Battle of the PIMs
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Baseline Data System's Info Accelerator PIM offers better data transfer than Starfish Software's Sidekick PIM. Info Accelerator is an add-on for Microdsoft's Word for Windows, Novell's WordPerfect for Windows or Ami Pro word processing programs. After Info Accelerator is installed, a button appears on the word processor's tool bar, allowing users one-click access. The Acceloratot menu includes a number of templates which prompt the user for data entries. The Info Accelorator can insert data from its data banks, eliminating the need to type in information. Sidekick requires more steps for the same goal. Instead of clicking on a tool bar, users must switch to another window to use Sidekick. To transfer information to a document, users must first make a form letter with merge fields in Sidekick. They must then merge the form letter and the body of the document, save the merged document as a text file and export it to a word processing application for editing.
Publication Name: Law Office Computing
Subject: Law
ISSN: 1055-128X
Year: 1995
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The electronic phone message pad
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Manchester Software's $40 PC Phone Pad helps users organize telephone numbers and messages. PC Phone Pad offers a database for creating, storing and organizing telephone messages. PC Phone Pad uses the folder as its organizing principle. Users name each folder, either with a telephone number or a name. Messages relating to the folder's topic are stored within each folder. Each message includes caller name, the time and date the call was sent or received and any notes that users enter about the call. Users can search the messages either by content or name. PC Phone Pad can create a report of all messages related to a specific name or made or received on a specific date. The PC Phone Pad icon remains perpetually on the screen, allowing for immediate access. Users may employ the duration clock to time a call, but that information must be entered manually. Password protection is also offered.
Publication Name: Law Office Computing
Subject: Law
ISSN: 1055-128X
Year: 1995
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Managing documents over different platforms
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PC DOCS's DOCS Open 2.5 text processing software is a worthwhile product that supports more than 160 file formats as it allows users to share documents no matter what application, operating system or hardware is used. The application lacks full-fledged word processing functions, but it allows users to edit document elements such as color, font size and border. Users may also cut and paste text between documents created in different applications. Strong management features include the capacity to store 99 versions, each with 26 sub-versions, of any particular document and to control which versions are edited. DOCS supports full-text, proximity and phrase searching. Add-on modules include the DOCS Interchange for replicating and distributing documents via Lotus Notes and the DOCS Mobile module for notebook users. DOCS Open costs $349 for each workstation and $795 for each server.
Publication Name: Law Office Computing
Subject: Law
ISSN: 1055-128X
Year: 1995
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