In the legal community, producing consistent and clean documents is not only at the heart of the services provided but is essential for maintaining client relationships and keeping with court standards. With Legal MacPac Templates, the Firm or Department creates a structure for consistent document production so the individual user doesn't have to worry about formatting when creating a document. All they have to worry about is content. Each of the templates are designed specifically for the legal environment and are then customized to Firm or Department standard requirements.

Templates ensure that the complex formatting work is automatically done for the user. And Legal MacPac Macros ensure that when editing documents, these standards are maintained.

Every Firm and Department is made up of individuals and each individual may have different document style preferences and needs. Legal MacPac allows for personal preferences within the structure of each of the templates. Offering the flexibility for users to apply formatting changes within the structure of a template assures that document standards are applied when users want the freedom to change minor document formatting .

For example, an author can select to create a pleading with 26-line or 28-line formatting and decide to include the Firm or Department name in the paper using the Pleading Template. The Pleading Template offers these options via the template and macros, so that the changes can be made automatically, instead of forcing the user to manually manipulate the document formatting. Making options like these available within the structure of the template ensures that documents remain consistent.

Once customization is complete and MacPac is installed, many of the changes the Firm may require can be done through editing databases supplied with MacPac. Items such as default dialog settings, margins, fonts, letterhead, etc., can be changed either through the databases or from within a document by IS personnel without the need for editing or adding code.

We believe that integrating templates and macros with document management software and Firm or Department contact database(s) is essential in making document production fast, easy and intuitive. MacPac is fully integrated with the following and can be customized to integrate with your document management software and contact databases.

Document Managers

Legal MacPac integrates with most document management programs including iManage, PCDOCS Open®, PowerDOCS®, Prolaw™ and Worldox®.

Contact Integration™

Legal MacPac integrates with most contact information programs including Microsoft Outlook, Interface Software's InterAction, Lotus Notes, Prolaw™, GroupWise, ContactEase/MetzPhones, and Time & Chaos. In addition, MacPac Contact Integration™ can support integration with any ODBC-compliant or MAPI-compliant contact management program.