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                           BILLPOWER, TICKLEX & MOE

     Billing  is an unpleasant necessity that probably distracts you from  your
chief  interest  - providing service to your clients.  If you look upon  it  as
something to be postponed or completed hastily, you may be denying your clients
the frequent and detailed accounts of your assistance they deserve.

     Consider BillPower, a system designed to relieve you of the drudgery in-
volved in billing.   In a nutshell, it will track the time you work on profes-
sional matters, keep up with your receipts and disbursements, and calculate the
amount owed by each client.  And it will automatically prepare informative
monthly statements for all your clients.

     Engineered exclusively for the small firm, this innovative software offers
a rare combination of power and ease of use at a fair price.  Unlike programs
that attempt to electronically emulate ancient manual accounting procedures,
BillPower is designed to capitalize upon the power of your computer.  If you
are  an  "old hand" at bookkeeping, then open your mind to a  real-time  system
which  immediately updates all balances at the time an entry is made; one  that
does  not require periodic batch postings or annual close-outs; one  that  pro-
vides a convenient method for correcting erroneous entries; a system that never
erases  old data in the interest of consolidation.  You'll find  BillPower  and
its siblings to be advanced products:

         --> BillPower,  time & billing program (for firms having  up
         to  three timekeepers)  that includes bank  account  manage-
         ment, income-expense reports, balance sheets, and many other
         useful features;

         --> BillPower Plus, which builds upon BillPower's  features,
         adding  the capability to handle up to fifteen  timekeepers,
         as well as the abilities to keep extensive indexed memos  on
         any  subject, hold miscellaneous notes on  several  thousand
         people,  conduct conflict of interest checks,  track  class-
         action litigants, and more;

         --> TickleX, the most powerful scheduler, tickler and docket
         control  program on the market, BAR NONE.  It includes  such
         features  as automatic event linking,  simplified  multi-day
         event entry, project management, pop-up alarm, automated to-
         do  list,  and much more.  If you need to  computerize  your
         scheduling, no other program will offer you such ease of use
         and flexibility.  NONE!

BOOKKEEPING WITH BILLPOWER PLUS

     While other time and billing programs may offer "links" to external ac-
counting software, BillPower completely integrates its bookkeeping functions
into the rest of the program.  BillPower Plus can, in fact, SIMULTANEOUSLY
update affected G/L accounts (as well as a client's balance and aged receiv-
ables) at the time that a disbursement or receipt is entered.  This "real-
time" approach to bookkeeping, virtually unprecedented in a time and billing
program, saves you the time you would otherwise spend making duplicate G/L
entries, posting transactions, and/or transferring files from one program to
another.  With BillPower Plus, a SINGLE entry can handle all the updating that
needs to be done.  No other program offers such a degree of integration.

THE UNIQUE POWER OF TICKLEX

     TickleX has a number of unusual features.  For instance, it's one of the
few scheduling programs (if not the only one) that dynamically links reminders
to appointments and deadlines.  Assume, for example, that you have a very im-
portant meeting scheduled for 15 August.  As with other programs, you could
establish reminders several days or weeks in advance to allow adequate prepar-
ation for the meeting.  For the purposes of this example, let's say that you
have entered a reminder one week in advance and another two weeks in advance.
Now, what happens if the meeting is moved forward one week to 22 August?
Again, all tickler programs would allow you to reschedule it.  But, unlike the
others, TickleX will automatically update the two reminders, moving each one
week forward in order to maintain the original reminder intervals.  Other prog-
rams would require you to search for each reminder, delete it, and then enter
it again on another date.  This TickleX exclusive is an absolute "must" for
offices that have frequent schedule changes.

     TickleX is also unique in the way it handles multi-day events.  TickleX
allows you to enter an event such as a week-long trip with just one entry.
Other programs might require a separate entry to be made for each day of the
trip.  If your trip plans change, you need change only a single entry if you
have TickleX.

     TickleX even has built-in project planning.  No fancy charts, mind you.
Just a very simplistic means of linking and updating related events.  And it's
completely integrated into the TickleX system.  All project updates are auto-
matically incorporated into the same schedule that contains appointments, dead-
lines, vacations, etc.

     Add to these features an attractive user interface, a low price, the abil-
ity to attach extensive notes to each scheduled event, a number of other nice
touches, and TickleX comes up a winner.


THE CONVENIENCE OF MOE

     And finally, there's MOE, a handy "pop-up" program that contains a number
of features useful in a business environment.  It will:

     --> schedule upcoming events,  allowing  up to 20 alarms  per day;
     --> maintain a record of your expenses and the time you spend  wor-
         king on various projects;
     --> provide a calculator with a 20-line "tape" and the  ability  to
         transfer  results  to  your word processor  or  other  program;
     --> provide a pop-up phone directory that will dial for you;
     --> allow you to establish numerous mini-databases, such  as  to-do
         lists, general ledger account numbers, etc.; and
     --> provide a convenient means of sending your  printer  the  codes
         it needs to change fonts, margins, etc.

     Once  MOE  is installed (it needs 80K), it's instantly  available  at  the
touch  of  a few keys.  It may be called up from within most  word  processors,
spreadsheets, and other primary applications.  If you also happen to have Bill-
Power  and TickleX, you'll find that MOE ties in beautifully with them.   What-
ever appointments or deadlines you've scheduled with MOE will be  automatically
picked up by TickleX, while BillPower will automatically take in the  services,
expenses, and receipts you've logged with MOE.