Create Legal Forms Using Microsoft® Word 2007
Course Specifications
Course number: 084069
Software: Microsoft® Office Word® 2007
Course length: 0.5 day(s)
Course Description
You are familiar with Microsoft® Office Word® 2007 and how it can be used to create, edit, and enhance basic business documents. Microsoft Word 2007 has a set of advanced tools that will help you create, enhance, and distribute forms quickly and effortlessly. In this course, you will employ these tools to create legal forms. 
Course Objective: You will create legal forms using Microsoft® Office Word® 2007.

Target Student: Legal advisors, lawyers, para legals, clients, and others that need to create legal forms using advanced tools in Microsoft® Office Word® 2007.

Prerequisites: To ensure success in this course, it is recommended that you have completed Element K's course titled Microsoft® Office Word® 2007: Level 1 or have equivalent knowledge.

Delivery Method: Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.
Hardware Requirements
For this course, you will need one computer for each student and one for the instructor. Each computer will need the following minimum hardware components: 
•	A 1 GHz Pentium®-class processor or faster.
•	A minimum of 256 MB of RAM. 512 MB of RAM is recommended.
•	A 10 GB hard disk or larger. You should have at least 1 GB of free hard disk space available for the Office installation. 
•	A CD-ROM drive.
•	A keyboard and mouse or other pointing device.
•	A 1024 x 768 resolution monitor is recommended.
•	Network cards and cabling for local network access.
•	Internet access (contact your local network administrator).
•	A projection system to display the instructor’s computer screen. 
Platform Requirements
•	Windows® XP
Software Requirements
•	Microsoft® Office Professional Edition 2007
•	Microsoft® Office Suite Service Pack 1
•	Windows® XP Professional with Service Pack 2
Performance-Based Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: 
•	create legal forms.
•	manage forms.
•	protect legal forms.
Course Content
Lesson 1: Creating Legal Forms
Topic 1A: Introduction to Word Forms
Topic 1B: Create a Printed Legal Form 
Topic 1C: Create Legal Forms That Users Complete in Word
Topic 1D: Insert Fields Using Quick Parts

Lesson 2: Managing Documents
Topic 2A: Create Linked Forms
Topic 2B: Create Master Documents and Subdocuments
Topic 2C: Insert the Table of Contents
Topic 2D: Insert the Table of Authorities

Lesson 3: Protecting Forms
Topic 3A: Protect a Legal Form
Topic 3B: Distribute Forms