Word Automation Solutions by Infoware

Legal Extensions Word Automation Press Release

Sept 29, 2004 - The core component of Infoware's Word Automation Solution for Law Firms - Legal Extensions - has been reviewed in the October/November issue of Law Office Computing. Noted for its ease of use, the Legal Extensions Word Add-in is used by thousands of legal practitioners to generate standard firm documents. Core features reviewed in the article include the simplified document drafting interface, some of the core revision tools, the Multiprint prining interface as well as a few of the other numerous legal practice specific macros included in the Word Add-in including structured Outline numbering, and the Table of Contents and Signing lines buttons.

An automation solution integrated with Microsoft Word, Legal Extensions simplifies document generation by combining a client's standard firm documents with the macros and methodogies Infoware has gained with 20 years experience as a provider of document solutions to law firms. Legal Extensions is one part of a collection of legal industry specific applications that the firm has developed. Other document solutions include the Document Assembly Suite used to create and complete complex documents, and InForm, the firm's collection of smart automated Court Forms.

Document Creation made Easy!

As an example of the power of the Legal Extensions word automation solution is the New Docs interface which allows a user to quickly select a required document type including letters, memos, labels or envelopes. A Legal Extensions implementation standardizes the layout of documents - promoting firm standards and reducing format headaches. Document authors can set details such as direct phone numbers, email addresses and closings that are automatically inserted into the document that they are generating. Legal Extensions' easy-to-use interface can also accommodate custom firm templates and documents.

As an experienced adviser to law firms looking to implement a word automation solution, Infoware is very familar with the demands placed upon practitioners in the creation of complex legal documents. Legal Extensions includes powerful and easy-to-use features that can manage long or complicated documents. The New Section button is a simple-to-use tool to organize sections, whether it be to add a particular kind of section to a document such as cover pages, table of contents, appendices or schedules or to edit existing settings. Likewise, the add-in has tools to manage all manner of other formatting issues including outline levels and paragraph numbering, draft stamps, page numbering and the insert of standardized text.

As indicated in the Law Office Computing article, an optional tool for Legal Extensions users is the Find Contacts feature which will automatically allow a user to quickly find and insert contact details into Word documents. Users can look in their own contact folder, another user's contact folder or a public folder to pull in the relevant addresses. Find Contacts supports Outlook, Exchange Server, Act!, Lotus Notes, iExtensions, Time Matter (Enterprise), Elite Apex CRM, Groupwise as well as IContact a simple Access database.

For more details about Legal Extensions and Find Contacts, contact one of our and learn how you can use Legal Extensions to better manage your firm's documents!

About Infoware

Infoware Canada Inc. is a Toronto-based IT consultancy and software development firm. The firm has 20 years experience developing process automation solutions for law firms using the Microsoft products. The firm's InForm Court Form Suites are the preferred Court Form standard for many of Canada's largest legal firms.

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