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WordPerfect Tables; Excel for Billing Time; iPhone Dictation Apps Comparison; Simple Document Management; Windows Vista Tip

By Sara Skiff | Thursday, June 24, 2010

Coming today to Answers to Questions: Karl Rowe discusses everything you need to know about tables in WordPerfect, Sam Craig shares an Excel tip for time billing, Bob Leonard reviews iPhone dictation apps Dictamus, HT Professional Recorder, and iTalk, Bruce Berls sets the record straight on Window's Vista network map, and Andrew Weltchek shares a file naming tip for document management. Don't miss this issue.

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Topics: Accounting/Billing/Time Capture | Automation/Document Assembly/Macros | Business Productivity/Word Processing | Coming Attractions | Dictation/OCR/Speech Recognition | Document Management | Laptops/Smartphones/Tablets | Law Office Management | Networking/Operating Systems | TL Answers

Comparative Review of Online Billing Solutions; Pages v. Word; PCmover Review; $20,000 Typewriter; Much More

By Sara Skiff | Friday, June 18, 2010

Today's issue of Fat Friday contains these articles:

William Shilling, Comparative Review: Toggl v. QuickBooks v. Freshbooks v. TimeSolv

Harry Steinmetz, Review: Pages on a Mac as a Microsoft Word Replacement

Doug Haverkamp, Review: PCmover for Migrating Applications to Windows 7

Douglas Thomas, The $20,000 Typewriter: We've Come a Long Way

Tom Trottier, Tip: The Perfect Place to Practice Public Speaking and Find New Clients

Don't miss this issue — or any future issues.

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Our most serendipitous offering, Fat Friday consists of unsolicited contributions by TechnoLawyer members. You'll no doubt enjoy it because of its mix of interesting topics and genuinely useful knowledge, including brutally honest product reviews and informative how-tos. The Fat Friday newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.

Topics: Accounting/Billing/Time Capture | Business Productivity/Word Processing | Coming Attractions | Dictation/OCR/Speech Recognition | Fat Friday | Laptops/Smartphones/Tablets | Law Firm Marketing/Publications/Web Sites | Networking/Operating Systems | Online/Cloud | Utilities

Less Accounting: Read Our Exclusive Report

By Neil J. Squillante | Thursday, June 17, 2010

Today's issue of TechnoLawyer NewsWire covers an online accounting application (see article below), a mobile dictation app, a mobile scanning app, a wireless charger, and an online billing solution. Don't miss the next issue.

Simpler Accounting and Billing

"Less is more" should apply to cliches. But this overused saying is appropriate for software. What explains the success of mobile apps these days? They're a throwback to the simple yet functional applications of the early PC era. Developers of PC applications should take heed — not only when developing software, but Web applications (SaaS) too. For example, early accounting and billing SaaS products were often just as complex as their desktop counterparts. But some developers have heard the call.

Less Accounting … in One Sentence
Less Everything's Less Accounting is an online accounting system.

The Killer Feature
Many law firms dislike their accounting systems. But accounting systems have superglue-like lock-in — it's difficult to transfer your data to other accounting systems. Unless you use QuickBooks.

The downside of being king of the hill is that everyone has a target on your back. Less Accounting claims that it can import your QuickBooks data in two minutes. It also integrates with several popular online applications such as HighRise and PayPal.

Other Notable Features
Less Accounting's personalized Dashboard lists bank balances, unpaid bills, pending proposals, and how your firm spends its money. You can import bank statements every month. You can also adjust a number of business settings, including bill templates, bank accounts, users and privileges, and more.

Less Accounting tracks expenses using standard IRS categories, which you can modify. You can create and send bills within the body of an HTML email message or as a PDF attachment. Like every application nowadays it seems, Less Accounting has an accompanying iPhone app, primarily for viewing information and entering expenses.

What Else Should You Know?
Less Accounting offers four plans ranging in price from $12/month to $300/month. The plans differ not by number of users, but by feature set. Learn more about Less Accounting.

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So many products, so little time. In each issue of TechnoLawyer NewsWire, you'll learn about five new products for the legal profession. Pressed for time? The "In One Sentence" section describes each product in one sentence, and the "Killer Feature" section describes each product's most compelling feature. The TechnoLawyer NewsWire newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.

Topics: Accounting/Billing/Time Capture | Online/Cloud | TL NewsWire

More Mac Mythbusters; ISYS Review; Multiple Monitors; Documate v. ScanSnap; Exercise Balls

By Sara Skiff | Thursday, June 17, 2010

Coming today to Answers to Questions: Legal software developer Andy Satori lays down the law on Macs and exposes some myths in the process, Michael Schley reviews ISYS:Desktop 9 for desktop searching, Nicholas Bettinger shares a tip for using multiple monitors, Jerry Gonzalez compares the Xerox Documate 252 scanner to the Fujitsu ScanSnap, and Michael Jones explains why the size of your exercise ball matters. Don't miss this issue.

