Volume 2011, No. 1 Law Office Computing Page Puritas Springs Software Law Office Computing VOLUME 2011 NO. 1 $ 7 . 9 9 PURITAS SPRINGS SOFTWARE Law Office Money Savers secure.logmein.com. If you INSIDE THIS ISSUE: $ LogMeIn think LogMeIn is just for avoid- Office Money Savers 1-3 Sure, we all need the exercise ing the expenditure of calories, you’re wrong. LogMeIn can New CLE Offering 1 here, but by the end of a par- also save you cash by not Computer Quiz 4 ticularly busy day, one tries to avoid unnecessary requiring you to Digital Inklings 6 trips from one end purchase additional Child Support 8 of the building to software licenses. Spousal Support 10 another. That’s Here’s an example: Uniform DR Forms 12 when our favorite we have a program development soft- Family Law Documents 13 free software pack- age comes in ware package that Probate Forms 14 handy—LogMeIn. we use primarily Ohio Estate Tax 16 The free version is from one machine. U.S. Estate Tax/GST Tax 17 available by down- Infrequently, but U.S. Income Tax (1041) 18 load at: https:// regularly, we need- (Continued on page 2) Ohio Fiduciary Tax 19 Ohio Adoption Forms 20 OH Guardianship Forms 21 OH Wrongful Death 22 New CLE Offering Loan Amortizer 23 OH Worker’s Comp 24 Deed & Document Pro 25 We introduced something new applied to the Ohio Supreme Bankruptcy Forms 26 in 2011—an instructional web Court’s Commission on Con- Law Office Management 28 video dealing with tinuing Legal Edu- the child support cation and re- OH Business Forms 30 guidelines and our ceived approval. Business Dissolutions 31 best selling child You’re probably Living Trust/Estate Plan 32 support program— familiar with the HUD—Settlement Stmts 33 Revised Ohio recommended Security Alerts 34 Child Support promotional text: Guidelines. When ―This course has In Good Humor 36 we finished pro- been approved by Technical Support 38 duction of the web video, we the Supreme Court of Ohio Inbox 44 were very pleased with the Commission on Continuing Order Form 47 results. So much so that we (Continued on page 5) Page 2 www.puritas-springs.com Volume 2011, No. 1 Top 10 Law Office Money With apologies to David Let- (Continued from page 1) terman, here’s our top 10 quality copies and, worst of all, it reasons for doing business ed to use it from home or from a crashed and burned about every with Puritas Springs. different computer. We had two dozen or so copies. When rein- options: (1) buy a second license stalling and various other forms 10. New, up-to-date website for $750, or (2) make the 20 of troubleshooting (and time- with loads of product infor- minute drive to the office. Log- wasting) didn’t work, we gave up mation, and access to a treas- MeIn allows us to log on to the and accepted this major short- ure trove of back issues. development computer from any coming. For various reasons, 9. Same day shipping for or- other computer—home or office. we did without a fax machine. ders placed before 3 PM EST. The only requirement is the of- Our HP LaserJet printer worked fice computer be on and con- fine, but after years of service, it 8. Over 30 years of legal ex- nected to the Internet, both of gave up the ghost. When that perience devoted to program which are true in our case any- happened, we replaced it with a development and support. way. HP M2727 multi-function all-in- 7. Established and respected one machine—scanner, printer, throughout the legal communi- $ Free Security Software fax. The new all-in-one printer ty. cost $599 and we received a In this issue of Law Office Com- $100 rebate. Print quality and 6. As a small business, we are puting, on page 18, there’s an performance was pretty much familiar with most of our 7,000 article related to securi- the same as with our customers. No bull. Many of ty software. It explains old HP LaserJet. The them ask for us by name. the different types of big bonus was the malware threats and scanner. If we used the 5. Program purchases and includes the ratings on old scanner only a few updates are available for im- currently available secu- times a day we ended mediate download on request. rity software, some of up wasting the better 4. Something for everyone. which is free. Of greater part of an hour waiting, We have over 25 programs in interest is the fact that wondering, rebooting, etc. The our software library! some of the free packages new machine made significantly scored higher than those you better copies and made them 3. When you call us, you get must buy! without waiting. If that weren’t us – English speaking and enough, the new machine has a knowledgeable. That means If you’re concerned about licens- sheet feeder so we could lay a more than simple minimum ing issues related to business few sheets in the tray and walk training, and we’re not going vs. personal use of some of the away. Needless to say, one to put you on hold for 15 free packages, check out the sunny Friday afternoon, we minutes while we ask our gray box article on page 3 for burned the old scanner in effigy. supervisor for the answer to information about free security Until someone takes it down, it your question. suites that are available from your ISP and that cover multiple will continue to hang from a tree 2. The undisputed leader in computers. in our parking lot. child support software. We even send faxes every now 1. Ernie & Jeff. These are the $ All In One Printer and again when we can’t avoid Puritas Springs Software it. Another consideration was we answer guys. You will not The situation we had in our own were able to use the same HP stump them. If they can’t fix office was that we had a HP toner cartridges that the dead your problem in 5 minutes, scanner that took several printer used. That produced they’ll do it in 15 via remote— minutes to warm up when we savings of almost $400 in the while you watch! needed a copy. It had no sheet form of the two extra laser car- feeder, it didn’t create very good tridges we had in reserve and Volume 2011, No. 1 Law Office Computing Page 3 It’s always better when Savers—Continued it’s ... would have been forced to throw married to your existing tele- away. phone number (keeping your number is not an option at pre- $ Magic Jack sent but is in beta testing), you’re ready to go. This could Anyone who pays for a business save you $1,000 or more com- It’s not widely published or phone line can tell you—it ain’t pared to land lines and hundreds known, but it’s a common prac- cheap. The cost of a business over the cable company’s offer- tice for Internet service providers line is the better part of $100 a ing. We’ve interviewed a few (ISPs) to make security software month. Additional lines are extra, people who’ve had Magic Jack available to customers at no and, until recently, call forward- for months and they’re complete- charge. When we investigated, ing, caller id, and call waiting all ly satisfied with it. No dissenters. we found it was true of our own added to the bill. In fact, our cable repairman ad- provider, Time Warner Cable. Is Now there are alternatives. Cou- mitted having one. it really free? Of course not. It’s obviously built in to the monthly pling our phone service with our Based on that, we ordered one. fee, but it’s there if you want it. Internet connection and cable See page 30 of this issue for a reduced our phone bill to $35 report. 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