UK Law Firm Improves Client Service and Reduces Time Spent Fixing Documents with DocXtools

Downers Grove, IL and London, UK – October 04, 2011 – Microsystems, a leader in document quality, production efficiency and risk reduction associated with document collaboration, announced that UK Law Firm Simmons & Simmons is leveraging DocXtools to increase productivity by improving the speed with which they could apply templates, house styles and add cross references to legal work product.

Simmons & Simmons chose DocXtools to help them meet their goals because of its formatting functionality and ability to improve the speed of building and fixing cross references. "DocXtools clean and apply house styles are our main time savers. Our team reduces the time spent formatting documents by at least 50% over manual formatting," said Ruth Davison, Document Production & Secretarial Services Manager. "Manually applying cross references is a tedious task; DocXtools is a godsend," said Della Thompson, Document Production Team Leader at Simmons & Simmons.

About Simmons & Simmons

Simmons & Simmons is a leading international law firm with particular expertise in the financial institutions, life sciences, energy and infrastructure and TMT sectors. Over 820 Simmons & Simmons lawyers provide expert legal advice from 18 offices in major business and financial centers throughout Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

About Microsystems

Microsystems software and services drive document quality and production efficiency while reducing the risks associated with collaboration.

Specifically, DocXtools enhances the productivity of expert and non-expert Microsoft™ Word users by extending the application's compare, cross reference, style, numbering and table of contents functionality and providing automation to identify and correct document issues. To reduce risk, in addition to DocXtools, Microsystems offers a technologically advanced metadata solution that prevents leakage from the burgeoning use of mobile devices as well as from the desktop.

Since 1995, Microsystems software and services have improved a law firm's ability to exceed client expectations by allowing them to deliver the highest quality work product - safely and efficiently. Microsystems is based in the western suburbs near Chicago, Illinois. For more information, visit www.microsystems.com or call 630.598.1100.