O R M O R E P R O D U C T I V E D R A F T I N G B Y
Lexis® for Microsoft Office®
FIVE
TOOLS
The Top

2. Legal Drafting Tools
Top 5
PDF Converter
Get Cited Docs
Check Cite Format
TOA Creator
Link to Cites

3. PDF Converter
1
Convert PDF attachments into Microsoft Word®
documents using the Convert Attachments
button in the ribbon.
The PDF file converts to Word doc with just a
few simple clicks, you now can access the
LexisNexis® ribbon from within Word.

4. "One of our legal secretaries
was putting together a brief recently and was able to
complete the citation checks in just 30 minutes.
She told us that same volume of work would have
taken her three to four hours before she had
access to Lexis for Microsoft Office"
-Shawnte Thomas
Practice Group Analyst
Burr & Forman LLP

5. Get Cited Docs
2
Create a “virtual stack” of all citations in the
right hand pane by press Get Cited Docs.
The Navigate menu allows for
sorting of the “virtual stack” by
Shepard’s Signal™ indicator.

6. "Simply put, Lexis for Microsoft Office
levels the playing field for a small
boutique litigation firm
such as ours."
-Joel Wesp, Senior Partner
Wesp Barwell, LLC
TVID: 705-7AC-1CF

7. Check Cite Format
3
Check and automatically correct the citation format for all the
citations in your document by selecting Check Cite Format.
.
Select the Set Cite Format
button from the ribbon to
select the appropriate
citation style manual.
Save time checking cite
formats with the Correct All
button

8. "The table of authorities used to take an hour
or more. Now, with Lexis for Microsoft Office
it takes just minutes to check all citations
and generate the table."
-District Attorney, County District
TVID: FED-EA8-D72

9. TOA Creator
4Produce a table of authorities for your document
by selecting the Prepare TOA button.
Select Format options to
adjust your format preferences.
The Table of Authorities is inserted in to your
document.

10. "By using Lexis for Microsoft Office,
we’ve been able to reduce the time
required to prepare a typical brief
in our office by approximately 65%."
-Vivian M. Williams, Esq.
Principle
Vivian M. Williams & Associates

11. Link to Cites
5
Make permanent hyperlinks between your cites and full text documents
on Lexis Advance by pressing Link to Cites. Just save and send.

12. F O R M O R E I N F O R M A T I O N :
Lexis® for Microsoft Office®
www.lexisnexis.com/office
LexisNexis, Lexis, Lexis Advance and the Knowledge Burst logo are registered trademarks and Shepard’s Signal is a trademark of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used under license.
Microsoft Office is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. © 2014 LexisNexis. All rights reserved.