Word’s Intimidating Complexity Word’s greatest assets are its numerous features and immense potential. At the same time, they’re also its biggest drawbacks. Average users are barely aware of the far reaches of this expansive word processing capacity, never mind fluent in their workings. Mastering styles, for example, takes a substantial amount of time and effort.…
Maybe it comes from a good place, but Word’s constant need to ‘improve’ your writing can be frustrating. Disabling or editing the AutoCorrect and AutoFormat features in the Proofing tab can help avoid such enhancements, for example by removing the capitalization of certain letters or those pesky automated bullet points. Struggles with indents and layouts…
One thing that makes Word stand out is its simplicity. The ability to just open a tab and start writing like you would in a book is impressive. It needs no training. But this ease of use is often overlooked by the professional text-editing market. When it comes to more complex tasks (e.g. handling data,…
A groundbreaking survey of our customers revealed that fully 56% of the documents created in the average law firm in the U.S. are repetitive, where most of the text remains constant between uses but each use needs to be customized based on specific circumstances. As a result, nearly 26% of the firms’ labor expense, which…
Microsoft Word is a huge program seemingly offering something for everyone and every circumstance. It has grown so large, in fact, that we believe it is becoming musclebound, less able to perform basic functions even as its features list grows. Six months ago we began collecting reports of infrequent and seemingly random failures affecting a…
Our online Service Center has proven itself, with more than 500 articles and videos that cover nearly every question—but never all!—that can occur about using our software. The Service Center is designed to fit the user, with five different learning channels: everything from printed user manuals ranging from one to 200 pages, to hierarchical “classes”…
TheFormTool, LLC, a leading provider of document assembly and automation software to law firms and other information industries, saw total revenues increase 36% in 2017, with recurring revenues accounting for 73% of the total. The firm, second largest in its segment in number of customers, grew its customer base 27% year over year while expanding…
When we started the market research that eventually led to TheFormTool, we noticed the same failing that so disturbs Mr. Coker. The largest firm, at least at the time, was the major transgressor. Here is just a portion of his terrific comment on the approach some firms take. One of my pet peeves in this…
Wistia hosts our library of highly-respected training videos. We’ve created almost 400 videos that have been viewed more than 125,000 times. They provide general overviews as well as detailed instructions and demonstrations of all of the features and functions available with our software. Started from scratch three years ago, the library now delivers more than…
Numbers, to the extent they convey information, can be fascinating. Prior to the introduction of Doxserá DB 4.0, we had never heard the term “zettabyte” and had no clue as to its meaning or the magnitude it describes. Until then, the largest numbers in our experience were those used to describe federal spending, trillions. A…