Block Financial releases legal advisory for small businesses and entrepreneurs on disk and CD-ROM; Kiplinger's Small Business Attorney Windows programs provide easy and affordable access to quality business guidance.KANSAS CITY Kansas City, two adjacent cities of the same name, one (1990 pop. 149,767), seat of Wyandotte co., NE Kansas (inc. 1859), the other (1990 pop. 435,146), Clay, Jackson, and Platte counties, NW Mo. (inc. 1850). , Mo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 1, 1995--Kiplinger's Small Business Attorney, a powerful new software tool to help small businesses become more familiar and comfortable with legal documents and the legal process, was released today by Block Financial Corp. Developed in cooperation with the Kiplinger organization, which has been helping millions of Americans with business and personal finance advice for more than 70 years, Kiplinger's Small Business Attorney includes a wealth of business and legal guidance not found in any other software program. This Windows product -- available on both disk-based and CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). Multimedia versions -- is designed to help small business owners and managers, small office/home office See SOHO. (SOHO Soho (sōhō`, sə–), district of Westminster, London, England, known for its continental restaurants. Once a fashionable quarter, it became popular among writers and artists in the 19th cent. ) professionals, entrepreneurs and small business consultants make better decisions, save valuable time and cut costly legal fees. Kiplinger's Small Business Attorney contains more than 80 contracts, letters and other legal documents along with context-sensitive expert help on how and when to use them. Developed by small business experts and legal professionals, the program is written in plain English Plain English (sometimes known, more broadly, as plain language) is a communication style that focuses on considering the audience's needs when writing. It recommends avoiding unnecessary words and avoiding jargon, technical terms, and long and ambiguous sentences. that doesn't require the user to have a law degree. At the same time, it's powerful enough to meet the demands of any business user. "Kiplinger's Small Business Attorney for the first time gives the small business person the kind of tools that managers at big companies have always had," said Gene Goldenberg, vice president and software publisher at Block Financial. "Users can customize their documents while getting expert guidance on how to use them. No other legal software offers this kind of help to users." Kiplinger's Small Business Attorney includes the following unique features: -- over 80 contracts and documents designed specifically for small business -- embedded guidance and advice from experienced business and legal professionals on how to "fill in the blanks" -- fully-integrated Windows word processor -- Business Law topics offering on-line discussions on critical business and legal issues -- instructional audio for step-by-step guidance -- color-coded text in every document for immediate access to plain-English guidance, explanations and advice on completing the document -- In addition, Kiplinger's Small Business Attorney MultiMedia contains video clips explaining what the document is, when and how to use it, and how it can benefit small business owners and managers. Throughout Kiplinger's Small Business Attorney has been designed as a product that is both comprehensive and easy to use. From the opening menu, users can easily select screens that display available documents. The main subject areas include financial, sales and marketing, personnel and employment, sale and purchase of goods, corporate, technology, real estate, estate planning Estate Planning The overall planning of a person's wealth, including the preparation of a will and the planning of taxes after the individual's death. Notes: Contrary to popular belief, estate planning involves much more than preparing a will, and it is not only for the and asset protection. When filling out a document, an on-line virtual legal consultant offers plain English business guidance on how to complete each agreement. Both brief and detailed document descriptions appear at the click of a mouse button, offering the most specific advice possible on when to use a given form. Kiplinger's Small Business Attorney's built-in agreement editor, a word processor which emulates the popular Microsoft Word A full-featured word processing program for Windows and the Macintosh from Microsoft. Included in the Microsoft application suite, it is a sophisticated program with rudimentary desktop publishing capabilities that has become the most widely used word processing application on the market. and Ami Pro See Word Pro. programs, simplifies the process of completing a document. The agreement editor provides the ability to edit, add, delete or change