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increasing text size without exceeding the allowed space
I want to increase the size of text displayed in Amicus Attorney menus, but options and commands and filenames are consistently cut off at the end when I do so. Is ...
Automatically Adding New Amicus Users to Everyone's Calendar
When new users are added, all previous users are required to update their calendar preferences to include the new user. If they could automatically be added to ...
Add bold and italics capability, as well as different fonts and sizes
Bold, Italics, Fonts
Split Display for Two Views
In the Calendar Module and the File module I would like to see the right hand column to have the ability to be split in half to display two views, like for example, ...
Let me customize appointment reminder notifications
Use customizable template for reminder notification email messages so I can control what is sent to firm members and clients.
Allow Date Calculator screen to remain open while adding a To Do Event
Allow Date Calculator screen to remain open while adding a To Do Event
Progaram closes too readily
It is too easy to log out of the program. I often go to add data and find that I have logged out. it seems that when only one screen is open the program is eager to ...
Softphone integration
When clicking on the phone icon to initiate a phone call, use a protocol that will initiate a softphone app, like Bria. Just like the Amicus mobile app opens the ...
Make calendar days the default for date calculator
Currently the default is business days. While at times this is appropriate virtually no court rules incorporate business days
Consolidate Duplicate Emails
There are times when a single email is sent to multiple people within the firm (we actually encourage this by have emails address that forward to all support staff) ...
Allow reminders to send to cell phone numbers
Virtually every business and many courts now send text reminders. I have many clients who do not know how or just do not check their emails on their telehones.
Download a sortable mailing list of clients into Excel
We mail a quarterly newsletter to clients who don't receive on in their bills. Right now we can't sort and download a mailing list.
High light notes in Status and Summary section
High light notes in status or summary. So that when others are looking they can get the important info super fast.
Referral Report options
I want to be able to run a report showing a list of cases and who referred them. My Billing users should be able to view revenue by referral source.
Portal: Provide email notification to client when something is added to the portal
The portal is a great way to communicate, but client's do not get notified when something is added to the portal (bills, notes, dates, etc). It would be great to ...
Separate Preferences for Appointments vs. ToDos
User preferences for To Dos and Appointments are the same. I want To Dos to default to only assign me, but appointments should include others in my work group.
Allow export of client and calendar data for use in other programs.
Amicus Small Firm permitted export of client and calendar data; Amicus premium should as well.
In Phone Call screen, convert the drop-down "To/From" box to radio buttons.
When using the Phone Call screen for an outgoing call, the user has to click on the drop-down "To/From" box to change from a call to the user to a call from the user. ...
Allow multiple documents or events to be added to portal at one time
I sometimes receive multiple documents that I would like to allow the client to have access to but I have to go through each individually to add them to the portal. ...
Add "reply all" to sticky notes
Should have a "reply all" to sticky note
Improve viewability of custom pages and records
Allow custom pages and records to be viewed full screen in the files module, as opposed to on only half the screen alongside other information, and enable dynamic ...
Color coding of appointments
We would like to have the ability to show appointments for each attorney in a different color on the calendar. This would make it much easier for those viewing ...
Allow firm administrator to update user preferences
Allow firm administrator to update user preferences Allow the firm admin to modify user preferences without having to login as the user. This would be really helpful ...
On the Billing Side, add a column showing the last payment made by each client
By adding a column on the billing side, setting forth the last payment made by each client, rather than having to open up each individual file, would be a tremendous ...
Under consideration
Make ALL date-formats throughout Amicus Premium to be user-selectable.
Outside of North America, most countries prefer dd/mm/yyyy format. In some places Amicus will allow date formatting, but there are still some places where American ...
Client's change of telephone number.
When there is a client change of telephone number for update, all calls made previously change to new number. Prior calls made to the client should keep the number ...
Preview Contacts before adding to file
We should be able to view a contact card before entering a file. A lot of times we have many cards for the same provider but different locations, and you cannot pick ...
Auto-reciprocate lawyer and client roles on files
On a file, when a person's role is defined as a lawyer(or a party), and then the person's client (or lawyer) is selected, it would be nice to not have to then go to ...
Add events via right-click on file list
In the FILES view, You should be able to "right click" on a file (without opening the entire file) and have an option to add an event.
A Contact picture to "Phone Call Details" screen
I attach pictures to contacts, but only see them when I actually open their contact – can you add their picture to the “Phone Call Details” screen when you are ...
Allow selection of custom page display on opening a contact or a file window
Amicus Small Firm allowed me to select a default page to display on opening a contact or file window.
Don't mark email "Dealt with" when forwarding an email
Emails are marked "Dealt with" when it is forwarded. It is usually forwarded to a client for a proposed response, yet Amicus deletes it from the active ...
Create #10 envelopes for a batch of bills
There should be a way to create envelopes for the batch of bills which were just finalized.
Encrypted Emails
I use Office 365 encrypted emails but when they are saved to Amicus they cannot be read. This requires me to save a copy of the email from OUtlook and then save it ...
Include Email Communications in Amicus Anywhere!
From Amicus Anywhere you cannot see your existing email communications that were previously included in the file.
Change Default of Checked Boxes on Create Bills Screen
Currently when you open Create Bills Screen/Draft Bills, all boxes are automatically checked. Therefore if you print or delete, you do so for all draft bills. I ...
Allow user-selectable default wording for time-costing in Amicus Premium
We prefer different wording to cost incoming email as opposed to outgoing. Currently we have to manually change this for every entry, because a single default for ...
Sync with Quickbooks online
We are stuck with double entry of all payments and expenses because there is no sync with QB Online.
Ability to Write Down Multiple Bills for One Client at Same Time
It would be nice to be able to write down multiple bills for a single client at one time. If an account remains uncollected for some time then they end up with many ...
Portal: Allow Client to Fund Trust
The portal is great for allowing clients to pay their bills via APX, but clients should also be allowed to fund their Trust Accounts via the pay tab on the portal.
Speed Up Document Entries
When adding documents to Amicus from other programs the "Document Folders" opens and it takes precious time for it to load. Then, if you want to edit the "Document ...
Document Identification Numbers of Amicus-Managed Documents
Have Amicus-Managed assign unique document numbers to each document, build a macro into Office 365 to include this document number in the footnote of draft documents, ...
Sort by headings in Files/Documents.
Add option to set a default view in Files/Documents, then sort by headings.
Encrypt documents stored in Amicus Attorney
Fully encrypt documents stored in Amicus Managed mode and optionally let me provide the encryption key.
Sticky notes, replying from detail screen
After clicking on a sticky note's detail button, it is no longer possible to easily send a reply. I think the reply button should also be available when viewing the ...
Mass Time Entry Change - Change File
The Mass Time Entry Change function should allow for multiple time entries to be changed to a different file/matter. This becomes an issue if staff was billing under ...
Under consideration
Allow read receipts, delivery receipts and acceptance or rejection to meeting requests to be saved
Allow read receipts, delivery receipts and acceptance or rejection to meeting requests to be saved. These are all important matters we as lawyers need to document as ...
Whose Find Box
It would be great if you could just hit "enter" after typing in the "whose file" box instead of having to select search with your mouse. It is very inconvenient to ...