plan transition and training as part of a firmwide rollout.
by roman h. kepczyk
quantum of paperless
to be effective in business today, every member of your firm must optimally utilize the microsoft office suite at an intermediate to advanced level for outlook, excel and word.
if your firm is on office 2007 or older, or has microsoft software assurance where the upgrade is included, you should jump to the 2013 version or consider the cloud-based office 365.
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today’s standard is office 2007 or 2010 and firms with previous and mixed versions should plan on moving everyone to the latest common version as soon as feasible.
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