TurboLaw Document Software version 3.03 has just been released – so here’s a quick rundown of what to expect with this new version.
As usual, this new version includes a number of small tweaks and fixes – for example, there were some drop-down boxes for choosing states (e.g., the state parties were married in, or the state a child was born in) which, instead of containing a list of state abbreviations, were empty! Although you could still type the state abbreviation in and everything would work and save correctly, this was an oversight on our part which has now been corrected.
The biggest change in this version is the replacement of the old Dock/Undock feature with the newer Work Offline feature.
The new Work Offline feature allows you to disconnect your TurboLaw from a network or “shared” database, while still allowing you to work on your cases. This is especially useful if you have a laptop which you often take out of the office with you.
The old Dock/Undock feature synchronized your changes while you were out of the office, but like most database synchronization systems, it took more than a little bit of effort to deal with any conflicting changes.
This is why the new Work Offline feature allows you to take your files offline (out of the office), but does away with headache-inducing side of database synchronization.
When you choose to “Work Offline” in TurboLaw, you can still work on your cases, create new documents, and work on documents you’ve already created, but you can’t add new cases or edit the details of cases already in the system. This way, you can do the things you want & need to do (work on your cases while not in the office) without dealing with the things you don’t care about (synchronizing database changes).
You can find the new Work Offline feature in TurboLaw under the File menu – and of course, as always, a full list of changes can be viewed by clicking Help > What’s New.
[note class=”email”]We hope you enjoy this new version of TurboLaw – as always, we welcome and encourage your feedback and suggestions![/note]