TurboLaw Networking Guide
July 28, 2006
One of the questions we are asked most often is “how do I network TurboLaw?” Even though networking TurboLaw is very, very simple, some people still find it intimidating - perhaps because they expect it to be difficult, because of experiences with other products.
Well, now everyone can rest easy, because we’ve finished our comprehensive visual TurboLaw Networking Guide. This multi-step guide takes you through everything you’ll need to know to get TurboLaw up & running on a network. You don’t even have to be a computer expert to follow along - it is equally easy for the computer novice.
So if you’ve been holding off on buying those extra licenses because you thought networking them was going to be difficult - think again, because it’s now as easy as watching a short video and answering a few simple questions. Likewise, if you’ve got TurboLaw installed on different computers but don’t have it networked yet, take a gander at this guide - it will help you figure out how to leverage the power of TurboLaw and your existing Windows Network to make your firm even more efficient.
To view the guide, click here.
“Blue-Ribbon” Help Center Articles
July 26, 2006
The TurboLaw Help Center contains a wealth of information on all sorts of situations and problems that people have encountered in the past. Here are some of the most popular and helpful articles:
Article TL00280 - Message “#VALUE” appears in Financial Statements
Article TL00220 - “{FORMTEXT}” appears in documents
Article TL00243 - “Error! Reference Source Not Found” appears in documents
Article TL00205 - Form fields are erased when document is printed
Article TL00204 - Error message “TurboLaw was unable to open the database…”
Article TL00138 - Unexpected error 4160 “bad file name”
Article TL00097 - How to enable macros
As always, you can search the entire TurboLaw Help Center by clicking here, or by using the “Search here for help” box in TurboLaw.
Those Pesky Macros
July 26, 2006
Almost every TurboLaw user has run into “macros” at some point. Macros are used in TurboLaw to help with creating, editing, and saving documents, so making sure that they are active and working is very important.
Most of the time, you won’t need to fiddle with your computer’s macro settings. This is because when TurboLaw is installed, it gives you a prompt to “enable macros,” and gives you the choice of “always trusting macros from this source/publisher.” Because TurboLaw macros are digitally signed for your protection, you can click “always trust,” which tells your computer to always enable the macros automatically. In most cases, this is all you need to do - however, digital certificates do expire, and some versions of Microsoft Word will ignore this setting, so you may run into problems later on.
To avoid problems, we recommend setting your computer’s macro security level to “medium.” The medium setting allows you to choose whether to enable macros or not. This puts control squarely back in your hands - which honestly is where everyone likes it.
To make the change, open Microsoft Word (or Microsoft Excel if you will be working on one of our few Excel-based forms, such as the Divorce Financial statements, or the Real Estate HUD forms) and click the “Tools” menu. Point to “Macro,” and then click “Security.” Then, simply change your security level to “Medium.” You will have to close Word (or Excel) for the changes to take effect.
Once you have done this, you will receive a prompt about macros whenever you open a document that needs them. If it is a TurboLaw document, you can safely click on “Enable Macros.”
Version 2.55
July 26, 2006
We’re very proud to announce the release of version 2.55 of TurboLaw this month. This version represents a major milestone for TurboLaw - as always, we continue to add features that are requested by our customers to the program, and 2.55 represents quite a lot of work in making TurboLaw easy to use.
If you don’t have version 2.55 yet, we highly recommend checking for updates to make sure you have it. Just click the “Updates” menu in TurboLaw and choose “Check for updates.” (We recommend doing this even if you have automatic updates turned on.) If you don’t know what version of TurboLaw you have, simply click the “Help” menu in TurboLaw and choose “About TurboLaw.” The version will be displayed there, along with some other information about the modules you have installed.
During the version 2.55 release cycle, you may also have noticed that we’ve added quite a few new documents - literally hundreds of new documents have been added; mostly to criminal, however we’ve also updated correspondence documents throughout TurboLaw. If you have a slower Internet connection (such as dial-up), or if you don’t have an Internet connection at all, feel free to call us at (800) 518-8726 to request an update CD.
TurboLaw Newsletter: Volume 1, Issue 2
July 6, 2006
Click here to download the PDF version of this issue of the TurboLaw Newsletter.
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