TechnoLawyer: Utilities

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Faster Folder Navigation

For more than 20 years, open and save dialog boxes have required click after click after click as you drill down to the specific folder you need. Conspiracy theorists might conclude that a cabal of accessory manufacturers have blocked progress so that computer mice wear out faster. Whatever the reason, law firms would welcome a different approach given the many nested client/matter folders they typically use.

QuickJump … in One Sentence
TechHit's QuickJump is a Windows utility that enhances "File Open" and "Save As" dialog boxes.

The Killer Feature

TechHit's QuickJump aims to improve your productivity when opening and saving documents. QuickJump appears within every open and save dialog box. Instead of drilling through folders, you just type a few letters of the folder name. As you type, matching folders appear in the list below. When you see the folder you need, select it and open a document from that folder, or save a document to that folder.

"Many TechnoLawyer subscribers already use other TechHit products such as SimplyFile and MesageSave," TechHit CEO Alex Kovalchuk told us. "QuickJump's fast folder navigation will further save them time."

Other Notable Features
QuickJump does not limit you to typing the name of one folder not does it require contiguous data entry. For example, suppose you want to save a document to C:\Clients\Jones\Invoices\Unpaid. Instead of typing "Unpaid," which would pull up that folder for every client, you could instead type "inv jon unpa" to display just that one folder. Note that you need not type whole words or even type them in the order of the nested path.

QuickJump integrates with TechHit's MessageSave, an Outlook add-on that enables law firms to archive Outlook messages and create an audit trail for compliance and retrieval purposes. QuickJump makes the archival process even faster, especially if you archive your email messages in nested folders by client and matter.

What Else Should You Know?
QuickJump works with Windows XP, Vista, and 7. Pricing starts at $29.95 per user with volume discounts available. You can try it for free for 30 days. Learn more about QuickJump.

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