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What is Litera Desktop?

Litera Desktop is a single toolbar designed to include everything a lawyer needs to draft documents and create an integrated, seamless experience that ensures user adoption and consolidates vendors.

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10 out of 10
June 11, 2019
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I use Workshare Compare to do a couple of things:
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Litera Desktop is a single toolbar designed to include everything a lawyer needs to draft documents and create an integrated, seamless experience that ensures user adoption and consolidates vendors.

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What is Litera Desktop?

Litera Desktop is a single toolbar that is designed to include everything a lawyer needs to draft documents creating an integrated, seamless experience that ensures user adoption and consolidates vendors.

Litera Desktop Features

  • Supported: Document Comparison
  • Supported: Document Clean and Repair
  • Supported: Clause Templates/Library

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Deployment TypesOn-premise
Operating SystemsWindows
Mobile ApplicationNo

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Workshare 9 has become an essential tool for a law firm, helping them streamline their document sharing process. With its ability to remove meta-data from Word documents sent as email attachments through Outlook, users can confidently share sensitive information without worrying about unintentionally revealing hidden data. Additionally, Workshare 9 enables lawyers and paralegals to create accurate comparisons between the latest and earlier versions of documents. This feature is particularly helpful in legal settings where accuracy and version control are crucial. By utilizing Workshare Compare, legal professionals can easily identify differences between two versions of a document, proof their own changes, and check if the other side has made any content changes.

Universities have also found great value in integrating Workshare 9 into their research and thematic spaces. The software's browser-based technology allows for quick and easy document comparisons, significantly reducing the time required for this task. Not only does it save time, but it also prevents administrative and research problems that may arise from errors or inconsistencies in documents. By relying on Workshare 9 for version control and ensuring document accuracy, universities can better allocate their resources towards productive research activities instead of wasting time on manual comparison tasks.

Another product by the same company, Litera Desktop, has become a daily go-to tool for companies looking to streamline their legal document creation process. Whether it's letters, pleadings, motions, garnishments, spreadsheets, or legal research materials, Litera Desktop offers a comprehensive platform for creating various types of legal documents. This all-in-one solution not only simplifies the document creation process but also facilitates reviewing, redlining, and corrections within a single program. With Litera Desktop, companies can enhance collaboration among team members and maintain consistency in their legal documentation efforts.

Easy-to-set-up program: Many users have found Workshare 9 to be an easy-to-set-up program, allowing them to quickly get started with using its features without any hassle or complications. This user-friendly setup process has been praised by several reviewers.

Seamless integration with Microsoft Outlook: Several users have appreciated the seamless integration of Workshare 9 with Microsoft Outlook, enabling them to easily access and utilize the program's functionalities within their familiar email environment. This smooth integration has been a valuable feature for many reviewers.

Excellent security and confidentiality: Multiple reviewers have praised Workshare 9 for its ability to remove metadata from Word documents and emails, ensuring excellent security and confidentiality. This robust data protection feature has been highly valued by users who prioritize safeguarding sensitive information.

Cons:

  1. Metadata removal feature can inadvertently erase all information from PDF forms: Some users have cautioned that when using the PDF Filler, it is important to be cautious and turn off the Metadata removal feature as it can unintentionally delete all the information from the PDF form.
  2. OCR software in Workshare Compare is only effective for simple and short PDFs: According to some reviewers, the optical character recognition software in Workshare Compare is not as effective when handling longer scans. To compare these documents accurately, users need to convert them to Word documents using Adobe Pro before comparing.
  3. Lack of a powerful engine for comparing PDFs without converting them to Word: Several users have expressed their desire for Workshare Compare to have a more powerful engine that can directly compare PDFs without requiring an intermediate step of converting scans to Word documents.

