Practice Management Features |
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Productivity |
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Grab and Add New Contacts
Create a new contact in Abacus without typing? Now you can! Just
highlight and copy any name and address from another program, document,
website, or signature block in an
email and ‘Add from Clipboard’ to have Abacus automatically create
a new contact record without you having to type the name and address.
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No Skipped Backups
Most backup systems skip files currently in use. When a staff
member forgets to log out of Abacus before leaving, it can mean
your most important backup data gets skipped. Never again! Now
Abacus can automatically log off users after hours so your backup
will be complete. Administrators can now easily log everyone off
at any time for system maintenance or updates.
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Multiple Names and Matters
Side-by-Side
Ever wanted to have two name or matter screens up at the same
time? Now you can. Open two or more name, event, or matter windows
at the same time so you can easily compare records side-by-side
or have quick access to everyone’s data on a conference call.
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Lightning Fast Note and Event
Searches
Tired scrolling endlessly through notes and events, looking for the one you need?
With Lightening Fast Note and Event Searches, use Google-style syntax to find
notes and events quickly. Results come up almost instantaneously. |
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Excel Spreadsheet Integration
Set up any excel spreadsheet as a template, say for settlements,
or divorce support, and merge data from Abacus matters directly
into Excel with just a click. Link the spreadsheet to the matter
and client in Abacus just like any other document.
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New PDF Report Engine
Ever wish that Abacus reports were as easy to view and manipulate
as PDF documents? Now they are! All Abacus reports are now in
PDF format and easier to read, to zoom, to navigate, and have more
options for printing and fonts.
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Document Control |
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Save-and-Log™ Document Organization
Stop searching for documents because they weren’t saved correctly.
Abacus now lets you establish a standard naming convention and
path for saving Word documents and Abacus forms so everyone in
your office gets it right automatically. This eliminates manual
set-up of case folders and manual naming of case documents. No
more frustrating searches or having to re-create missing documents.
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Drag and Drop Document Linking
Link any file to a name or matter simply by dragging it to the
name or matter. The file is linked and pertinent information about
the file – file name, author, time, etc. – is saved.
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Adobe Scan and Link
Use Adobe Acrobat
Version 9 and go paperless. Scan your
paper documents, convert them to PDF format, and link them to
the name and matter in Abacus. |
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SmartPhones |
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Sync to Newer SmartPhones
Abacus is now compatible with
Palm Desktop 6.x and
BlackBerry Desktop Manager 4.2-5.0. |
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One Step Sync to the iPhone
Got an iPhone? Want to sync your Abacus contacts, calendar events
and alarms? Abacus syncs to your iPhone in a one click, single
step process. |
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PDF Court Forms |
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PDF Court Form Design Suite
Abacus currently offers over 10,000 PDF court forms in hundreds
of jurisdictions. But you’re not limited to just those. You can
now use the Abacus PDF Court Form Design Suite to download any
PDF form, add it to your forms library, and make it automatically
fill from Abacus data. Design Suite enhancements include a spell
checker, automatic calculations, improved design tools and the
ability to create read-only final version of forms.
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Google-style Form Search
Don’t waste time searching for the court form you need by searching
through individual folders. Use the new Google-style search bar
to quickly find your forms by typing in the part of the name, form
number or category.
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Legal Solutions and Smart Laser Conversion
Import forms data from Legal Solutions and Smart Laser. Why enter
the same information you already have in Abacus into Legal Solutions
or Smart Laser? Abacus does all your court forms faster, easier,
and at a lower cost than any other program. |
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Ease of Use |
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Easy Eyes Previews
You know name, event, and matter lists show the highlighted record
info in a preview pane to the right. Now, the preview pane is an
HTML window. You can customize it to show the info most important
to you displayed in the fonts and layout that makes finding the
people, cases and events faster and easier on your eyes.
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Instant Google Searches
Highlight any information in Abacus, (such as word, a name, a case)
right click and select Google search. Google opens with the search
results such as a definition, related information, etc.
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Fast Event Prioritization
View events by priority and color on your daily organizer. Quickly
change the priority and associated color of any event on your daily
organizer using the right-click menu.
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MessageSlips Previews
Similar to other popular instant messaging applications, Abacus
MessageSlips now displays a message preview when you get an incoming
message.
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Super Intake Forms
Enter all new case, parties, and event information in just one screen
using the super Intake Form system. Abacus automatically links
the matter and parties for you.
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Simplified Installation
No more entering 16 digit license numbers. No more taking a
CD to each workstation. Pop the CD into the server, enter your
firm name and 5 digit customer code, click and watch the installer
do everything else – automatically connecting to our server and
downloading all of your licenses as well as the latest program
updates, court rules, and forms. It’s as effortless as possible. |
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Alarms |
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Smart Alarms
Don’t get caught short for time. Need 5 minutes to prepare for a
phone call, but 1 hour to prepare and get to court? Smart alarm
reminders let’s you set a different advance time for each event so
you’ll always have enough time to be on time.
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Alarms Actions
Not only will Abacus alert you in advance of your scheduled event,
it will pop up an easy to read summary, give you the option of
dismissing and snoozing alarms, and let you respond by generating
a form or sending an email.
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Smart Phone Alarm Sync
Don’t miss important alarms because you’re not at your desk.
Abacus alarms now synchronize to your smart phone. Now you can
be confident that wherever you go, the event details and alarms
popping up on your smart phone will keep you on track.
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Accounting Management Features |
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Productivity |
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Speed Optimization - Faster
Load Times
Abacus Accounting now loads almost instantly and runs noticeably faster. |
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Time Ticket Finder
Find time tickets quickly. You can now use multiple criteria
– start date, end date, matter number, timekeeper, activity code,
and ticket type – to find the time tickets you need. You can also
use any of these criteria to sort the results.
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Integration |
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Quickbooks Data Import
Do you want to use AbacusLaw for accounting but don’t want to
lose your Quickbooks data? AbacusLaw will now import all your
contacts, matters and chart of accounts from QuickBooks, making
the transition easier.
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Enhanced Online Banking
Online Banking is now compatible with hundreds more banks. |
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