{"id":310,"date":"2021-11-23T07:54:01","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T00:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lucion.com\/blog\/?p=310"},"modified":"2025-04-21T04:05:59","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T10:05:59","slug":"better-document-management-for-the-do-it-yourselfer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filecenter.com\/blog\/better-document-management-for-the-do-it-yourselfer\/","title":{"rendered":"Better Document Management for the Do-It-Yourselfer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

TechnoLawyer members represent the best of two breeds: lawyers, and do-it-yourselfers. You don’t just practice law, you manage a practice, and that means tackling IT yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Savvy do-it-yourselfers all have one thing in common: good tools. That’s why you read TechnoLawyer, to gather tips and ideas and, above all else, direction to the best tools for the trade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When it comes to document management<\/a> and scanning<\/a>, your fellow do-it-yourselfers have been falling in love with a unique tool, designed by lawyers specifically for those lawyers who, like you, run their own show: FileCenter. And with a little experimenting, you’ll see why they’re enamored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Document Management Your Way \u2013 in Windows Explorer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Good tools may get the job done, but the best tools go a step further: they anticipate your needs and your technique, and they work your way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most small law practices have honed their file organization using Windows Explorer. Not only do we approve of this practice, we embrace it … and enhance it. FileCenter displays your existing files in your existing filing structure, but puts an improved face on it. Employing an “electronic file cabinet<\/a>” metaphor, FileCenter creates a visual separation between your clients\/matters and at the same time accelerates your navigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, if you currently organize your system by client or matter, with one client\/matter per folder and supporting subfolders underneath, FileCenter will show your clients\/matters as distinct “drawers”. Inside of each drawer, you’ll find its supporting subfolders and documents. All of this is presented in a clean left-to-right layout that makes drilling down fast and easy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Organization schemes are as unique as the individuals who come up with them. FileCenter will “overlay” any Windows filing structure and give it a better, more consistent presentation<\/a>. Then FileCenter will put dozens of powerful file management tools at your fingertips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Without altering anything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speed Up File Naming<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

TechnoLawyer members have an ongoing discussion on file naming. We’ve watched you exchange outstanding tips, any of which will lead to a good, consistent file naming scheme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We strongly encourage you to come up with a naming scheme of your own, and we’ll give you tools to put it in practice. FileCenter has three features aimed specifically at helping you be dead-on consistent in the way you name and sort your files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, whatever your naming scheme, you can commit it as a filename template, complete with dynamic information like client or matter names, dates, and counters. When it’s time to name a file, just pick a name from the list. You get perfect consistency without touching the keyboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can also build lists of common filename elements: attorney names, court names, cities, counties, document types<\/a>, etc. As you name a file, pop items into the filename with a couple of mouse clicks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And when it comes to creating folders, FileCenter<\/a> gives you the ability to insert whole trees of folders from a template. You set up your own templates with the folder layouts you use most. Then when a new client walks through the door, you can have a new filing structure set up for them in just a couple of seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Else Can I Do?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If there’s a feature that helps an attorney work faster and better, we’ve tried to implement it: rapid document scanning, PDF creation, PDF editing, OCR, file sharing, document search …<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The best way to learn what FileCenter has to offer a savvy, do-it-yourself, legal practitioner, is to download a free copy and start playing with it. We think it won’t be long until you’re enamored too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TechnoLawyer members represent the best of two breeds: lawyers, and do-it-yourselfers. You don’t just practice law, you manage a practice, and that means tackling IT yourself. Savvy do-it-yourselfers all have one thing in common: good tools. That’s why you read …<\/p>\n

