On the subject of saving time I recommend ContextExplorer for Word. It
is easy-to-use summarizing plug-in that radically increases
productivity and efficiency by creating concise summaries of documents
and Web pages. It pinpoints the key concepts and extracts the most
relevant sentences, giving a crisp summary with one click.

Once a summary is created you can immediately use it for your own
writing and share it through email. With ContextExplorer you spend
considerably less time reading without missing any vital information.

Also, if something draws your attention you can launch a search
directly from the summary and then summarize the search results.

There is a 3 month free trial so you may as well take advantage of it.

You can download ContextExplorer at: http://www.model.ca