President's Notes

by Judd Kessler, Esq.

Just as each version of AbacusLaw has new and enhanced features that make your law office run smoother and easier, you'll notice that Abacus Customer Care has also advanced to the next level.

In addition to providing tech support and special pricing on version updates, Customer Care now includes unlimited online access to training modules for Practice Management and Accounting Management. Your entire staff can connect to these modules at their convenience from the office, home, or anywhere they have Internet access. It's a great way to learn more features, quickly train new hires or refresh old skills.

Be sure to take advantage of this Customer Care benefit. Contact us today at 800-726-3339 for your access code. You'll be glad you did.

Class: Advanced E-Class - held privately
When: Can be done before or after the AM Billing
What You'll Learn: We will help you setup your actual financial balances.
Class Outline:

• Gather Financial Information
• Enter Actual Balances for Cash Accounts
• Enter all Checks
• Enter all Deposits

In this issue

• Feature Article - What To Do Before Hiring a Private Investigator
• Support Tip - Keeping TO-DOs Alive
• Training Spotlight - Let Us Help You Set Up Your Financials
• Special Offer - Laser Checks

[Bruce Kingsland is the founder and Managing Director of Bruce Kingsland & Associates, LTD, a Columbus, Ohio based investigative firm with over two decades experience offering services in 1,500 US cities and 40 countries.]

When it comes to hiring a private investigator, the most common misconception is that all investigators are basically the same and can simply be compared by cost. If your assignment pertains to potential or existing litigation and is - or eventually could become - sensitive in nature, the price of hiring an investigator should be the final question you take into account, never the first. Here's why. (Continued)

Click here to read the entire article.

To-Dos (Events that have TO-DO in the time field) if not marked done, will roll forward to the current date. That way if something is not done, it will stick on today's calendar until it is completed.

Sometimes, usually due to a bad index, TO-DOs can be left in the past. Since the program never looks back past the last time it rolled TO-DOs, they may get stranded in the past. If this ever happens you can go to File/Setup/System Options and uncheck the option labeled 'Update TO-DOs on Startup'. Click the OK button. Then go right back to File/Setup/System Options and recheck the 'Update TO-DOs on Startup'. When you do this it will force Abacus to Search the entire database for any stranded TO-DOs. Sometimes it may run across very old TO-DOs and ask if you want to update them. You must click Yes, otherwise the updating process will abort.