What is a Document Management System? A document management system offers a way to better organize, create, control and distribute documents electronically. Not only can it index and organize your word processing documents, spreadsheets, and other application documents that you create, it can become an electronic filing cabinet for documents scanned into your computer system and help to reduce the amount of time spent searching for documents. With full integration with your word processor and applications, it's as easy as selecting the "save" command to store your document.
Document management is not just about documents; it's about organizations and people. It brings all of an organization's source of knowledge, including relevant e-mail communications - incoming or outgoing. Organize them by client and matter to quickly find documents relating to a specific matter.
Using a document management system can assist you in your plan to go paperless - at least "much less paper". Stop searching for lost documents in files - search for them on your computer.
When you use a document management system, you can quickly profile your new information in ways that make it accessible exactly when and where it is needed. Document management gives you control over document security and access. Confidential documents can be made available only to the people who need to see them. Documents can be continually indexed as they are added to the system so that you can perform full-text searches and find the documents you need.
Document Management is an included feature in Time Matters®, Amicus Attorney, and Practice Master, practice management systems, or your practice management system can be linked to Worldox for a more robust solution. All documents, whether scanned, emailed, or created by you, can be found in your case files in your Practice Management System, or through your Document Management System.
Use the document management built into your practice management system alone, or use Worldox in addition to your practice management system.
Take charge of your organization's knowledge and intellectual property assets.
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