TurboLaw Time and Billing 1.13 Released
January 27, 2009
Once again, we are proud to announce the latest new version of TurboLaw Time and Billing – Version 1.13! We’ve added a number of new features in this version to help you work faster in TurboLaw Time and Billing – saving you even more time when doing your billing.
For example, you can now type in any drop-down box (instead of using the mouse) and the program will show you those items in the drop-down that match what you’re typing. So, instead of clicking and choosing a client’s name (to use one example), you could begin typing the client’s name – and the program will automatically show you those clients’ names that match what you’ve typed. This allows you to “touch-type” your way through most windows in the program, which for some people is faster than using the mouse. (You can still use the mouse of course!)
We’ve also added some amazingly powerful new features for customizing your bill and statement templates – including something called “conditional formatting,” which allows you to change the way your bill (or statement) looks, based on what’s in the bill (or statement). So, for example, you could have the “amount” show up in red if money is owed to you, or make it show up green (or black) if the client doesn’t owe you money (for example, if they still have money left from a retainer payment). You can find all these features when you customize your templates. (You can also watch a video on customizing templates.)
Here’s the full list of what was added or improved in this version:
- Added “auto-complete” functionality in the “Enter Time” or “Enter Expense” windows – so you can find and select client, staff, and matter names more quickly
- Added the ability to add a “matter” on the fly by just typing in a name when entering a time or expense entry
- Improved support for “conditional formatting” in templates, so you can change the way the template looks based on what’s in the bill or statement (e.g., changing the color of dollar amounts based on the dollar amount itself)
- Numerous “behind the scenes” improvements for better performance and for possible new features in the future
As always, TurboLaw Time and Billing checks for updates automatically in the background, so you don’t have to do anything special to get this update – just keep your eyes open for the pop-up notification, or for this little message:
Watch for this message to appear when a new update is available!
Just click the pop-up notice (or the message) to install the update (it only takes a few seconds to install).
As always, we welcome any feedback you may have, and we hope you enjoy this latest version of TurboLaw Time and Billing!
TurboLaw Time and Billing National Press Release
January 2, 2009
We are excited to announce our first national press release for TurboLaw Time and Billing!
We are proud and excited that it has been featured in publications from near and far, from the Boston Business Journal to the International Business Times!
You can read the full release below.
New TurboLaw Time and Billing Software Simplifies Important Tasks for Legal Professionals
Running a legal practice requires you to do chores that do not involve giving opinions on the law or arguing a case. Tasks such as keeping track of the time spent for clients and making bills for them, while necessary, can be time-consuming, difficult, and distracting. TurboLaw now offers new Time and Billing Software that makes the work quick and easy.
TurboLaw Time and Billing Software is now available as a free 30-day trial download via the TurboLaw website. This software allows legal professionals to keep records of time spent with each client as well as expenses related to each case. The Time and Billing Software also has features to help any legal practice, with billing aids, performance graphs, productivity charts, and staff reports.
“Our stopwatch tool makes it easy to keep track of time spent on work for each client, including communications such as emails and phone calls. We want legal professionals to try our Time and Billing Software free trial to see just how helpful and easy it is,” Thomas A. Whitestone, CEO of TurboLaw, comments on the new software offer.
The billing features of TurboLaw Time and Billing Software offer assistance in presenting a professional image. Through the time keeping functions and billing choices, bills can be set up to reflect the exact time spent, in hours, quarter hours, or any unit of time that is set. Times can also be broken out into tasks completed, including meetings, phone calls, document preparation and research.
TurboLaw Time and Billing Software gives you the ability to create custom bills and statements. The bills can be printed or saved to PDF or other formats suitable for email. Along with opening and closing balances, statements generated by TurboLaw Time and Billing Software can add finance charges with just a click. The result is a document that looks both orderly and official.
“Your clients take you seriously when you accomplish legal work for them. Using TurboLaw Time and Billing Software encourages them to do the same at billing time,” Thomas A. Whitestone, CEO comments.
When managing a legal practice, it is sometimes the everyday tasks that demand the most of your energy. TurboLaw Time and Billing Software makes it easy to remain productive and professional.
For more information on TurboLaw Time and Billing Software visit www.turbolaw.com.
