Quick Timer
The Quick Timer can also be accessed from the windows menu. You can open up the quick timer without opening PCLaw, but you still have to log in. To be honest the Quick Timer is quite pointless, and we usual deleting it from the menu. It is the same as the Time Sheet, except harder to use, you can only see one entry at a time and cannot easily jump back and forth between entries.
If you Delay Post in the Quick Timer:
It will show up in the Time Sheets as delayed post
It you have your Time Sheet opened when you delay post, you will have delay post your Time Sheet to see that entry.
Fee Sheet
Fee Sheets are just like the Time Sheet, except there is no place for Hours. There for, the Fee Sheet is perfect for contingency cases and anything with a fixed fee.
Time Sheet is one of the best features of PCLaw. You can use the Timer, to record the exact time of each entry or you can manually override them. When you click ok, the Time Entries are posted to the matter and ledger. You can edit and find your time entries by either going to the Matter Manager and clicking on the Time Tab or going to the Register and clicking on the Time Tab.
Delay Post
You might not be ready to post all your time entries yet. Delay Post, saves the Time Sheet so when you open it again, all the time entries are still there.
Time Sheet Settings
System Settings
· Options –> System Settings –> Data Entry will give you options to set the firm wide minimum time entry. You can override this by typing your entry in. It will also give you the option to save time in minutes instead of 10ths of the hour.
· Options –> System Settings –> Data Entry will also allow you to Hold Charges. If you check this off, the next time you log into pclaw, your will have this at the end of your time sheets:
Work Station Settings
Default to will allow us to choose what Lawyer to automatically always default to. If we uncheck Allow only one timer. We can run multiple time entries in PCLaw. That may be a bad idea.
Uncheck Carry Matter Nickname Forward on Time Sheet is a good policy to set. When you create your next time Entry, the Matter Knick Name will be blank instead of being filled out.
Spell Check
If you check Automatic on OK then when you attempt to Post your time entries, PCLaw will spell check them. I would have this checked for all my users.
Lagniappe
Calendar
Even if you are not using PCLaw for Practice Management, you still want to enable the Calendar. On TimeSheets, at the bottom, you click on Calendar.
Look at all the information you get
· Running Talley of Billable Work with a $ Value for the month
· Running Talley of Non Billable Work
· Days with no Time Highlighted in Red
· Easy way to see all the Time Entries
