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We recently posted updated PracticeMaster programs that include the following enhancement (Version 17.1.3.1166):

• Improvements have been made to Word Document Assembly behavior when working with File Access separators and terminators.

As a reminder effective June 1, 2015, we will no longer support versions 15.1 and 15.2 of Tabs3 and PracticeMaster software. We will continue supporting version 15.3 through June 1, 2016. Knowledge Base article R11050 provides additional information about the product life cycle of Tabs3 and PracticeMaster software.

Please advise clients using these older versions that they will need to update in order to receive support after June 1 of this year.  We stopped selling version 15.2 in January 2010, so it will have been supported for more than five years.

Each monthly User Newsletter this year will include a reminder on the sunsetting of version 15.1 and 15.2.  Clients using version 15.1 or 15.2 also will be reminded each time they speak with a Technical Support Representative.  Please contact the Sales Departments for update pricing information, or to place an order.

As announced at the Reseller Forum last month, the sample data provided with the software now uses 2015 dates. We recently updated the downloadable trial software to also use the newer dates. Be sure to update your software to use the new dates if you don’t yet have the newer sample data (Help | Check for Updates). 

The Check for Updates program will update the data in the Tutor folder under your Current Working Directory.

You can copy those files to your Current Working Directory. Alternatively, you can download the new Trial software. However, if you are using the NFR Platinum version, you will need to do the following after running Check for Updates.

1. Copy all folders from the Tutor folder and their contents (i.e., ADMIN, ADMIN\ASSEMBLED, BUSLAW, CMSYSTEM, etc.).
2. Next you need to copy all *.DAT files EXCEPT the STCFG.DAT and STCUSTID.DAT files using the following procedures.
   1. Rename the STCFG.DAT file in your Current Working Directory to STCFG2.DAT.
   2. Rename the STCUSTID.DAT file in your Current Working Directory to STCUSTID2.DAT.
   3. Copy all *.DAT files from the Tutor folder to your Current Working Directory.
   4. Delete the STCFG.DAT file in your Current Working Directory.
   5. Delete the STCUSTID.DAT file in your Current Working Directory.
   6. Rename the STCFG2.DAT file in your Current Working Directory to STCFG.DAT.
   7. Rename the STCUSTID2.DAT file in your Current Working Directory to STCUSTID.DAT.
3. Copy all *.IDX files from the Tutor folder to your Current Working Directory.
4. Copy all *.T3D files from the Tutor folder to your Current Working Directory.
5. Copy all *.TRD files from the Tutor folder to your Current Working Directory.
6. Renumber the timekeepers. Your NFR demo has a timekeeper limit of 5 whereas the sample data has 10 timekeepers.

We are currently working on identifying the changes we will be making to our Sample Data for our next release. If you have any thoughts or requests regarding what changes you would like us to consider making, please let me know. Send an e-mail to [email protected] or call me at (402) 423-1440, extension 451.

We recently posted programs that include the following enhancements (Version 17.1.3.1092):

• The LEDES 1998B format in Taskbill now includes an “Esis” subformat that appends the ZIP Code from System Configuration to the Firm ID specified in Taskbill.
• The Statement Customization program in Tabs3 now allows users to include Sales Tax percentages from Customization using the “\%” variable on sales tax terminology lines (i.e., Lines 13-15).