The legal suite is here!
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Corel's $449 WordPerfect Suite Legal Edition 7.0 ($229 for an upgrade) is a feature-rich package with a multitude of capabilities for enhancing a legal practice. The suite consists of Corel WordPerfect 7 itself, with minor updates; Presentations 7; Quattro Pro 7; Paradox 7; and Envoy 1.0a. It also comes with Netscape Navigator 2.02, the Desktop Application Director and an Address Book, as well as fonts, clip art images and a copy of the American Heritage Dictionary. Generally speaking, the Suite is recommended, although it is not completely integrated. Moreover, some functions, such as some of those in the Address Book, are duplicated. Even so, for those needing one or more of the Suite's legal-specific applications, such as CompareRite, which sells for $189 by itself, Corel's offering is worth its price.
Publication Name: Law Office Computing
Subject: Law
ISSN: 1055-128X
Year: 1997
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Honing your courtroom skills
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The Practicing Law Institute (PLI) offers The Interactive Courtroom, comprising seven CLE titles on CD-ROMs. The titles employ audio and video, and references to rules and codes are included. For example, Direct Examination provides an excellent, interactive introduction to its topic. A judge, pictured in the screen's upper left corner, introduces a case, and a tutorial explains how the CD works. Control features are located on the lower part of the screen, and arrows permit fast forwarding or rewinding. Clicking on a water pitcher pauses the proceedings. The judge presides over the case, and procedures such as objections can be selected from pull-down menus. In some states, users can receive CLE credits for viewing PLI's CDs.
Publication Name: Law Office Computing
Subject: Law
ISSN: 1055-128X
Year: 1997
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Privacy plug-in for Eudora
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Pretty Good Privacy Inc's PGP for Personal Privacy for Eudora 5.0 uses 'public key' encryption, enabling a user to transmit secure e-mail across the Internet. Pretty Good Privacy (PGP), developed by Philip Zimmermann, is regarded as the standard in encryption, and PGP not only provides message encryption, but a digital signature as well. Version 5.0 of PGP is currently offered as an add-on for various e-mail programs, and it is available for both Eudora Pro and Eudora Lite. The newest version of PGP for Personal Privacy on Eudora, which can be downloaded from Eudora's Web site, uses an encryption version that generates keys called DSS/Diffie-Hellman. Previously, PGP used RSA. The DSS version is free. The RSA version costs $5.
Publication Name: Law Office Computing
Subject: Law
ISSN: 1055-128X
Year: 1997
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