With FiveSight's users almost entirely switched to non-Microsoft operating systems (namely, Mac OS X and debian Linux), it's an opportunity to ditch Microsfot Word entirely. (As little as I like Word, I like even less the use of .doc as the standard interchange format for business.) Using LATEX for documentation makes good sense, since the output via PDFLATEX is beautiful and portable. Moreover, both LATEX and tools to edit it (i.e., Emacs with AUCTEX) are generally available. Product documentation, Board minutes, and corporate letterhead were the first to go, and now contracts and other legal documents are following.
One of the challenges was signature blocks for contracts, but LATEX's tabular* environment makes it easy:
\begin{tabular*}{\textwidth}% =396pt in this case
{@{} \p{180pt} @{} \p{36pt} @{} \p{180pt} @{}}
& & \
\includegraphics[scale=0.10]{../images/fmugwump_signature.pdf}&
& \ \cline{1-1}\cline{3-3}
{\small By} & & {\small By}\
& & \
Farquar T. Mugwump, Esq. & & \ \cline{1-1}\cline{3-3}
{\small (printed)} & & {\small (printed)}\
& & \
Chief Foobar Officer & & \ \cline{1-1}\cline{3-3}
{\small Title} & & {\small Title}\
& & \
Newcular, LLC & & \ \cline{1-1}\cline{3-3}
{\small Company} & & {\small Company} \
\end{tabular*}
At least in my book, that beats mousing around for 15 minutes...
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