Microsoft Word Meets Midpage
Midpage is building a Word add-in that litigators actually want. Read on to join our private beta.
When I was a practicing litigator, I used Word every day. But I never used Word add-ins. My firm gave me a suite of add-ins to choose from, but none of them stuck. None saved my time, improved my work product, or positively impacted my day-to-day. More often than not, using them just felt like more work.
But it is possible to build something more exciting than what is out there—beyond proofreading and creating tables of authority. Here is an early look at what a true legal co-pilot feels like in Word.
We compressed a six-step process1 into one step.2 Click on a gray citation in your draft to pull up the text that supports the relevant proposition stated in your draft.
This is the beginning. We have many exciting features in the pipeline. Join the private beta today to be the first to try them, or reach out to tell us what features are on your wishlist.
(1) Copy a citation in the draft; (2) open a new browser tab; (3) paste and search for the citation; (4) scroll around looking for the relevant section; (5) align your browser with your Word window to do a sign-by-side; (6) figure out how strongly the case supports your argument.
Read the relevant section of the cited case to figure out how strongly it supports your argument.