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Converting to Office 2007 and Struggling with Word?

In collecting and analyzing massive amounts of legal helpdesk ticketing data, including more than 600,000 helpdesk tickets within a recent nine-month time frame, legal-specific outsourcers and internal helpdesks alike pinpointed a noticeable, albeit predictable trend: More than 50% of all tickets resolved by the helpdesk relate to Microsoft Office products, with Word and Outlook leading the charge.

13 minute read December 28, 2010 at 09:37 AM
By
Lance Waagner
Converting to Office 2007 and Struggling with Word?

The Pareto Principle states that for many events and occurrences, roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes. Better known as the 80-20 rule, this age-old axiom has modern-day application, particularly in business and economics.

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