Category: A-Z Blog Posts

A to Z Tips from TSR: “F” is for Flat Fees and Options Related To Them

March 28, 2012 No Comments by Terry Rosenthal
Flat Fee Screen

FLAT FEE BILLING IS GAINING POPULARITY IN LAW FIRMS ABSOLUTE, MINIMUM, MAXIMUM FLAT FEE ARRANGEMENTS Timeslips offers flat fee billing in 3 basic varieties: Absolute Flat Fee  Charge covers all fees (or fees plus expenses). Slips that are associated with an absolute flat fee derive their value once the fee is completed.   Minimum Flat [...]

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A to Z Tips from TSR: “E” is for Errors and What They Mean

March 21, 2012 No Comments by Terry Rosenthal
error message

Your database has an error in an index file. What does it mean?  Is my data lost? The key to understanding error messages is to read the description.  The above error indicates that the problem is with the Change Log.   The change log tracks changes made to the data and if corrupt, can be [...]

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A to Z Tips from TSR: “D” is for Data Entry Assistant

March 14, 2012 No Comments by Terry Rosenthal
Timeslips Data Entry Assistant screen

Do you know what the “Timeslips Data Entry Assistant” is?   The information can be very valuable when researching what a person entered on a specific day or other time period.   Here are some answers to questions which will illustrate the value of this tool: Q: How do you get to the Data Entry [...]

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A to Z Tips from TSR: “C” is for Consolidated Billing in Timeslips

March 7, 2012 1 Comment by Terry Rosenthal
Consolidated billing

Consolidated bills include information from more than one of a client’s projects or matters, with the option of a summary at the end showing  totals for each matter.  Timeslips has two ways to address clients with multiple matters.  Your firm can adopt either one, or a combination. The two ways are:  References (or projects) and [...]

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A to Z Tips from TSR: “B” is for Backup

February 29, 2012 No Comments by Terry Rosenthal

DATA BACKUPS — INSURANCE YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO IGNORE How many times do you hear your computer people ask about backups?  I hope you hear it a lot!  And I hope that you pay attention.  Teenagers often think they are resilient to bad things happening to them.  They cannot imagine they will have an auto [...]

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A to Z Tips from TSR: “A” is for Accounts Receivable

February 21, 2012 No Comments by Terry Rosenthal

                  Accounts Receivable Tools   Timeslips by Sage offers many different ways to view accounts receivable data: Aged Accounts Receivable Balances- A list of clients and their balances aged over 30-60-90 days.  This report can be broken down by fees/costs/interest,  it can include last bill and last [...]

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