Category: document creation

Document Templates Revisited - Mar. 14, 2025 - document creation, templates
To save time and improve accuracy when creating documents, Time Matters has a number of options. One option is to use existing documents as Templates.

Creating Workflows with Time Matters - Jan. 15, 2025 - workflow, templates, todos, document creation
Flowcharts can be incredibly effective at creating, streamlining and tweaking the series of steps needed to serve clients and run a law office. Here is an example…

Reuse and Reorder Text in emails and Documents - Oct. 14, 2022 - document creation, email, Windows
Don’t keep retyping the same things again and again. A free feature in Microsoft Windows avoids repetitive typing so you get work done faster.

Automate an Existing Document - Jan. 17, 2022 - document creation

Avoid Paying for Acrobat with Time Matters - Feb. 14, 2021 - document creation, document management, links
Adobe Acrobat DC is expensive and only available by annual subscription. There is a good way to avoid the subscription approach and save significant money while still being able to save PDF files as Time Matters Documents.

Time Matters Merge Template - Avoid a Blank Line - Dec. 15, 2020 - document creation

Fix a Merge Template Data File in Time Matters - Nov. 17, 2020 - document creation, troubleshooting

Remove a Blank Line in Time Matters Merge Template - Feb. 6, 2020 - document creation, MS Office

Absolute Coolest Time Matters Instant Documents - Nov. 30, 2019 - document creation, document management
Recently a client reminded me of the absolute coolest way to create a document instantly, along with automatically…

Easy Mailmerge for Multiple Letters - Aug. 30, 2018 - document creation
Produce multiple documents by tagging multiple Contacts and using the Formattable Clipboard.

Time Matters Error - Create a PDF - Jul. 18, 2018 - document creation, troubleshooting
Sometimes the PDF function in Time Matters may go haywire, preventing you from creating reports as Acrobat PDF files and converting Word files to PDF. This posts explains how to fix the Time Matters PDF function by removing the Time Matters Private Driver.

Create a PDF Form from a Locked PDF - Feb. 17, 2018 - document creation
Here's a trick you can use to make an unlocked copy of a locked, fillable PDF form. That allows you to insert a copy of your signature and create other fields. Then you can use the form over and over without ever having to print it and scan it in order to create an electronic version.

Time Matters Document Name Characters - Aug. 3, 2017 - document creation, document management
Avoid these characters in filenames when saving documents.

Time Matters - Save As a New Document - Apr. 28, 2017 - document creation, document management
This illustrated tip shows you how to open and reuse and existing Word document to create a new one using Time Matters. It shows the path of least resistance for saving the new document via Time Matters.

PDF File from a Word Document - Jul. 30, 2014 - document creation, utilities

Fee Agreement Form - May. 10, 2014 - document creation, forms
You can reduce non-billable time by automating frequently-used documents. A good place to start is your Fee Agreement form or Engagement Agreement form. You may want to use our free, downloadable Fee Agreement form as a source of some terms for your form or as a draft for creating your form.

Future-Proof Filenames - Nov. 6, 2013 - document creation
Future-proof your files by avoiding the use of "illegal" punctuation characters in filenames for documents, spreadsheets and other files.

PhraseExpress - Better than Time Matters AutoTXT - Jun. 12, 2010 - document creation, products, utilities
Use a third-party program, PhraseExpress, instead of AutoTXT in Time Matters. Both PhraseExpress and Time Matters' AutoTXT save you a great deal of time and wrist strain by expanding typed abbreviations into longer words and whole phrases. PhraseExpress works with GoToMyPC after you adjust a speed setting.

Merge Templates Broken after Windows Update - Dec. 15, 2009 - document creation, troubleshooting
Here is a fix for an issue that may occur after updating Windows XP. The symptom is that your Merge Templates do not work. You get these error messages: "Word cannot start the converter mswrd632.wpc" and "Unable to open the Specified Merge Form File". You may be able to fix it with this Registry patch.

Take Steps to Become More Efficient - Aug. 2, 2009 - calendar, document creation, document management, organizing, todos

Moving Merge Template Files - Sep. 15, 2008 - document creation, document management
How to fix Merge Templates if you need to move them from one server or computer to another.

Merge an Optional Initial - Sep. 27, 2005 - document creation, templates
When automatically creating documents using Time Matters Merge Templates, you can handle names with Middle Initials and names without them.

Document Templates - Jul. 18, 2005 - document creation, templates
To save time and improve accuracy when creating documents, Time Matters has a number of options. One option is to use existing documents as Templates.