words, sentences or clauses. This component offers a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) Pronounced "wiz-ee-wig." It refers to displaying text and graphics on screen the same as they will print on paper or display on a Web page. view of documents, the ability to use multiple fonts, consecutive page numbering and time and date stamps. Along with the agreement editor, Kiplinger's Small Business Attorney is the only legal software that includes an intuitive guidance system, which guides users step-by-step through filling in the necessary items in a document. Behind each color-coded decision point are business examples, options and explanations of legal clauses, that help users better understand, in plain English, how the documents are constructed. Kiplinger's Small Business Attorney runs on any IBM-compatible PC A PC that is compatible with the IBM PC and PS/2 standards. Although this term is still used, it had validity in the early days when PC makers were trying to copy the IBM PC, and many PCs were not compatible. Today, PCs conform to standards set by Intel, Microsoft and the PC industry at large. equipped with an 80386 (or higher) CPU chip, Microsoft Windows 3.1 (or higher) or Windows 95, a minimum of 4MB of RAM, 6MB of hard disk space, and a VGA (Video Graphics Array) The display standard for the PC. All PC display adapters support VGA, and Windows machines boot up in "VGA mode" before switching to higher resolutions. or higher-resolution monitor. The program supports any Windows 3.1- or Windows 95-compatible printer. Kiplinger's Small Business Attorney MultiMedia runs on any IBM-compatible MPC-II computer equipped with an 80386 (or higher) CPU chip, Microsoft Windows 3.1 (or higher) or Windows 95, a minimum of 4MB of RAM, 6MB of hard disk space, a double-speed CD-ROM drive, a sound card and a VGA or higher-resolution monitor. The multimedia version also supports any Windows 3.1- or Windows 95-compatible printer. Kiplinger's Small Business Attorney and Kiplinger's Small Business Attorney MultiMedia are available through major software retailers and distributors, each for an expected street price of $49.95. For more information on Kiplinger's Small Business Attorney and Kiplinger's Small Business Attorney MultiMedia, customers should call 1-800-813-7940. Kiplinger's Small Business Attorney, as well as the newly-released Kiplinger's Home Legal Advisor, join Kiplinger TaxCut in Block's family of software tools designed to help users save time and money in their personal and professional lives. The Kiplinger Organization has joined Block Financial Corp. (BFC BFC Buffalo Field Campaign (West Yellowstone, Montana) BFC Betty Ford Center BFC British Fashion Council BFC Bicycle Friendly Community BFC Bible Fellowship Church BFC Boavista Futebol Clube ) in a creative partnership to develop personal productivity software. Kiplinger has been providing a wealth of business and personal finance information to millions of people for over 70 years. In addition to The Kiplinger Washington Letter, The Kiplinger Tax Letter, Kiplinger's Personal Finance Kiplinger's Personal Finance (KIP-lin-jerz) is a magazine that has been continuously published, on a monthly basis, from 1947 to the present day. It was the nation's first personal finance magazine, and prides itself on delivering "sound, unbiased advice in clear, Magazine and Kiplinger's Retirement Report, Kiplinger offers a full line of books and videotapes, as well as syndicated television, newspaper and on-line services. Founded in 1955, H&R Block, a diversified company diversified company A company engaged in varied business operations not directly related to one another. A diversified company is less likely to suffer either a collapse or a spectacular gain in earnings compared with a firm concentrating its operations in a , is the world's leading tax preparation and on-line information services See Information Systems. company. H&R Block Tax Services provided tax-related services for almost one in every seven returns with the IRS An abbreviation for the Internal Revenue Service, a federal agency charged with the responsibility of administering and enforcing internal revenue laws. in 1995, and served 17.1 million taxpayers in more than 9,500 offices worldwide. CompuServe operates the most comprehensive network in the world, providing on-line services to over 3.4 million members in more than 140 countries, and network services to over 800 corporate customers worldwide. Block Financial Corp., a subsidiary of H&R Block, publishes personal productivity software programs, including the award-winning Kiplinger TaxCut. In addition, BFC provides credit card and on-line financial services, as well as banking and financial products. CONTACT: Block Financial Corp. Gene Goldenberg, 816/932-7537 or Wilson McHenry Company Gayle LeDoux, 415/638-3400 gledoux@wmc.com |
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