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Saturday, February 6, 2010 at 9:08PM New versions of Time Matters are released about once each year. To get an upgrade you must either have an active AMP or else buy the software at full price. Reasons to upgrade include: Links to new third-party products, improvements, new features and fixes.
help, updates | Share Article Saturday, February 6, 2010 at 8:57PM Service Packs contain fixes and improvements to Time Matters. They are released between versions. After the release Version 11, you will need to have an AMP subscription in order to receive Service Packs. Any critical updates to supported versions will be made available to everyone.
updates | Share Article Saturday, February 6, 2010 at 7:54PM As an AMP subscriber, you receive free Anytime Training form LexisNexis University, access to the CIC Solutions Forums, and access to the online Service Center offering FAQs, how-to's and white papers by CICs.
help, training | Share Article Saturday, February 6, 2010 at 7:24AM Think of Technical Support as an insurance policy. If your Time Matters, Billing Matters or PCLaw software stops working, you need to get it back in action fast. Some of the problems Technical Support can help you with are:
help, troubleshooting | Share Article Thursday, January 28, 2010 at 3:30PM Time Matters crashes can be caused by the performance settings in Windows XP, and, to a lesser extent, in Vista and Windows 7, They do not tend to damage data but can cause the loss of unsaved changes and are annoying. I recommend that every Windows XP computer running Time Matters should have the settings described here.
Monday, January 25, 2010 at 2:59PM At some time after you first synchronize Time Matters Contacts with your smartphone, you may want to add to or change which fields are matched. You do that with the free utility for Time Matters Exchange Synchronization. Here you can learn how to update all the Contacts in your smartphone after making a change to the field matching using the SQL Query posted here.
Friday, December 18, 2009 at 5:45PM You can create AutoEntry Forms to fill in Billing records for fixed fee or flat fee services in Billing Matters. One path to greater profitability is to automate some processes and charge fixed fees for certain a la carte services. Here you see step-by-step instructions for creating the AutoEntry Forms and the trick to using them.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at 4:07PM Here is a fix for an issue that may occur after updating Windows XP. The symptom is that your Merge Templates do not work. You get these error messages: "Word cannot start the converter mswrd632.wpc" and "Unable to open the Specified Merge Form File". You may be able to fix it with this Registry patch.
Monday, December 14, 2009 at 9:23PM No mobile phone or smartphone has emerged as the clear winner of the "works best with Time Matters" honors. But our mindmap or outline should help you narrow the choices in search of the smartphone that is best for you.
Friday, December 11, 2009 at 10:55AM Here are 4 reports you may download for free. They group Contacts or Matters by Classification Code. These reports are useful for Year End and periodic comparisons of new Client counts and Matter opened in various practice areas.
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