New ProductsSource: ABA Journal, Vol. 73, No. 1 (JANUARY 1, 1987), pp. 85-86Published by: American Bar AssociationStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20759108 .

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Software for Lawyers Attractively priced programs designed by a practicing attorney team up with Lotus 1-2-3 or Symphony. HUD-1/ RESPA users can complete entries, calculations and printing to the HUD form and the client's own checks in as little as 5 minutes. Estate Administra tion users, by classifying receipts and disbursements one time only, can complete simultaneously the federal and state death tax and fiduciary in come tax returns and the fiduciary ac count, and print the schedules. Pitts burgh, Pa. Circle 201 on the Reader Service Card.

LRK Resources Unlimited Inc. Specializing in used IBM displaywriters, still the most popular standalone word processor. We are ac

tively dealing in other major brands of word processing equipment, main

frames, including peripherals. All used equipment is eligible for manu facturers maintenance. As buyers and

sellers we welcome all inquiries. Mis souri City, Tx. Circle 202 on the Reader Service Card.

Data Rescue Service Don't lose the case because you lost the data. Polaroid Professional Quality Diskettes offer the most powerful claim in the industry. When an office mishap makes your diskette unreada ble, Polaroid will rescue your data ab solutely free. Only Polaroid Profes sional Quality Diskettes in the grey box qualify for this unique service. Choose from 5 1/4", 3 1/2" and 8" disk ettes. Atlanta, Ga. Circle 203 on the Reader Service Card.

National Rally '87 Lighting a Prairie Fire of Local Action, Feb. 8-11. 1987 on the Monterey Pen insula in California. Sponsored by the Land Trust Exchange, this conference will offer training sessions on land conservation techniques and discus

sions of the recommendations in the President's Commission on Ameri cans Outdoors final report. Bar Har

bor, Me. Circle 204 on the Reader Service Card.

RTAS System Dictaphone Corporation has an nounced an enhanced version of its RTAS digital voice processing system for general business applications. The RTAS system, by digitizing voice and

storing it on computer hard disks, pro vides transcriptionists with instant access to dictated reports for priority handling. As soon as a report is dic tated, it is recorded and stored in the system according to author or subject I.D. and can be accessed instantly.

Rye, N Y. Circle 205 on the Reader Service Card.

Network Connection This electronic typewriter from Xerox Corporation connects directly to the Ethernet local area network. The con

nection enables the 645E Memorywriter to exchange informa tion with other network workstations, print documents on laser printers and send or receive electronic mail mes sages. The 645E also serves as an electronic typewriter that can be used for simple tasks such as typing notes or for complicated tasks such as typ ing complex forms. Rochester, N.Y.

Circle 211 on the Reader Service Card.

DataTimes DATATEK's online database division, DataTimes, now provides online ac

cess to the full text databases of local and national newspapers and wire services, specialized region-specific databases, and the financial databases of Dow Jones News/Retrieval. DataTimes is available throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe and Australia.

Any ASCII terminal or microcom puter equipped with a modem can ac cess DataTimes' databases via the Tymnet communications network.

Oklahoma City, Okla. Circle 206 on the Reader Service Card.

Legalware The Document Modeler is a desktop computer program designed to work on the desks of busy lawyers who know more about law than computers.

It puts you, the lawyer, in charge of the quality of documentation. Your precedents, together with your favor ite clauses and your thinking about the issues addressed by those clauses are turned into computer models. The models are then used over and over again by you and your staff to gener ate first class, professional documents in a fraction of the time it normally takes. Toronto, Ont., Canada. Circle 207 on the Reader Service Card.

Timeslips North Edge Software offers time and expense billing software that lets you easily track your time and expenses (with timesheets or in ''Stopwatch" fashion using Timeslips' pop-up/

memory-resident screen) and prepare customized graphs, reports and bills. Even prints mailing labels. IBM PC/ AT/XT compatible. $99.95. Hamilton, Mass. Circle 208 on the Reader Serv ice Card.

Charles Martini Associates Provides professional practice devel opment, practice building and market ing communication services to small and medium size law firms. They spe cialize in developing the firm's busi ness plan, marketing planning, consul tative sales training, client retention programs, in-house practice develop ment training and more. Secane, Pa.

Circle 209 on the Reader Service Card.

Estate Administrator The Institute for Paralegal Training offers Estate Administrator, a micro computer software program that keeps track of tax return filing dates, due dates for each administrative task, form letters and data for each es tate. The program comes with a tutor ial, including a sample set of form let ters, on how to administer an estate. This tutorial is based on The Insti tute's Estates and Trusts Course Cur

riculum and is designed to enable law firms to use Estate Administrator as an in-house training program for legal assistants and fiduciary accountants.

