The first thing you will notice about PCLaw 8.0 is that the buttons have been replaced by Graphics. These are the same graphics that are used in TimeMatters, another LexisNexis Product. Other Formats like Check General is completely the same. The coolest thing that I noticed is that fact that PCLaw makes it so easy to track time in Microsoft's Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. It has created this new tool bar that actually has a timer in it. Therefore you can be drafting a document and just start a timer without going into PCLaw.
I hope that PCLaw 8.0 helps shed some light to the public on Lexis Nexis's strategy. They want to make future versions of TimeMatters, Billing Matters and PCLaw more alike and eventually combined them into one integrated product. This my sole opinion, I have no inside info from anyone at Lexis. An integrated product will be more stable then a linked one, and this a good thing for end users and consultants who want to stop crossing their fingers and go to bed at a reasonable time.
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