TurboLaw Time and Billing 1.12 Released
December 11, 2008
Once again, we are proud to announce the latest new version of TurboLaw Time and Billing – Version 1.12!
For this new version of TurboLaw Time and Billing, we’ve included a number of new features that were added based on feedback from our customers. So you might say that we heard your “wish list” and this is our holiday present to you.
- Major new feature: Notes and details fields now have built-in automatic spell-checking – the same sort of “red squiggly” spell-check that you’d expect.
- New way to view “Account History” similar to a register or ledger, for those people that prefer this type of view.
- Bills can now be viewed without groups so you can sort all bills together.
- Matters now display summary total, so you can see how much you’ve billed for a particular matter.
- Dashboard home screen now has summary totals, to help give you more of an “overview” of your accounts.
- Graphs can now be zoomed in & out, and can be scrolled when zoomed in, which makes it easier to see the details when there are a lot of bars in a graph.
- Improved initial start-up time, so the program starts up faster – even on slower computers.
As always, TurboLaw Time and Billing checks for updates automatically in the background, so you don’t have to do anything special to get this update – just keep your eyes open for the pop-up balloon that notifies you of the update or this little message that appears in the bottom-right corner of TurboLaw Time and Billing’s window:
This message lets you know a new update is available.
Just click the pop-up balloon (or the message) to install the update (it only takes a few seconds to install).
As always, we welcome any feedback you may have, and we hope you enjoy this latest version of TurboLaw Time and Billing!
New TurboLaw Time and Billing Video Tutorial: Advanced Template Customization
November 6, 2008
Our video production team has been working tirelessly to bring you a new video tutorial to go along with the recent release of TurboLaw Time and Billing 1.11. This new video goes hand-in-hand with one of the major new features of the new version – the new drag & drop bill and statement template designer. It’s also the first of our video tutorials to use voice narration rather than little caption-bubbles – so be sure to turn up your volume when you watch it!
So click here to watch the “Advanced Template Customization” video tutorial, and if you have any comments or feedback on the video, we’d love to hear from you!
TurboLaw Time and Billing 1.11 Released
November 3, 2008
We never stop working to improve our products, and that’s why we’re pleased to announce the latest release of TurboLaw Time and Billing – Version 1.11! This new version is packed with new and improved features to help make it even easier to bill for your time more effectively and efficiently.
The major new feature of this version is the improved ability to customize your bill and statement templates. We even have a new How-To Video that shows you how to use this powerful new feature. The improvements we’ve made allow you to drag & drop individual “fields” onto your template, which gives you unprecedented control over how your bills and statements are laid out. This drag & drop simplicity also makes it easier than ever to customize your templates – and to make them look the way you want.
This new version also coincides with the release of our new, comprehensive Video Tutorial. For those of you who wanted a complete, comprehensive guide for using the program – we heard you! The twelve chapters of the Video Tutorial walk you through every aspect of the program – including showing you how to enter a previous balance for a client as well as how to enter a retainer. (Some of these topics are already covered in our extensive Video How-To section.) If you’re completely new to the program, or even if you’ve been using it for a while, we think you’ll really enjoy watching the new tutorial.
Of course, we also made numerous other improvements:
- Improved activation by phone (for those who don’t have Internet access)
- Added some links to our Video How-To section and Video Tutorial on the Help menu and on the Home screen
- The list of “matters” for each client can now be sorted by name
- Individual printouts of time & expense items now print the “amount” and the “time” exactly as shown on the screen
- You can now delete multiple time entries/expense entries/clients/payments (previously you could only delete them one at a time)
- A new “Sample” database is now included with the program so you can experiment with realistic entries and see what the program looks like before you begin entering your own data (click File and then Open to open the sample database)
- Improved graphics and icons on the Home screen
- The Bills list now lists the client’s name first instead of the bill #
- The Bills list now sorts by client name instead of bill #
- New “no line” templates for both Bills and Statements
- Made it easier to see the name of templates that have a really long name
We always listen to the feedback we receive from our customers, so if you have any thoughts or suggestions please let us know!