Philadelphia, Pa. Circle 210 on the Reader Service Card.

Information System The Information System for Attorneys Series 900, developed by Manac Sys tems International Ltd., has recently

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been evaluated and approved by the ABA Legal Technology Advisory Council as an advanced system for use by small and medium-sized law firms. Manac Systems' sole business for over a decade has been to design, develop, implement and support high quality IBM computer-based systems for law firms. Montreal, Ont., Canada. Circle 212 on the Reader Service Card.

Corporate Services Prentice Hall Corporate Service has been providing fast, reliable, personal ized services to legal professionals since 1902 in the handling of the de tails of incorporation and other corpo rate filings including UCC, document orders and in the providing of statu tory representation, all under the di rection of counsel. Chicago, 111. Circle 213 on the Reader Service Card.

Office Management Computer Law Systems, Inc. offers the Law Office Management System, fea turing a comprehensive array of finan cial and professional support applica tions, designed to assist law firms in improving personal productivity and increasing profitability. The systems support multiple users, offering the ability to centralize or distribute tasks to assist in managing the firm prac tice. Eden Prairie, Minn. Circle 214 on the Reader Service Card.

Show Business Resource Matthew Bender's Entertainment In dustry Contracts; Negotiating and Drafting Guide is a four volume book set that covers the universe of entertainment-related contracts from

the point of view of the business as well as the artistic sides of show busi ness. It represents an important nego

tiating tool not only for attorneys in the entertainment field, but for agents, producers, managers, publish ers, authors, entertainers, directors,

promoters, theater-owners, cultural

centers and record distributors and more. New York, N.Y. Circle 215 on the Reader Service Card.

E.F. Hutton

Introduces a financial planning serv ice - Retirement Distribution Analysis (RDA). RDA is a decision making tool especially designed for people near retirement, who must coordinate their selection of settlement options

and tax treatments for several retire ment plans. RDA can be easily inte grated into a corporate benefits pro gram, and can help you provide a valuable service without additions to staff or the purchase of expensive software. Circle 216 on the Reader Service Card.

The Key Technical Communications Corpora tion offers their new file encryption capability, The Key. The Key resides on a floppy diskette and is designed to encrypt files for IBM Personal Com puters and IBM-compatible PC's; in formation is quickly secured on both hard and floppy disks. The Key also al lows transmission of encrypted files over communications links via most binary communications programs. Concord, Mass. Circle 217 on the Reader Service Card.

Automatic Data Input The CompuScan PCS Page Reader, which combines low-cost, desktop scanning with advanced OCR and image technologies, scans typed text and transmits the information to most popular word processors and IBM compatible PCs, thereby increasing input efficiencies. Productivity can tri ple for text and data processing appli cations. Fairfield, N.J. Circle 218 on the Reader Service Card.

Market Manager PLUS Dow Jones Software announces Ver sion 2.0 of Market Manager PLUS, award-winning portfolio management software for the IBM. Designed for in dividual or professional investors, the program collects current security quotes from Dow Jones News/ Retrieval? to value your portfolio and summarize your position at a glance. News features include IBM DOS sup

port, increased portfolio and security files, selected updating and more. Ac cess to all Dow Jones News Retrieval databases is provided, along with full customer support. Circle 219 on the Reader Service Card.

Speech Portfolio Brewer-Cantelmo Co. offers the Script-Master? Speech Portfolio which displays two entire 8 1/2" x 11" pages of text at one time. Pages slide from right to left instead of turning, so you maintain the pace of your presen tation and the attention of your audi ence. The raised sides of Script Master keep your speech intact and in order when open on the podium or closed for travel. New York, N.Y. Cir cle 220 on the Reader Service Card.

NordicTrack The NordicTrack is a jarless total body exerciser that simulates cross country skiing. NordicTrack's arm and leg resistances are independently ad justable and its unique flywheel action provides smoothness and continuity to the motion. Chaska, Minn. Circle 221 on the Reader Service Card.

The Source Source Telecomputing Corporation offers legal information, assistance and referrals through a new legal spe cial interest group (SIG) for members of The Source. McLean, Va. Circle 222 on the Reader Service Card.

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N. Calif, Ore., Wash. Harway and Blake 309 Second St.. Suite 5 L?s Altos, Calif. 94022 415/941-$906

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