One of the more noticeable changes in TurboLaw Version 3 (due out this winter) is the change from the old “TurboLaw Navigator” and the floating windows-in-windows to the new “tabs on top” layout. Now, moving around in TurboLaw is as easy as clicking a tab at the top of the window (much like how the web browser you’re reading this article in probably has tabs for each new page you open).
Watch the video below to see more about how “tabs on top” make it even easier to move around in TurboLaw!
That’s right – TurboLaw Document Software is finally making the leap to Version 3!
There are a ton of new, exciting, and amazing features in this version of TurboLaw, due out this winter. We’ve put a lot of time and effort into making this the absolute best version of TurboLaw you’ve ever seen, and we hope you’re as excited as we are to see this new version.
We’ll be posting more about TurboLaw Version 3 – including some “sneak peek” videos – in the upcoming days and weeks here on our blog, so be sure to check back frequently to learn more!
Following close on the heels of the last TurboLaw update, we’ve now released TurboLaw version 2.81 with a number of additional improvements which couldn’t make it into 2.80 due to time constraints. This new version continues the trend started in 2.80 of vastly improving the way TurboLaw works as well as refining the overall function of the program based on user feedback – including actual data received through our Customer Experience Improvement Program.
Some of the highlights of this version include:
We’ve also improved the wording on a number of windows and messages, as well as fixed a few minor sorting and window-size glitches that appear only under certain circumstances.
That’s right, it’s finally here! We are very happy to announce that TurboLaw version 2.80 has now been released! This is probably the biggest update to TurboLaw since it was originally introduced 9 years ago, and we are understandably very excited about it – and we think you will be too!
Throughout the month of April we’ve been giving you sneak peeks of some of the things that have changed and been improved in TurboLaw 2.80. We’ve also posted a list of most of the changes in one place, so you can read about them all in one place.
Although we’ve tweaked and improved almost everything in TurboLaw 2.80, you still use the software in the same way as before, so there’s no need to re-learn how to do things. Although the program looks a little bit different, many of the visual tweaks are just that – tweaks, not radical changes.
Here’s the list of what’s new or changed in this version of TurboLaw. (We’ve linked to some of the articles that were posted previously for more details if you are interested.)
TurboLaw users should receive a notification of this new update from your TurboLaw program shortly after you open it (if you have Automatic Updates turned on). If you don’t have Automatic Updates turned on, you can click the Update menu in TurboLaw and choose Check for Updates instead.
We hope you enjoy TurboLaw 2.80!
Here at TurboLaw, we feel that being able to get help when you need it is very important. Even the most expert of users sometimes need a little bit of help – whether it’s looking up how to do something you don’t do very often, or just refreshing your memory on how a feature works.
One of the new features in TurboLaw 2.80 makes it even easier to get help when you need it – we call it the “Search for Help” box.
Above: the “Search for Help” box
This new help box appears in the very top-right corner of TurboLaw, so it is always visible. If you need help with something, just type your question (or a few words about what you need help with) into this box and either press Enter or click the magnifying glass icon next to the box.
TurboLaw will take you to our amazing new Help Center and will automatically search the Help Center for whatever you typed into the box.
This feature puts the entire extensive TurboLaw Help Center library of articles, tutorials, and videos at your fingertips for easy access whenever you need it.
This is just one of the many changes we’ve made in version 2.80 to make TurboLaw even easier to use. Stay tuned for our final announcement of the release of TurboLaw 2.80, coming at the end of April or the very beginning of May!
It’s a fact of life that sometimes you do need to delete things on your computer – and that includes from TurboLaw. While we didn’t want to necessarily make it too easy to delete things, we did want to make it a little bit simpler, so we made some changes to the ways you delete things (cases and documents) in TurboLaw 2.80.
Perhaps the most common thing you might need to delete in TurboLaw is one of your saved documents. Maybe it’s just an old document you don’t need anymore, or maybe you didn’t mean to make that document in the first place. Whatever the reason, you need to delete that file.
Previously, you had to click the Open this Folder button to open the folder for your case in Windows Explorer before you could delete a file. While you can still do this, in TurboLaw 2.80 you can now delete a file right from your list of Saved Documents – just right-click and choose Delete File or just press the Delete key on your keyboard with the file highlighted.
TurboLaw will delete your file in exactly the same way as if you had clicked the Open this Folder button and deleted it normally through Windows Explorer – you get the same prompt about deleting a file and sending it to the Recycle Bin.
If you need to delete multiple files all at once, or if you just prefer to do it the old-fashioned way, you can still click the Open this Folder button and delete your files from Windows Explorer, if you prefer.
