Practice Manager Forum
February 5, 2010
A new platform is launched to be a resource for those running law firms. The Practice Manager Forum will hold events regularly, contain online resources and provide access to consultants whose expertise lies in advising legal businesses. The online discussion forum is a reference point for managers and owners to ask their peers for their best practice. Why reinvent the wheel if others have had similar experiences before?
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Legal Forms for our clients
March 23, 2009
Document Direct is now using PRINT@Form Online, the newest product from PEAPOD LEGALOffice Limited ® which gives clients access to more than 1,400 legal forms which are constantly kept updated and available online by Peapod.
Document Direct can deliver clients a printable version of the completed form. Simply dictate the form or send us a fax of your handwritten form and our secretaries will forward a completed PDF version of the form direct to your email address. This is very useful if you’re working away from your offices and don’t have remote access to your office systems or, for that matter, access to any legal forms, you remote outsourced secretaries can help you.
Built using the existing and well established PRINTAForm software, PRINT@Form Online is a full legal forms package available on the Internet.
Using PRINT@Form Online will allow you peace of mind, knowing that you are always using the most up to date form. The technology used allows automatic calculation of forms such as IHT’s and Form E improving accuracy and efficiency. To find out more, please click here to register your interest.
For added value, Document Direct will complete your dictated forms for the same cost as our standard dictation charges.
If you would like to open an account with us and get started, then click here.
A free template for you
January 27, 2009
At Document Direct we’re not interested in the font size, line spacing or how many pages your document has because our charges are not based on the cost per page. Instead, we operate a very fair system of charging by the length of your recording (your dictation). And to be more helpful to you, we will also design some templates so you don’t waste any of your precious time and you can just fill in the blanks.
Our standard pleadings template can be downloaded for free by clicking on this link:
Particulars of Claim template.
This template has a standard court heading, automatic paragraph numbering, automatic page numbering and a neatly aligned backsheet. Simply overtype to use it.
If you would like any help with using this template, or perhaps need some help in setting up standard documents then contact us for free advice.
Firmstyle and Practical Law Templates
July 2, 2008
Did you know that you can have your own corporate style applied to Practical Law templates?
We work with our clients to help them achieve the best professional image for them. It’s professional, easier to use, and presents a great image when your document templates, letters, faxes, memos, set out with a consistent font, font size, paragraph spacing. It’s also possible to have the same formatting applied to legal precedents and templates supplied from Practical Law.
We help you decide how you want your documents to look. Here are some factors to consider:
- Underlining never looks good in faxes
- Most companies use bold for emphasis
- Too many capital letters are hard on the eye
- A serif font is easier to read
- Single line spacing is great for saving the planet but line and a half spacing is much easier for drafting documents
Your Practical Law Templates can also contain your own company logo on the frontsheet of all of your documents - so you look like you’ve invested a million dollars in keeping your knowledge and know-how up to date.
If you would like more information on how we can help you create your own templates then click here and let us know.
Word processing and Practical Law Precedents
June 9, 2008
A good legal secretary will have excellent word processing skills which will help them understand how various documents and templates are set up so they can amend and alter the document without losing any formatting to font, paragraph spacing, numbering and automatic cross referencing. It’s vital that the document is presented clearly and consistently so that the law firm is represented professionally.
An example of how a legal document is formatted is a precedent from Practical Law.
- The document is split into sections: for the front sheet, table of contents and the body of the document.
- In each section the footer text will differ slightly and page numbering should start after the table of contents.
- The table of contents will automatically update to the text created in the body of the document by pressing the F9 key.
- Automatic numbering to paragraphs is applied using heading styles.
- Cross referencing throughout the document is applied which will automatically update if paragraphs are changed or added to.
Learning how to link and unlink headers and footers, create, amend and apply heading styles and insert and update cross referencing can easily be done with our online training courses.
Access to your own web-based learning course, online books and a mentoring service will give you everything you need to know to learn advanced word processing techniques.
In typical Document Direct style, we’ll arrange for you to have a sample course so you can try before you buy. Click here to learn more and to choose your sample course.
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