What’s that new tab on your Office 2007 and 2010 ribbon? Why it’s Lexis research.
Lexis and Microsoft have announced a partnership that has the legal world watching. Lexis has been working on integration with the Office products for over a year now. It demonstrated the new “Lexis for Microsoft Office” product at LegalTech New York the beginning of February. Essentially, the add-on puts the Lexis research tools (including Shepardizing) right where you would find other functions in Word or Outlook. Lawyers spend most of their time in Word or Outlook so it makes sense to have a Lexis tab on the ribbon.
Some folks are less than enamored by the announcement and don’t see it as monumental. Others think the two gorillas will take over the legal research market with this tool. Time will tell. We’re always cautious when we speak of Lexis since they’ve been known to “eat their young,” although we don’t think they’ll acquire Microsoft in the near term.
- John and Mike
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