Occasionally, you may need to delete an entire case from TurboLaw. In TurboLaw 2.80, you can do his by right-clicking the case’s name and choosing Delete Case or by selecting the case and pressing the Delete key on your keyboard.
Previous versions of TurboLaw would show you two different prompts before deleting your case, to make sure you really, really meant to do it (since deleting a case cannot be undone – there is no “Recycle Bin” for cases).
TurboLaw 2.80 reduces this to just one prompt, but it makes it much more obvious that what you are doing cannot be undone, and that you should be sure you really mean to delete this case forever.
As before, you must still type the word “Yes” into the box before TurboLaw will allow you to delete a case – this is to prevent you from accidentally clicking on the Delete button if you are perhaps a little too quick with your mouse clicks. However, now the prompt for entering the word “Yes” is contained right on the same prompt that warns you about what you are about to do, so there is just this one warning, instead of two.
If you don’t enter the word “Yes” (it doesn’t matter if you type it with capital or lower case letters), your case will not be deleted – even if you clicked the Delete button.
This is just another way that we’ve made TurboLaw 2.80 even easier – and safer! - to use.
Although the most common thing you print from TurboLaw are the documents and forms, there are other things in TurboLaw that can be printed – such as case notes, document messages, or even your entire list of cases.
TurboLaw 2.80 has made significant improvements to your ability to print case notes, document messages, and your list of cases.
Now you can print directly from TurboLaw (without having to open Notepad first), as well as view a Print Preview. In addition, from the Print Preview window you can choose to export what you see to a PDF or one of several other file formats.
This is just one of the many changes we’ve made in version 2.80 to make TurboLaw even easier to use. Stay tuned this month as we highlight some of the other changes coming in version 2.80 (and you can expect to see 2.80 for yourself when it is released at the end of April)!
The next version of TurboLaw Document Software (version 2.80) is coming soon – currently scheduled for the end of April or the beginning of May – and we’ve got a preview of some of the features of this new version.
Another small (but handy!) feature coming in version 2.80 is the ability to sort just about anything in the program.
Anywhere you see a list of things in TurboLaw, you’ll probably also see a column heading (see the picture below). You can click on these column headings to sort the items in the list – and click it again to reverse the sort.
Above: the list of documents, sorted in reverse order
By default, all lists are sorted alphabetically (A-Z), but if you are looking for something that would be near the end of the list, now you can just click the column heading and it will sort in reverse alphabetical order (Z-A) so you don’t have to scroll through the entire list to find what you need.
This feature is available in the list of cases as well as anywhere TurboLaw displays a list of documents.
This is just one of a great number of very small improvements we’ve made to TurboLaw – but we think that lots of small improvements can really add up to a great user experience. Stay tuned this month as we highlight some of the other changes coming in version 2.80!
Sometimes you are doing something in TurboLaw that takes a long time (e.g., performing a backup, or creating a large new document) but it turns out you didn’t want to do it, and you just want to be able to cancel what you started without having to wait for it to finish.
In previous versions of TurboLaw, this was impossible – you had to wait until the program was done. This has all changed in TurboLaw 2.80.
TurboLaw now lets you cancel any long-running operation at any time – you don’t have to wait if you don’t want to.
Additionally, TurboLaw 2.80 uses the power of modern multi-core CPUs better, which means while it is performing these long-running operations, your computer remains responsive – you won’t get that “Switch to/Retry” window, and TurboLaw won’t appear to “freeze” while doing some long-running operation.
This is just one of the many changes we’ve made in version 2.80 to make TurboLaw even easier to use. Stay tuned this month as we highlight some of the other changes coming in version 2.80, scheduled to be released at the end of April (or very early in May)!
The next version of TurboLaw Document Software (version 2.80) is coming soon – and we’ve got a preview of some of the features of this new version.
TurboLaw displays a lot of things in what are known as “list views;” that is, lists of things with columns. Examples include the list of cases and lists of document names.
In previous versions of TurboLaw, these columns had a fixed size, and because of this, some things with long names (especially some document names – which can be quite long) would be truncated so you couldn’t see the whole name. In order to see the whole name, you had to manually re-size the column.
In TurboLaw 2.80, you won’t have to do this anymore – TurboLaw automatically sizes the columns to fit the largest item in the list.
Above: column re-sizing in action (click to see a larger version)
Additionally, if there is something with a really long name in the list, TurboLaw will add a scroll bar to the bottom of the list so you can scroll to the right and see the whole item.
This is just one of a great number of very small improvements we’ve made to TurboLaw – but we think that lots of small improvements can really add up to a great user experience. Stay tuned this month as we highlight some of the other changes coming in version 2.80!