Windows 95: who's moving?
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An informal survey reveals that law offices will move slowly when adopting Windows 95. The survey divides the 70 respondents into two groups, one consisting of MIS managers at large firms and the other comprised mainly of solo practitioners or small firms. In the MIS group, 50% will move to Windows 95, as will 41% of the other group. The firms most likely to migrate to Windows 95 have 100 to 200 users. The next most likely are offices with 200 to 500 users, followed by firms with over 500 users. Most respondents will implement Windows 95 in 1996 because they are waiting for Microsoft to fix any bugs that might be in the first release. Those not moving to Windows 95 claim that the system offers little improvement over exisitng systems while requiring considerable expense for hardware upgrades and training. Doubts about Windows 95's stability persist, concerning 19% of the MIS group and 21% of the other group.
Publication Name: Law Office Computing
Subject: Law
ISSN: 1055-128X
Year: 1995
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Put a Power Secretary in your Mac
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Articulate Systems' Power Secretary for Macintosh voice dictation software performs fairly well, although it suffers from the usual faults of discrete voice recognition programs. Power Secretary comes with a database of 120,000 words combined with voice modules. A headset with microphones is also included. Users must train the software by repeating words and phrases multiple times. To correct a word incorrectly interpreted by Power Secretary, users simply say 'scratch word,' and try again. A second failed attempt will bring up a list of proposed alternates. Users may choose one or enter the appropriate word manually or by spelling it out. Users can set up macros to add large pieces of text automatically, and editing and formatting are taken care of by pre-set macros. Menus respond to voice commands. The application costs as much as $2,495, but a less costly version is also available.
Publication Name: Law Office Computing
Subject: Law
ISSN: 1055-128X
Year: 1995
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Fresh$tart$even: macro heaven?
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Seaview Software/Data Systems' Fresh$tart$even bankruptcy forms preparation software offers well-crafted macros but suffers from the limitations that they impose. Fresh$tart$even assembles documents using WordPerfect macros, and despite jumps and break points, macros give users little flexibility to move in a record. To correct a mistake, users must go back to the beginning, In addition, users have to work with secondary merge files when they want to edit information, a process that leads to incorrectly entered data and the potential deletion of WordPerfect codes. Error-checking is limited and the program allows users to make mistakes including entering more exemptions than legally allowed. The application produces a well-laid-out, easily read document. Users may edit the document with any WordPerfect commands.
Publication Name: Law Office Computing
Subject: Law
ISSN: 1055-128X
Year: 1995
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