Volume 2017, No. 1 Law Office Computing Page Puritas Springs Software Law Office Computing VOLUME 2017, NO. 1 $ 7 . 9 9 PURITAS ABA Cites Puritas Springs SPRINGS SOFTWARE Software Tops in Family Law GPSolo magazine began its firms, and general practition- INSIDE THIS ISSUE: existence under the name The ers, as well as articles related ABA Accolades for PSS 1 Compleat Lawyer in 1983 and to technology and practice is now published by the Solo, management. 30th Anniversary 1 Small Firm, and General Prac- Digital Inklings 4 tice Division of the American We are calling your attention to Sexless Forms/Web Forms 6, 7 Bar Associa- GPSolo be- Child Support 8 tion. cause we Spousal Support 10 GPSOLO received an Family Law Documents 13 GPSolo is unexpected devoted to honor when Probate Forms 14 themes of we were listed as publisher of YouTube 16 critical importance to law prac- “the best software and apps U.S. Estate Tax (706) 17 tices, and each issue contains for family lawyers”. GPSolo U.S. Income Tax (1041) 18 articles exploring a particular Magazine, Volume 32, No. 4. OH Fiduciary Tax (IT1041) 19 topic of interest to solos, small (Continued on page 2) Ohio Adoption Forms 20 OH Guardianship Forms 21 OH Wrongful Death 22 Loan Amortizer 23 Our 30th Anniversary DIY For Law Offices 24 Deed & Document Pro 25 Apart from the GPSolo article When first asked about his Bankruptcy Forms 26 referred to above, Puritas reaction to the GPSolo article, Law Office Management 28 Springs Software was fea- Zore’s response was that he OH Business Forms 30 tured on the front page of Ak- was hearing about it for the Business Dissolutions 31 ron Legal News, Volume 94, first time. GPSolo had not Living Trust/Estate Plan 32 No. 184. The article, written by contacted PSS in connection Richard Weiner, an Akron with the article and Zore had HUD—Settlement Stmts 33 attorney and legal news report- yet to see the article. Inbox 34 er, was based on his discovery In Good Humor 36 of the GPSolo article. As a Zore is a 1978 graduate of Scamples 37 result, he visited the Puritas Cleveland-Marshall College of Technical Support 38 Springs Software offices and Law. He started PSS in 1986 Mini Backups—XCopy 42 interviewed owner/attorney publishing income tax software Ernie Zore. (Continued on page 3) Security & Remote Storage 44 Call us at (330) 989-3165 or (330) 485-3165 Page 2 www.puritas-springs.com Volume 2017, No. 1 OneNote Best Family Law Apps Con’t (Continued from page 1) the necessary documents—from We were chatting with an attor- The family law applications re- initial petition to final decree and ney the other day and he hap- ferred to in the article were: most everything in between— pened to mention an application with maximum efficiency and called OneNote. OneNote is a Revised Ohio Child Support proficiency. component of Microsoft Office. Guidelines. This is the league It’s not a high-profile Office leader in child support calcula- Of the companies mentioned in component because it's over- tion software. First published in the GPSolo article, Puritas shadowed by giants like Word, 1994, it's our oldest and best- Springs Software is the only Excel, Publisher and Power- selling family law application. publisher of family law applica- Point, but the attorney said Over two hundred county courts tions devoted exclusively to something to the effect that and family law agencies are Ohio. OneNote is a great organizing counted among our users. For tool, especially for young attor- savvy practitioners, it stands No Hidden Costs. Excepting neys who may be starting new alone as the first and best OSSC, our family law apps carry law offices. choice—unmatched in quality no maintenance fees, subscrip- and price. tion charges, up- On that basis we decided to date costs, or take a look. One thing that dis- Ohio Spousal other periodic tinguishes OneNote is that it Support Calcula- expenses. Every- can be downloaded for free tor (OSSC). This thing's free during even if you don't own Office. If is our second best the useful life of you're interested, here's a link: seller in the family the application— law lineup. For usually four to six www.onenote.com attorneys who years. don’t want to Our first question was--what spend big bucks Free Technical exactly is OneNote? Here's for this type of Support. Each Wikipedia's answer: software, OSSC call is handled by levels the playing an experienced "Microsoft OneNote is a com- field by being technician. No puter program for free-form affordable for medium and small telephone menus. No waiting on information gathering and multi- firms. With this essential tool, hold. No delays while the sup- user collaboration. It gathers you have