When adding features for Version 18, we did not overlook Tabs3 Connect! Check out these new enhancements included when you update to Version 18:
- Tabs3 Connect now uses the Rate from Tabs3 when changing fee or cost transactions. Before, it was necessary to manually enter the desired rate when changing fees and costs via Tabs3 Connect.
- The Amount is recalculated automatically when the Timekeeper, Tcode, Activity Code, or Expense ID fields are changed. Before, making such changes in Tabs3 Connect would require you to manually change the rate and recalculate the amount.
- “Budget exceeded” messages now display when entering fees and costs in Tabs3 Connect. Before, “Budget exceeded” messages could only be displayed in Tabs3 Billing. For steps to set up budgets in Tabs3 Billing, see this month’s Budget Exceeded Messages Q&A.
- Tabs3 Connect now includes the Private check box when adding or changing calendar entries. Before, calendar entries could only be marked Private from PracticeMaster.
- Added the ability to use your Tabs3 and PracticeMaster Text Macros. For more information on text macros and Tabs3 Connect, see our June Tabs3 Connect, Text Macros.
For more information on Tabs3 Connect, contact your reseller and consultant, contact Technical Support at (402) 419-2210, or visit Knowledge Base Article R11480, “All About Tabs3 Connect.”
We’re excited to announce our new integration partner, CalendarRules!
CalendarRules.com offers general civil litigation-related court and agency Rule Sets for State, Federal, Appellate and Bankruptcy courts across the United States. Currently, rules are available in all 50 states, with additional courts being added every month.
CalendarRules makes updated rules available to the end user in real time. Courts generally announce updates in two ways:
- Many updates are published for comment, with a scheduled effective date. CalendarRules makes these updates in their staging environment and releases them to production on the effective date. Thereafter, any subscriber to that court is automatically using the new rules.
- Sometimes a court will publish rule changes with an immediate effective date. CalendarRules is positioned to make these changes effective immediately.
CalendarRules can really add to the power of PracticeMaster for your firm. We would love to show you how it can save you time, and give you peace of mind. We recently had a webinar with Scott Davis, the founder of CalendarRules, and Bruce Policky, the Product Manager for Tabs3 Software, and had them demonstrate the new CalendarRules integration with PracticeMaster.
View the Recording here –> http://forms.tabs3.com/cr
Aderant, the company who makes CompuLaw Rules, has informed us that they are not planning on updating or supporting CompuLaw Rules that currently integrate with PracticeMaster after December 31, 2016.
As a result of Aderant’s decision, PracticeMaster Version 18 will be the last version of PracticeMaster that will generate or update CompuLaw Calendar Plans. Any CompuLaw Calendar Plans already processed with PracticeMaster will still be accessible.
In order to continue providing up-to-date court rules to our users, we have teamed up with CalendarRules.com, a provider of court rules for law firms. PracticeMaster integration with CalendarRules.com is available with Version 18.1.4, released August 11, 2016.
It’s after hours and you’ve run into some trouble printing. Something doesn’t look right, it’s printing off the page, or you need to make just a few tweaks to finish your project. However, you’re not sure what to do. What do you do? Check out the Knowledge Base, of course!
Knowledge Base Article R10469, “Frequently Asked Questions About Printing,” provides frequently asked questions regarding the following subjects:
- Printing Statements – Using letterhead for statements, centering statements on the page, reference numbers not printing on draft statements, and what the Compress Address check box in Statement Setup does.
- Printing Reports – What to do when the font is too small, and how to print landscape reports.
- Printing Checks – Printing, printing a second copy of checks, printing a duplicate stub, and printing trust information on checks.
- General Printing Questions – Stopping a print job, specifying different margins, adjusting the Preview window, changing the Offset Adjustment, fixed pitch fonts vs. proportional fonts, and configuring an additional printer.
Our Knowledge Base can be accessed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, at support.Tabs3.com. You can also access our Knowledge Base while in the software by selecting Help | Internet Resources | Knowledge Base.
Over the next few months, we will go through some of the best features of our new online newsletter format. This month, we’re going to talk about our newest feature – finding related articles.
You’ll notice this month that when you view an individual article, a new section appears titled “Other Articles That May Interest You”, with three different links to related or similar articles. These three articles are selected based on a powerful algorithm that finds related content from our archive based on similar categories, tags, and content. This new feature can help you find other relevant content on our site and help you learn more about Tabs3 software.
Have an idea for a future newsletter article? Send us an e-mail at newsletter@tabs3.com!
