In today’s increasingly virtual world, many companies are finding their employees no longer working under the same roof. Even more, companies are constantly expanding their network to include all types of business partners. HotDocs Server is the perfect tool to maximize productivity in the face of this decentralization because it allows users to assemble HotDocs documents quickly and easily from their web browsers at any location - safely and securely. HotDocs Server can even retrieve answers from a database so users can assemble documents without answering any questions.
With HotDocs Server:
- You have the flexibility to design templates and publish them to the web or your intranet. No more waiting for faxes, re-keying data on forms, etc.
- Clients and business associates worldwide can gain access to these published templates and provide information via intuitive, online interviews.
- Answers entered in the interview can be used to assemble customized documents on the server, or saved in a database for future use.
- Assembled documents may be saved on a server, downloaded to a local PC, or routed as part of your standard company workflow.
- End users do not require special software, which reduces IT infrastructure hassles.
HotDocs® document-automation software lets you transform frequently used documents - such as briefs, motions, legal forms, contracts, proposals, government or court forms, letters, and wills - into reusable templates. Using HotDocs, you can create new documents in a fraction of the time you would otherwise spend drafting them manually.
HotDocs lets you produce accurate documents efficiently and share knowledge effectively for better practice management.
- Save countless hours entering data - Instead of retyping information such as a client’s name or a docket number over and over in the same document, simply enter it once. Dramatically reduce time spent in the “search and replace” function in your word processor and consistently reuse your firm’s knowledge and work product.
- Minimize errors - HotDocs legal software can help you generate flawless, individualized documents and reduce costly proofreading cycles and liability caused by careless mistakes. Verb tenses, gender references, dates, numbers, calculations, and other types of information all update automatically to reflect the information you enter. Simple interview questions with embedded guidance help users throughout your firm easily enter the information needed for error-free document generation.
- Share effective documents or clauses across your practice - HotDocs legal-document software enables you to ensure consistent quality and get new staff up to speed quickly by standardizing your work product and sharing your most effective documents and clauses throughout your practice. You can also create a library of key terms and phrases to share, and reuse effective language across a variety of documents and situations.
- Work with the applications you already know - HotDocs can import directly from applications such as Microsoft® Outlook®, Microsoft® Word, and Corel® WordPerfect®, and can assemble documents such as Acrobat® PDF files for electronic distribution. It can also be used with a variety of leading law-firm software programs, including Time Matters®, PCLawTM, Amicus Attorney®, ProLaw® and more.
HotDocs®g makes it easy to produce precise, error-free legal documents consistently and quickly, giving you the most powerful document-automation solution available.
HotDocs legal-document software helps transform documents created in Microsoft®g Word or Corel®g WordPerfect®g - briefs, motions, legal forms, contracts, proposals, government or court forms, letters, wills, and more - into valuable templates. Its new features will streamline your drafting and document assembly:
- Intuitive interview-based document creation - Instead of forcing you to cut, paste, and retype information, HotDocs templates prompt users for required information in a logical and user-friendly interview sequence.
- Reusable forms content - Compile an invaluable repository of special language, unique clauses, documents, and correspondence that the firm has already approved and used successfully.
- Editable text - HotDocs lets you customize the text of each document for a particular matter or client without having to change the document’s template.
- Integration with Microsoft®g Outlook®g, Word, and more - You can import information from Outlook, Word, WordPerfect®g, and a variety of legal software programs directly into HotDocs. HotDocs is also compatible with the new Microsoft®g Windows Vista®g operating system.
- HotDocs compare feature - This time-saving feature enables you to see how your changes will affect your completed document without having to save the document.
- Markup View - Empower the subject-matter experts in your firm to review for revisions or corrections.
- Electronic document transmission - By assembling documents as PDF files and transmitting them electronically, you can minimize printing and mailing, saving time and reducing costs.
- Enhanced document preview - When responding to a question in the HotDocs interview, you can jump directly from the template interview to the document so you can see where the answer will be used.
- Style preferences - With HotDocs you can choose whatever font style, size, and colour you want during the document creation process.
- Hidden data remover - HotDocs allows you to delete extraneous information, such as document properties, in any of your Word documents.
- HotDocs InterConnect TM - Manage all your HotDocs files through your Interwoven®g WorkSite®g document management system.
HotDocs® 2008 New Features
- Create model documents, independent of HotDocs, and use them to assemble custom documents - Using Microsoft®g Word, you can create model documents. A model document is an exemplar document used as the basis for drafting documents of the same type for specific clients. Using a defined markup language, you identify text that varies from one client to another. This markup provides an unambiguous description of how a model document should be used to draft client-specific documents. Once you have a model document, you can use it with HotDocs to generate custom documents for your clients.
- New Go to Field button added to HotDocs toolbar - When you receive scripting error messages in HotDocs, they often include the field number for the field where the error is located. To help you quickly find this field in a text template, HotDocs now includes a Go To Field button in the HotDocs navigation toolbar.
- Entering non-English answers during an interview - During a HotDocs interview, you can enter answers in left-to-right reading languages other than English.
- Create a Favourites folder in the template library and add templates to it - You can group the templates you use most frequently in a Favourites folder of your library.
HotDocs®g makes it easy to produce precise, error-free legal documents consistently and quickly, giving you the most powerful document-automation solution available.
The HotDocs®g Certified Independent Consultant (CIC) Program provides you with the ultimate flexibility and choice when implementing a HotDocs solution in your practice. CICs are located worldwide and have a broad range of expertise. All members have been carefully selected and have passed a rigorous HotDocs certification process.
HotDocs CICs supplement HotDocs products, consulting, and training solutions with their own products, expertise, and viewpoint. Some CICs are experts in specific practice areas or industries, while others have extensive experience integrating HotDocs with document management or other business systems. Still others specialize in template development and offer a wealth of unique utilities, which may benefit your organization