TurboLaw 2.67 Released
September 8, 2008
We are very pleased to announce the release of TurboLaw Document Software Version 2.67. This new version includes some important updates that help you find documents faster and help you register and renew your software with the minimum of fuss.
If you have your TurboLaw Automatic Updates enabled, you will receive this update automatically – otherwise, you’ll have to check for updates manually by clicking the Update menu in TurboLaw and then selecting Check for Updates.
Many of the improvements and features in this version were suggested by our users – so if you have comments, questions, or suggestions, please let us know!
TurboLaw Time and Billing 1.10 Released
August 27, 2008
We are very pleased to announce our first major point release of TurboLaw Time and Billing – Version 1.10! This new version contains more improvements, enhancements, and new features than all of our previous minor releases put together.
The major new feature for this release is the addition of “matters.” Now you can organize individual “matters” (a.k.a. “jobs” or “projects”) for your clients and bill separately for each matter instead of having to enter the same client repeatedly.
We’ve also made the following improvements:
- Formatted to accommodate most international currencies
- New “Preview” button for Bills and Statements for one-click quick previews
- Improved update notifications ensure that you don’t miss out on important updates
- New icons on shortcut menus to help distinguish between choices
- Renamed “Reports” to “Graphs” to avoid confusion
- Improvements to the “Graphs” (formerly “Reports”) section
- Staff members’ names now display the same as clients – in “last name, first name” format
- Added some helpful “hint” text to the bottom-right corner of the main list window, letting you know that you can right-click on items for more options
- Added a “create statement” context-menu option for clients, so you can create a statement for just one client right from the list of clients
- All “list” windows now save based on how you’ve re-sized the columns so you don’t have to keep resizing them
- Removed some of the now-redundant columns from the “Clients” view so you don’t have to scroll right in order to see the client’s balance
- Changed the way you save Custom Templates to make it harder to overwrite the built-in templates by mistake
- Based on user feedback, the “Getting Started” screen has a button for entering your address rather than editing categories
- Updated the look of the built-in statement templates
- If two staff members have the same initials, the second staff member’s initials will automatically have a number appended to distinguish between them (e.g., “ABC2″, etc.)
- More “merge” field options for customizing Bill Templates
As always, we hope you enjoy this new version and the new and improved features. If you have any questions or suggestions please feel free to contact us!
Cutest Pet Contest Winners
August 6, 2008
The results of our latest “Cutest Pet” contest (which runs in our TurboLaw Newsletter) are in!
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- 1st Place – Lily Conour Ordile (Suzann Ordile)
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- Honorable Mention – Grubby Peek-a-Boo (Gail Gianunzio)
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- Honorable Mention – Penny (Gail Otis)
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- Honorable Mention – Gesse (Suzanne Ordile)
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- Honorable Mention – Emmy (Suzanne Ordile)
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- Honorable Mention – Coco (Gail Otis)
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- Honorable Mention – Nimba (Keith Langer)
Congratulations to Lily Conour Ordile (Suzann Ordile’s dog) on winning the contest – she receives a $50 gift certificate to Petco as a prize!
Thanks to everyone who entered the contest!
New TurboLaw Time and Billing Video Tutorial: Customizing Templates
July 28, 2008
Once again, we are very pleased to announce the release of another video tutorial for TurboLaw Time and Billing. This time, the tutorial covers customizing the templates for bills and statements.
Unlike our previous video tutorial, this one concentrates solely on the customization of the templates used by bills and statements. It shows you:
- How to alter the formatting of text
- How the template’s repeating sections are used to create the final document
- How to re-position and re-size elements
- How to insert pictures (such as a corporate logo)
- How to modify the information that appears in the footer of the document
- How to preview your template before saving your changes
As well as lots more!
You can visit our video tutorial section to view the video, or just click here to view the tutorial in a new window.
New TurboLaw Time and Billing Video Tutorial: Working with Bills
July 18, 2008
In our continuing efforts to make TurboLaw Time and Billing as easy-to-use as possible, we’re proud to announce our latest video tutorial, titled “Working with Bills.”
This video tutorial walks you through the process of creating a bill in TurboLaw Time and Billing, and also explains how to use some of the advanced features of our template system to customize bills to your liking.
We hope you enjoy it!
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