Better Document Management for the Do-It-Yourselfer<\/span> Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3084,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[],"table_tags":[],"class_list":["post-310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-document-management"],"yoast_head":"\nBetter Document Management for the Do-It-Yourselfer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.filecenter.com\/blog\/better-document-management-for-the-do-it-yourselfer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Better Document Management for the Do-It-Yourselfer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"TechnoLawyer members represent the best of two breeds: lawyers, and do-it-yourselfers. You don’t just practice law, you manage a practice, and that means tackling IT yourself. Savvy do-it-yourselfers all have one thing in common: good tools. That’s why you read … Better Document Management for the Do-It-Yourselfer Read More »\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.filecenter.com\/blog\/better-document-management-for-the-do-it-yourselfer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"FileCenter Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/filecenter\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-11-23T00:54:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-21T10:05:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.filecenter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Better-Document-Management-for-the-Do-It-Yourselfer.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"628\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kevin Anderson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kevin Anderson\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.filecenter.com\/blog\/better-document-management-for-the-do-it-yourselfer\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.filecenter.com\/blog\/better-document-management-for-the-do-it-yourselfer\/\",\"name\":\"Better Document Management for the Do-It-Yourselfer\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.filecenter.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.filecenter.com\/blog\/better-document-management-for-the-do-it-yourselfer\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.filecenter.com\/blog\/better-document-management-for-the-do-it-yourselfer\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.filecenter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Better-Document-Management-for-the-Do-It-Yourselfer.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-11-23T00:54:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-21T10:05:59+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.filecenter.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/84b1fe1c2805e12fbe6978c63c0291b3\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.filecenter.com\/blog\/better-document-management-for-the-do-it-yourselfer\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.filecenter.com\/blog\/better-document-management-for-the-do-it-yourselfer\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.filecenter.com\/blog\/better-document-management-for-the-do-it-yourselfer\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.filecenter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Better-Document-Management-for-the-Do-It-Yourselfer.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.filecenter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Better-Document-Management-for-the-Do-It-Yourselfer.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":628,\"caption\":\"Better Document Management for the Do-It-Yourselfer\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.filecenter.com\/blog\/better-document-management-for-the-do-it-yourselfer\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.filecenter.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Better Document Management for the Do-It-Yourselfer\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.filecenter.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.filecenter.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"FileCenter Blog\",\"description\":\"Discussing Paperless Office & Document Management Software\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.filecenter.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.filecenter.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/84b1fe1c2805e12fbe6978c63c0291b3\",\"name\":\"Kevin Anderson\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.filecenter.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3a1bcf6d17ffc39bbd5c0dab1e119989?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3a1bcf6d17ffc39bbd5c0dab1e119989?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Kevin Anderson\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Better Document Management for the Do-It-Yourselfer","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.filecenter.com\/blog\/better-document-management-for-the-do-it-yourselfer\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Better Document Management for the Do-It-Yourselfer","og_description":"TechnoLawyer members represent the best of two breeds: lawyers, and do-it-yourselfers. You don’t just practice law, you manage a practice, and that means tackling IT yourself. Savvy do-it-yourselfers all have one thing in common: good tools. That’s why you read … Better Document Management for the Do-It-Yourselfer Read More »","og_url":"https:\/\/www.filecenter.com\/blog\/better-document-management-for-the-do-it-yourselfer\/","og_site_name":"FileCenter Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/filecenter","article_published_time":"2021-11-23T00:54:01+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-04-21T10:05:59+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":628,"url":"https:\/\/www.filecenter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Better-Document-Management-for-the-Do-It-Yourselfer.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Kevin Anderson","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Kevin Anderson","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.filecenter.com\/blog\/better-document-management-for-the-do-it-yourselfer\/","url":"https:\/\/www.filecenter.com\/blog\/better-document-management-for-the-do-it-yourselfer\/","name":"Better Document Management for the Do-It-Yourselfer","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.filecenter.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.filecenter.com\/blog\/better-document-management-for-the-do-it-yourselfer\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.filecenter.com\/blog\/better-document-management-for-the-do-it-yourselfer\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.filecenter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Better-Document-Management-for-the-Do-It-Yourselfer.jpg","datePublished":"2021-11-23T00:54:01+00:00","dateModified":"2025-04-21T10:05:59+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.filecenter.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/84b1fe1c2805e12fbe6978c63c0291b3"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.filecenter.com\/blog\/better-document-management-for-the-do-it-yourselfer\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.filecenter.com\/blog\/better-document-management-for-the-do-it-yourselfer\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.filecenter.com\/blog\/better-document-management-for-the-do-it-yourselfer\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.filecenter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Better-Document-Management-for-the-Do-It-Yourselfer.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.filecenter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Better-Document-Management-for-the-Do-It-Yourselfer.jpg","width":1200,"height":628,"caption":"Better Document Management for the Do-It-Yourselfer"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.filecenter.com\/blog\/better-document-management-for-the-do-it-yourselfer\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.filecenter.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Better Document Management for the Do-It-Yourselfer"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.filecenter.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.filecenter.com\/blog\/","name":"FileCenter Blog","description":"Discussing Paperless Office & Document Management Software","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.filecenter.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.filecenter.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/84b1fe1c2805e12fbe6978c63c0291b3","name":"Kevin Anderson","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.filecenter.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3a1bcf6d17ffc39bbd5c0dab1e119989?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3a1bcf6d17ffc39bbd5c0dab1e119989?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Kevin Anderson"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=310"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.filecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2736,"href":"https:\/\/www.filecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310\/revisions\/2736"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310"},{"taxonomy":"table_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/table_tags?post=310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}