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Customer Questions from the Last WebNotes The following questions were from West Forms customers like you in response to last month's West Forms WebNotes. Q: Why can't another user from my firm find and edit documents that are specific to my attorneys, and that I've prepared in ProDoc? Can't this program be networked to encompass all our clients and documents? Q: I recently purchased a new laptop with Windows 7 as its operating system. What must I do to stop using the old laptop and use its license (one of two) to use ProDoc on the new laptop which has no ProDoc program on it presently? Q:
Does ProDoc support Microsoft Office® 2010? ProDoc Customer Support: Save Editing Time Using Case Data Sheets There is a faster and easier way to conduct the initial review of ProDoc-generated documents using the Case Data Sheet feature. Your legal assistant/paralegal can quickly and easily print a Case Data Sheet after generating a document. The Case Data Sheet shows all of the document assembly and client matter choices your legal assistant/paralegal made during the assembly process. If some of the choices are incorrect, it is much easier to spot those issues on the Case Data Sheet with all of the boilerplate stripped out. This process also makes it very easy for your assistant to identify the data to be corrected and then make those revisions. After such a review of the Case Data Sheet, when your legal assistant/paralegal presents the document(s) for your review, you can feel more confident that the major legal issues are already resolved. This provides you more time to focus on the finer legal issues. Learn how to use case data sheets >> Practice Tip: Succession Planning Leaving practice, for whatever reason, is less daunting when you have a plan in place. You'll find below a checklist for succession planning and a success story of a smooth transition in a solo firm. Read Exit, Stage Left! A Succession Planning Checklist for Lawyers >> Tech Tip: ABA's Smart Phone Buying Guide If you're not a techy-type, you may be overwhelmed with your choices for smart phones. The recently released ABA smart phone buying guide provides a basic primer on operating system options, software applications (Apps), models and features, and coverage and carriers that you might find enlightening. Read the ABA Smart phone buying guide >> Tech Tip: Using a Wiki to Promote Collaboration What's a wiki and why on earth would our firm ever need one—both reasonable questions. However, at least one large law firm has found wikis invaluable for promoting and simplifying collaboration within its ranks. They found that the wikis in their firm were quick and easy to set up, required very little IT support, and provided benefits beyond their initial expectations. Read Collaboration Through Wikis at Hicks Morley >> Tech Tip: Taming Your Email Inbox Handy as email is, it can be exasperating dealing with the flood of email we deal with every day. With a little planning, however, you can make tame the email beast— leaving more time for everything else you would rather be doing than dealing with your email. Read The Inbox Ninjas: Helping You Chop Through Your E-Mail Inbox >> Vent—Tell Us What's on Your Mind This is your opportunity to what's on your mind. Email us your suggestions and other feedback. |
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