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.
Deleting Files
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.
Deleting Cases
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.