uct. All copies of the Advanced and the Client/Server editions are network capable straight out of the box. One major new addition to Amicus Attorney is its Call Center. Instead of us- ing pink phone message slips, your receptionist can simply send you a phone message through Amicus. If a call is ur- gent and the caller is holding, he or she can send you an Urgent message. A Stickie note will pop-up on your screen and your computer speaker will ring. You can then decide whether to take the call. Otherwise, your receptionist can send
you a regular message through the program’s Call Center. All unreturned messages will be listed on one screen. You can check them off as you return the calls (just like a To-Do). You can also forward them to another user to handle. What’s more, “Today’s Calls and Messages” are organized together on one screen for easy user access. There are now two views available for each Amicus module: small or large. If you’re using a larger monitor, Amicus At- torney can be difficult to see at times. You can now switch to a “large” view, which increases the size of each module as well as the information displayed.
The DO button has also been im-
proved. Although a powerful feature, it was somewhat limited in previous ver- sions. Now you can use the DO button to send e-mail, link to Web sites or check a file’s status. For those lawyers working in teams, Amicus Attorney now supports customizable groups. There’s also a spe- cial Workgroup which you can define under Setup for the group of people with whom you work most often.
Right-clicking in each module and on individual items now displays more op- tions. For example, printing is now an option when you click a To-Do item. You can now insert a date/time stamp into Notes by pressing Ctrl-T. Thus, you can date/time stamps notes, Stickies, or other entries in Amicus. The date/time stamp also inserts your initials to identify the date/time stamp.
A major enhancement is the ability to
sort entries in the Files Brad in reverse chronological order. Previously, all entries were sorted chronologically. This meant users had to scroll to the end of the list to view the last entry. Now they can reverse the order and view the newer entries at the top of the list. Amicus Attorney now includes many more custom fields (up to 50), all with customizable layouts. You can have mul- tiple custom pages per file. This allows you to record all kinds of information about a
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file. I plan to update all of my lease and real estate files to include more custom pages so that the information I need is readily available. This should avoid trips to the paper file. Each file’s administrative pages are now accessible on the File Brad instead of on a separate screen. I’m not sure that this is an improvement. Previously, you either viewed the file details or worked with the administrative information both of which were on one screen. Now there are four screens of administrative information available from the drop-down menu on the File Brad. There are also new “right click” op-
tions. For example, if you have the Files list displayed, you can right click a file name and select Time Entry to go right to the Time Sheets module to enter time for the file.
Attaching documents to a Files Brad page has also been enhanced. You can now link a file, folder, URL or other document. If you store a URL and click View, you can run your browser to view the link. The Calendar module now includes two small calendars above the To-Do list. By default, it shows the current and next month. There are options for Today, Week, Month, Year and Events. These run along the right side of the daily calendar like tabs on a small notebook calendar.
In the Month-at-a-Glance view, you can select from a pop-down list to display Appointments and To-Do’s, just To-Do’s or Appointments. This is a useful en- hancement as you generally don’t want To-Do’s to clutter your screen when you check your Calendar for the month. There are many new Calendar reports and printouts. Several come in color, and you can now print standard Franklin Covey, DayTimer and Day Runner for- mats. I’ve always found Contacts to be somewhat limited in Amicus because of the three card display (i.e., Office, Home and Other cards). This once limited the information I could enter about a person. Fortunately, the limitation has now been lifted. There are now more than 20 cus- tom fields with customizable layouts. There are 20 phone number/communi- cation fields available for each contact. Another useful enhancement to Am- icus is its improved “right click” menu. When you right click on a contact in the program’s Contacts Index, a menu pops up that allows you to call, fax or e-mail your clients. Other options are also avail- able. Thus, you can call someone and have the New Phone Call dialog pop up com- plete with phone number without ever opening the Contact. However, this
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