
Let’s look at how to do this customization and icons you likely want to add to your QAT. Not only is the Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) one of the most time-saving tools in Microsoft Word, but it is easy to customize. How long might it take to browse a folder to select the correct Word file? Steps 1 and 2 in the second example literally take one second each.

It isn’t just that there are three steps instead of five that saves time.

This can be tedious with a document with many changes, but the payoff is when you are finished, you have the final version. Using Track Changes allows you to see all changes that have been made together with the original text. When many lawyers make final edits on a document, they print it off and make their edits with a pen. One of those efficiencies is using Track Changes in Microsoft Word.

Often there are easier ways to do our everyday tasks, but we can’t use more efficient techniques if we do not know about them.
