New products in the legal field.Easy easel Legal professionals can convert meeting notes directly from an easel to a PC using the electronic easel conversion kit by MagnaPlan Corp. A lightweight capture bar attaches to the left edge of a standard flip chart easel, detects handwritten hand·write tr.v. hand·wrote , hand·writ·ten , hand·writ·ing, hand·writes To write by hand. [Back-formation from handwritten.] Adj. 1. dry ink pen strokes, and exports data to a PC. The kit fits in a laptop bag and weighs less than 2 1/2 pounds. The product allows users to record, store, print, and play back notes in color. The kit is compatible with Microsoft NetMeeting; Webex; Windows 95, 98, and NT 4.0; and BMP (1) (BitMaP) Also known as a "bump" file, it is the native, bitmapped graphics format in Windows. A BMP can be saved in several color options: 1-, 4-, 8- and 24-bit color provide 2, 16, 256 and 16,000,000 colors respectively. BMP files use the .BMP or . , JPEG JPEG in full Joint Photographic Experts Group Standard computer file format for storing graphic images in a compressed form for general use. JPEG images are compressed using a mathematical algorithm. , metafile A file that contains other files. It generally refers to graphics files that can hold vector drawings and bitmaps. For example, Windows Metafiles (WMFs) and Enhanced Metafiles (EMFs) can store pictures in vector graphics and bitmap formats as well as text. , and HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. files. For more information about the electronic easel conversion kit, call MagnaPlan Corp. at (518) 298-2368 or fax the form on p. 122 to (518) 298-2368. Check, please Lawyers who use computers are sometimes frustrated by their spell checker's inability to recognize legal and medical terms. Spellex Legal and Spellex Medical software add thousands of terms to most PCs' general spell checkers. Spellex Legal checks the spelling of over 30,000 legal terms, and Spellex Medical includes over 200,000 medical terms. Both products recognize abbreviations and acronyms. The software works with MS Word, WordPerfect, or Word Pro under Windows 3.x, 95, 98, NT, or 2000. Mac versions are also available. Multiuser Two or more users. editions are compatible with most networks. No additional hardware is required, and the software uses less than 2MB disk space. Single-user versions start at $99.95 for each product. The two products together cost $144.90. The Spellex Web site frequently offers discounts. For more information or to order the software, visit http://www.spellex.com, call (800) 442-WORD, or fax the form on p. 122 to (813) 855-2581. Needle in a haystack For the epidode of the TV series House, see . A needle in a haystack is an English idiom that refers to an object (or a person) that is difficult to find because it is lost, mixed in, or buried within a much larger space, mass, crowd, or group of some other objects. Super Text Search, introduced by Glenn Alcott Software, aids attorneys by locating misnamed mis·name tr.v. mis·named, mis·nam·ing, mis·names To call by a wrong name. misnamed Adjective having an inappropriate or misleading name: documents and files lost on hard drives. The search engine pinpoints words or phrases from previous files. The software includes an advanced search for detecting combinations of words or phrases. Super Text Search is designed for Windows 95, 98, 2000, and NT. It can search single files; entire drives; plaintext files, such as HTML; and binary files, such as word-processing and spreadsheet documents. Search results, displayed on screen, allow users to view, print, or export files. The product costs $24 and can be purchased at http://www.galcott.com. A trial version is available to download from the Web site. For more information, e-mail Glenn Alcott at galcott@ compuserve.com. You'll manage Firms of any size can manage cases on a day-to-day basis using TrialWorks Millennium Edition by Lawex Corp. The program is compatible with Microsoft Office and WordPerfect software and is priced according to the number of users. The Millennium Edition features file tabs replicating file drawers commonly used in many law offices. Users can send e-mail directly from the TrialWorks screen and create customized fields to track litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. information. Case management specialists provide free technical support for 90 days after purchase. Continued support is available for an annual maintenance fee. For more information, visit http://www.lawex.com, call (800) 377-5844, or fax the form on p. 122 to (305) 259-5556. It's a small world It's a Small World (formatted “it's a small world” by the Walt Disney Company) is a popular attraction at several Walt Disney theme parks: Disneyland (in California), the Magic Kingdom (in Florida), Tokyo Disneyland, and Disneyland Resort Paris. WORLDOX/WEB can help attorneys seeking to stay in touch with their firm and clients when traveling or working at home. This Web-browser-based document-retrieval system provides secure access to documents from anywhere at any time. Even when connected remotely, attorneys can use the WORLDOX system without changing the location of documents on the in-house file server. When a user is working on a file via the Web, a "read only" designation appears if anyone else accesses the document in the office. Password protection, encryption, and SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) The leading security protocol on the Internet. Developed by Netscape, SSL is widely used to do two things: to validate the identity of a Web site and to create an encrypted connection for sending credit card and other personal data. protection maintain the security of the firm's own network and firewall. The firm chooses who gets access to which documents, and clients can enter a password in order to work online with an attorney. The software is customizable and works with Windows 95, 98, and NT; Corel WordPerfect; and Microsoft's Office suite. The program is also compatible with most networks. A primary server costs $5,000, and each additional server costs $2,500. For more information, visit http://www.worldox. com or call (800) 962-6360. 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