Are you a Time Matters user looking to learn more about this powerful software, or, do you have a new staff member who needs to get up to speed on the system they use every day? Join us Tuesday, June 15, at the Ohio State Bar Association Headquarters for a Time Matters Workshop.

Our morning session (8:30AM – noon) will focus on Time Matters Basics. We’ll cover key functionality that will allow you to maximize this software including: Calendaring; Contact Management; Matters Navigation; Basic Document Assembly.

The following afternoon session (1 – 4:30PM) will cover Time Matters Advanced features including: Accounting Integration, QuickTabs, Scheduling, Templates, Indexing, and Advanced Document Assembly.

All training will be conducted by a certified independent consultant from Affinity Consulting who has passed rigorous certification exams from LexisNexis. Each course will include not only instruction but also tips and tricks as well as hands on training with Time Matters.

Discounts are available for individuals who choose to attend both sessions as well as for firms who send multiple attendees. We also offer a limited number of computers for rent that will be preloaded with Time Matters and work samples for each course.

Contact Alison Lukan at 614.602.5573 or alukan@affinityconsulting.com for more information or to register. Space is limited so REGISTER TODAY!

Are you a Time Matters user looking to learn more about this powerful software, or, do you have a new staff member who needs to get up to speed on the system they use every day? Join us Tuesday, June 15, at the Ohio State Bar Association Headquarters for a Time Matters Workshop.

Our morning session (8:30AM – noon) will focus on Time Matters Basics. We’ll cover key functionality that will allow you to maximize this software including: Calendaring; Contact Management; Matters Navigation; Basic Document Assembly.

The following afternoon session (1 – 4:30PM) will cover Time Matters Advanced features including: Accounting Integration, QuickTabs, Scheduling, Templates, Indexing, and Advanced Document Assembly.

All training will be conducted by a certified independent consultant from Affinity Consulting who has passed rigorous certification exams from LexisNexis. Each course will include not only instruction but also tips and tricks as well as hands on training with Time Matters.

Discounts are available for individuals who choose to attend both sessions as well as for firms who send multiple attendees. We also offer a limited number of computers for rent that will be preloaded with Time Matters and work samples for each course.

Contact Alison Lukan at 614.602.5573 or alukan@affinityconsulting.com for more information or to register. Space is limited so REGISTER TODAY!

How many times have you received a PDF and desperately wished you had that PDF as a Word document?  Often, the thought of retyping all that information is too daunting to undertake. Thanks to Zamzar, there is now a free online utility that will quickly convert your files from one type to another.  Zamzar supports a variety of file types including documents, images, music and video.  Their video conversion works very well.  I have been using Zamzar to convert YouTube and DVD files for quite some time.

Simply go to Zamzar’s home page to upload your file and select the format to which you wish to have it converted. Within a few minutes, you receive an email containing a link to where you may download the converted file. You can then download this file and/or enter email addresses to share the new file type with others.

We found Zamzar to be easy to use, fast and fairly accurate. A few important points to consider before you start uploading all your files – particularly if they are confidential in nature:

• Files that you upload are stored on Zamzar’s servers
• Unless you go with the highest level of subscription, ($49/ mo), you are not getting SSL security on the data you are transmitting back and forth to Zamzar
• Specific to PDFs, a non-searchable PDF may not convert very well
• Our tests revealed a high level of accuracy during PDF conversion but it is still worth it to review a converted file – some formatting/spacing quirks occurred throughout documents
• Depending on your subscription level, documents are only accessible to you for a certain amount of time

All in all, Zamzar is a great addition to one’s technology tool kit. It’s still in Beta and we’re looking forward to seeing this product mature. Check it out!

In your “Find” or “Save As” dialog, you do not always have to use your mouse to select the correct client or matter.  A better solution is in the works from Worldox development, but for right now, we’ve found a solution which isn’t too bad!  We like it FAR better than using your mouse!!

Hit Save or execute a Find or Find Template:

1)         Type  ALT + 1 or ALT + 2 to popup the client or matter table (note that the number corresponds to the field number, as see in the above screen shot)

2)         Start typing, CODE or DESCRIPTION work and it will find match.

3)         Hit return, return to select and you are done.

Affinity Consulting Group presents a free webinar on document assembly in the law office or legal department

Date: 03/23/2010

Time: 3:00 PM EDT

Presenter: Barron K. Henley, Esq.

Stop Reinventing The Wheel! Automate Your Document Drafting: Generating documents is a primary area of inefficiency for many law firms and legal departments. Therefore, reducing the resources required to create accurate documents immediately improves the bottom line. There are much better options for drafting new documents than trying to find a similar old document as a starting point. This seminar shows you all of your document automation options from using the tools already present in your word processor to commercial drafting systems to document assembly software. Learn how to increase speed and accuracy simultaneously, and take your drafting efficiency to the next level!

REGISTER HERE