an alternative to acqui- port technician solicits their su- users' notes (handwritten or escing to the court's sometimes perior for the answer to your typed), drawings, screen clip- inflexible formula. This app pro- question. pings and audio commentaries. vides you with the documenta- Notes can be shared with other tion you need to be an advocate. Big Firm Software For A Small OneNote users over the Inter- Clients like it when you do that. Firm Budget. That's our winning net or a network." formula and how we stayed on Uniform Domestic Relations top in the volatile computer soft- Free-form note taking and me- Forms. Completely rewritten in ware market where a company's dia handling capabilities sound 2016, the collection of forms life expectancy can be shorter good, but ultimately we wanted encompasses nearly 150 pages than Verne Troyer’s inseam. to know how that would trans- of domestic relations forms. Not Case in point. Who remembers late into something that saves every case you handle assumes the law office leading word pro- us time or makes life easier in a Kramer vs. Kramer proportions. cessor of the 1980s before law office. For the cases that don't, this WordPerfect came along and (Continued on page 13) application allows you to prepare bumped it from the desktop? PSS Call us at (330) 989-3165 or (330) 485-3165 Volume 2017, No. 1 Law Office Computing Page 3 Favorite 30th Anniversary (con’t.) Free Utility For the third year in a row we (Continued from page 1) Child Support Guidelines— find TeamViewer (successor to for the Tandy Color Computer.— provided the impetus for creating LogMeIn) the most convenient, known then as Radio Shack. additional applications. Choosing not to mention free, utility app for other areas of development was law offices. When the Ohio child support an instinctive process—to identi- guidelines were passed in 1987, fy other areas where computer If you’ve ever fantasized about Zore wrote an application for his applications would improve his being in two places at once, personal use to calculate and own practice. The motivating TeamViewer lets you do just print the “new” child support concept: who would have better that. Start TeamViewer on your worksheets. A few years later, insight into software designed for home computer and connect to the decision to publish the appli- attorneys, than an attorney? your office computer. It’s as easy cation came after being repeat- as that. Voila! Your home com- edly asked by puter screen displays your office court and computer screen. counsel about his pre-printed If you’ve never given it any child support thought, that can be handy in a worksheets. law office in a variety of ways. The ability to remote connect to It was appar- a second ent there was computer an interest in can save the applica- money by tion, so Zore eliminating took immediate steps the need to to “clean the program purchase a up for prime time.” Its second copy initial publication came of an appli- in late 1993. cation. It depends on With the expansion of conven- his software develop- Getting ience. It may not be practical to ment efforts, it be- in on work this way with a mainstream came necessary—or the app that you use every day, all at least appropriate— ground day long, but for applications to select a business floor that are used regularly and infre- name. Because all of the early and constantly developing new quently, this could be a cost- development was performed in apps became the means to suc- saving alternative. the basement of a west side cess. Thirty years later, the PSS Cleveland residence located on catalog expanded to just over 20 Another use we’ve found for the site of Puritas Springs apps. TeamViewer is instruction. You Park—an amusement park that can remotely train a staff person was built in the late 1800s and The game plan is obviously how to do a particular computer operated until the mid-1950s— working because in the volatile task from the comfort of your Puritas Springs Software was realm of software development, easy chair—without leaving your a natural choice. there are few companies that home or office. From your stand- can boast of a 30-year history. point, it’s as good as being there The success of the child support On reflection, Ernie commented and a thousand times better than application—Revised Ohio (Continued on page 20) (Continued on page 33) Call us at (330) 989-3165 or (330) 485-3165 Page 4 www.puritas-springs.com Volume 2017, No. 1 Recovery Disks Bacon Savers Digital Here at Puritas Springs Soft- ware it happens every three to November 11th, my birthday, It goes without saying that that seven years after we buy a com- was a morning to remember.