We are very excited to announce the release of TurboLaw Document Software version 4.05 today! This new version is a major milestone for TurboLaw, incorporating a number of sweeping changes and improvements that have been a long time coming. Some of the changes are highly visible – like the new “Manage Parties” screen – and others are more subtle, such as a completely new document merge engine.
This update is available now and it will be installed automatically (if it hasn’t already) the next time you open TurboLaw. If you have automatic updates turned off in TurboLaw, you can check for updates by clicking the Tools tab and then clicking Check for Updates.
Here’s some of the biggest changes (you can view the complete list of changes in TurboLaw itself once you’ve received the update by clicking the Help tab and choosing What’s New):
- New Manage Parties window
- Now you can edit parties and opposing counsel that you’ve entered in any case without having to go into the case itself! You can also search your parties and find and delete duplicates or obsolete entries so they don’t clutter up your “Choose Existing Parties” window.
The new Manage Parties button
The Manage Parties window allows you to view all parties from all cases – and edit or delete them as needed. (Click the image to see more detail.)
- Now you can edit parties and opposing counsel that you’ve entered in any case without having to go into the case itself! You can also search your parties and find and delete duplicates or obsolete entries so they don’t clutter up your “Choose Existing Parties” window.
- New document merge engine
- TurboLaw now uses a completely new method for merging information into documents – this new method does not rely on macros being enabled, and is both faster and more extensible.
- TurboLaw now disables the “reading mode” option in Word 2013
- Word 2013 introduced “reading mode,” which is meant to be similar to an e-reader type view where you can view a document but not make changes to it. Unfortunately, Word incorrectly believed that TurboLaw’s forms were meant to be shown in this mode, which meant that forms opened and could not be edited until you switched to a different view mode. Now though, TurboLaw detects this option and disables it proactively so you can edit documents immediately after opening them.
And here’s some of the other changes and fixes we’ve made for this version:
- Added a notification message for the “Favorite documents” feature (if you haven’t used it yet)
- Added the ability to refresh the list of Saved Documents by using the F5 key on the keyboard
- Fixed an issue where TurboLaw sometimes couldn’t re-open the database immediately after an update if it was on a particular kind of network drive
- Fixed an issue that prevented the Migration Wizard from creating migration files
- Fixed an issue where the “It’s time to backup TurboLaw” reminder would sometimes be non-clickable when used in a Terminal Server/Remote Desktop environment
- Fixed some inconsistencies in how different skins/themes were applied to some windows and buttons
- Fixed a sizing issue with the “closing date” field in the MA/Real Estate case wizard