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Topics: Accounting/Billing/Time Capture | Business Productivity/Word Processing | Coming Attractions | Dictation/OCR/Speech Recognition | Laptops/Smartphones/Tablets | Law Firm Marketing/Publications/Web Sites | Networking/Operating Systems | Online/Cloud | TL Answers

TitleLog for Time Capture; Casemaker Review; Worldox for Solos?; Public Health Care; SaaS Concerns

By Sara Skiff | Friday, June 11, 2010

Coming today to Fat Friday: Tom Trottier reviews open source TitleLog for time capture, Robert Rice re-reviews Casemaker, Michael Jones reviews Worldox for document searching, Richard Ure discusses the differences between American and Australian public health care, and Theo Rand shares his cloud computing concerns. Don't miss this issue.

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Our most serendipitous offering, Fat Friday consists of unsolicited contributions by TechnoLawyer members. You'll no doubt enjoy it because of its mix of interesting topics and genuinely useful knowledge, including brutally honest product reviews and informative how-tos. The Fat Friday newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.

Topics: Accounting/Billing/Time Capture | Automation/Document Assembly/Macros | Coming Attractions | Document Management | Fat Friday | Law Office Management | Legal Research | Online/Cloud

WPD-to-DOCX Conversions; iPhone Review; PDF Bookmarks Tip; Retainer Fees; File Naming

By Sara Skiff | Thursday, June 10, 2010

Coming today to Answers to Questions: Karl M. Rowe shares tips for converting WordPerfect documents to Word format, Andrew Weltchek offers some advanced PDF bookmark tips, Bob Leonard discusses the importance of refreshing retainer fees, Howard Raab reviews the iPhone's note taking abilities, and Rick Cloud shares an important tip for naming files. Don't miss this issue.

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Topics: Accounting/Billing/Time Capture | Business Productivity/Word Processing | Coming Attractions | Document Management | Email/Messaging/Telephony | Laptops/Smartphones/Tablets | Law Office Management | Online/Cloud | TL Answers | Utilities

Chrometa for Automatic Time Capture

By Sara Skiff | Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Coming today to TechnoFeature: To accurately track all your time, you could hire someone to sit in your office and watch you work. But do you want someone staring at the back of your head all day? In this TechnoFeature article, Bryan Sims reviews an alternative solution — Chrometa, which tracks what you do on your PC. In his review, Bryan discusses how he uses Chrometa as well as an alternative method. Did Chrometa help Bryan capture more billable time? Read his review to find out.

How to Receive TechnoFeature
Our flagship newsletter never disappoints thanks to its in-depth reporting by leading legal technology and practice management experts, many of whom have become "household names" in the legal profession. It's in TechnoFeature that you'll find our oft-quoted formal product reviews and accompanying TechnoScore ratings. The TechnoFeature newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.

Topics: Accounting/Billing/Time Capture | TechnoFeature

Email Archiving/Filing Tip; Google Voice Review; Mac Switcher Tip; Stamps by Fax; Split Billing Tip

By Sara Skiff | Thursday, June 3, 2010

Coming today to Answers to Questions: Bryan Conway explains how to use Adobe Acrobat for archiving and filing email, David Grabill reviews Google Voice, Edward Kionka offers some money-saving and other tips for law firms that switch from PC to Mac, Marilyn Herrera explains how she buys postage, and Paul Purdue suggests a program for split fee billing. Don't miss this issue.

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Topics: Accounting/Billing/Time Capture | Business Productivity/Word Processing | Coming Attractions | Document Management | Email/Messaging/Telephony | Laptops/Smartphones/Tablets | Monitors | Networking/Operating Systems | Online/Cloud | TL Answers

Review: Credenza: Practice Management in Microsoft Outlook

By Sara Skiff | Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Coming today to TechnoFeature: Do you use Outlook? Do you use Outlook to manage your law firm? Do you find it inadequate because it organizes information by contact rather than by client/matter? Gavel & Gown's Credenza is an Outlook add-on that gives Outlook the features of a practice management system, including organization of your documents and email by client/matter. It also handle billing chores, including posting of time entries to accounting systems. But how does it stack up against dedicated case management systems? We asked practice management expert Diane Ebersole to use Credenza for a few months and report back. In this TechnoFeature article, she reviews Credenza top to bottom.

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Topics: Accounting/Billing/Time Capture | Practice Management/Calendars | TechnoFeature

Evergreen Retainers; Mac Switcher's Croc Tears; Reviews of Vito Sound Explorer, Acronis True Image, PagePlus

By Sara Skiff | Thursday, May 20, 2010

Coming today to Answers to Questions: Roy Johnston shares a tip on evergreen retainer fees, Richard Lehrman discusses what he missed about Windows after switching to Mac, Mike Fellows reviews Vito Sound Explorer for mobile dictation, Stephen C. Carpenter reviews Acronis True Image 10 for backing up and restoring data, and Joshua Stein reviews PagePlus X3. Don't miss this issue.

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