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Databases …
- Instructions / Case Files
- full details of your on-going and completed work. You can set up a budget of expenditure for each case and then compare actual spending versus budgetted spending at any time, categorized into fees, mileage, expenses and even hours. You can also, optionally, use PI's bailiff and repossession facilities. You can record 'Work Done' on each case. You can also record all fees, hours (including tenths of hours for court work), mileage, expenditure and income (including retainers) in the Case Ledger. And you can keep an unlimited amount of Data and Pictures for each case file which can, subsequently be searched minutely.
- Contacts
- subdivided into whatever categories you wish, such as Prospects, Clients, Lawyers, Subcontractors, Personal and so on. For each Contact, you can keep a vast amount of additional information.
- Associates - enables you to log any associates of a contact so that you can find a subject, say, by knowing an associate
of him or her. This works for companies too - so that you can see a list of companies that are associated in any way.
- Staff - keep tabs on all your staff, including both internal and external investigators, used on a particular case.
- Expertises - link expertises to both Contacts and Staff, allowing you to quickly search for, say, all
the agencies offering hand writing analysis in Birmingham or whatever.
- Countries - names & abbreviations of countries.
- Currencies - linked to countries, with spot conversion rates.
- … and, of course …
- The Repository - everything else (files, maps, photographs, CDs etc.) all cross-referenced to the other databases!
All of this would be completely useless, unless you had a very powerful search system - luckily, Professional Investigator has not one, but two!...
- Simple Search - This allows you to quickly find a word or phrase from anywhere in a database, at the click of one
button.
- Power Search (the Query Wizard)
- If you want more complex criteria, then this will allow you to specify more complicated searches using plain English!
Extra features at no extra cost ...
- Reports
- a number of useful pre-written reports for your ease of use. These can be printed to the screen, your choice of printers or a text file. You can also archive reports for viewing later or subsequent emailing.
- Task Manager - a full diarying, to-do and pop-up alarm system.
- Security - you choose who can see & do what with your confidential data.
- Event Log - tracks all changes to the database, who made them and when.
- Full Mail-merging
- write letters and other documents in Microsoft Word™ and link them to your Contacts database for instant mail-shots and one-off letters.
- Direct Internet Access - launch your favourite World Wide Web browser direct from PI, to instantly search the Internet.
- Configuration - PI can be configured to work the way you do.
- Backup & Restore module that preserves your precious data for total peace of mind.
- PI is fully Year 2000 Compliant - of course!
And to make your life easy …
- Tool Tips - brief help when you 'hover' your mouse over buttons and fields.
- Full Context-sensitive help - for every window and field.
- Tip of the Day - useful help shown at start up, to find your way around quicker!
- 'Getting Started' User Guide
All that and superb, FREE support, before and after you buy...
- Unlimited and quick technical support via email.
We pride ourselves, not only on our knowledge of our own products, but on the years of experience we've had in the computer industry. So if you've got a problem with PI, and can't get it to do what you want, we can help! With quick, friendly and efficient advice via email.
- FREE minor upgrades.
(A minor upgrade is like going from version 2.9a to 2.9b) We often make small changes to PI, to keep it up-to-date, to fix any bugs that may have been reported, and to make small improvements based on what you, our customers, have been telling us. We'll tell you the moment they're available. And you can get them FREE, too.
- Discounts on upgrades to the next major version.
(A major upgrade is like going from version 2.8 to 2.9, or 2.9 to 3.0) When we make BIG changes that give you much more power and flexibility, we sell this like a whole new program. But if you're a registered user of the outgoing version, you'll get a discount off the normal retail price.
In fact, there's so much to Professional Investigator that we can't do it justice - why don't you find out for yourself...
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