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Shanna Kostopulos | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Our company uses Litera Desktop daily to create many different types of legal documents for our clients. These documents range from letters to pleadings and motions, garnishments, spreadsheets, legal research, and work product privileged materials. Using Litera Desktop allows us to create, review, redline, and make corrections within a single program.
  • Redline feature.
  • Integrates with worldox
  • Cleans metadata from documents.
  • Makes it easy to protect documents and files.
  • Redline compare more than two documents at a time.
  • Redline compare documents from different locations.
  • Redline compare different formats of documents.
Litera Desktop has many functions, but it is still a user-friendly program. Very easy to implement and easy to train. We send a variety of documents to clients and other legal professionals electronically. Litera will clean and scrub documents so that there is no hidden metadata when the documents are transferred. This keeps not only our clients and their files safe, but it keeps our email programs safe and clean as well.
  • Cleaning and sanitizing documents.
  • Redline compare feature for documents.
  • Can be used remotely.
  • Less worry about transmission of sensitive data through documents.
  • Quickly and easily see changes made to legal documents with the compare feature.
  • Sharing work product safely in office.
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Mauren Fridman | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It is the easy way in the market to find any errors in the revision of formats of various authors, which makes us a more advanced format in the capacity of application bars, the most functional thing is that the user will not have to Office but from home, you can use the application, its technology is especially around the browser, which makes it easier to understand and quickly create comparisons, to reduce the time used.
  • Reducing the time spent comparing documents allows us to work more easily.
  • Properly analyzing documents makes artificial intelligence make combined changes to it.
  • It is the best tool in the way that we professionals use it since it is complete in all facets.
  • It is the best when comparing any text or fragment of any content.
  • It helps us to better understand the purchases at the moment of making a move in our newsroom.
  • Its compatibility with other systems is very effective and safe, it makes us communicate safely.
It is an application that helped me make comparisons of documents in a simpler way and that my time was more comfortable at the time I finished with the writing, it provided me with extraordinary service so that I had an implacable job. That way it makes the documents in an original format
  • It is an application that can be used from home since it is very complete and its system is reliable.
  • You can not only make documents, but also tables or graphs.
  • It takes to make an ideal work tool for companies since any writing can be solved effectively.
  • It is a very complete package since it leads us to an artificial intelligence system as an independent application without barriers.
  • It is a system that leads us to an administration of the most organized document systems that are found.
This is a service that allows me to make my comparisons more effectively and without the need to use several applications since it allows me to manage not only the writing but also make graphics, in the same way, tables of contents, Litera compare is an intelligence system complete artificial and with a functioning that can be used successfully.
J. Eduardo Medina Corona | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
This software is used in some spaces within the organization. Being a university where it is used, the spaces assigned for this program are those of research and thematic of masters and doctorates. There are many more spaces where it can be applied, but for now the use is more in these sections. It has helped save time, financial expenses over distances, and prevent administrative and research problems.
  • Exact in the corrections on the changes.
  • It does it in no time, almost instantly.
  • It is a safe program, we can trust the data that is handled in the work process of this software.
  • There are some dilemmas with access with some of our contributors.
  • In document comparison, the name of the document sometimes changes.
  • When service has been requested from the software developers, for example when a part of the program fails, there are no quick answers to repair or resolve our issues.
It is a great program, a great innovation, that perhaps some will not understand how useful it is. But you must have secure software like this, where you can rest the task of denoting changes in important digital documentation, where you can save time, money, and effort. Some features could be improved, but we see that updating by update improves everything.
  • Direct connection between departments through digital files.
  • Any documentation format can be used, including PDF.
  • Anyone in the academy can work with this software.
  • We have been able to reduce almost 60% of dilemmas between the data we share in different areas.
  • Resolution time on shared content was reduced by almost 50%.
  • By working with different formats in the documents we have been able to integrate any user who has access to any device, such as a smartphone or laptop.
  • Navisite Productivity and Collaboration (Microsoft Office 365 and MDM) and Google Domains
The interaction that can be done within this software is very different from the others. One of the most important is that it is dedicated to quickly and easily summarize the work of comparing files, without having to work a lot to do it. Also, it is a program that helps to discover the direct opinion among the users of these documents.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I use Workshare Compare to do a couple of things:
  1. I use it to show the differences between two versions of a document. For example, I will run a comparison before I send a revised document out to a client, and then send them a copy of the comparison to show them what has been changed. This is a general sort of use.
  2. I use it to proof my own changes to a document that I have been working on. I find that this is the most effective way to proof my revisions because it highlights the content you have changed (and need to proof).
  3. I use it to check if the other side has changed any content in a document. For example, some of the time the other side will send you an "execution version," but we need to check that they did not change anything material at the last minute.
This software is used by all of the lawyers and paralegal at my organization. The business problem it addresses fundamentally comes down to version control—lawyers frequently work with multiple versions of the same document, and this is a key component of our version control procedures.
  • Clearly shows the changes between two documents using multiple colors of text and crossing-out and underlining.
  • Has diverse options for savings and sending the comparison document (Word, PDF and its own proprietary file format).
  • Has multiple options for letting you review each of the changes (in sequential order or by type of change).
  • While Workshare Compare does let you compare PDFs and does feature some optical character recognition software, this feature only works with relatively straightforward PDFs (that are either already text readable or are very short). For longer scans, you need to first use Adobe Pro to convert those scans to Word documents, and then compare the converted Word documents. It would be nice if Workshare had a more powerful engine for comparing PDFs that allowed you to skip this intermediate step.
Workshare Compare is well suited for professionals who review multiple versions of a document multiple times per day (or even per week). I would suggest that this is most lawyers. It is maybe less well suited if you only need to run comparisons once in a while. Word has a comparison feature built in which is so-so. I just find the Word comparisons harder to read. But if I was only running comparisons once a week on short documents then the Word version is probably fine, and Word is software that most people have anyways.
  • Positive impact by increasing the productivity of the lawyer.
  • Positive impact by improving our communication with clients (by allowing the clients to clearly see the changes we have made).
  • Positive impact on liability management by allowing us to clearly see the changes that the other side of a transaction has made to a document.
The only other program I've used that performs a similar function is Microsoft Word, which does have a comparison feature built in. However, I find the Microsoft Word comparison harder to read and slightly less accurate. For example, I think Workshare Compare does a much better job in determining when you have moved the text to another part of the document (rather than showing it as a regular deletion in one place and in another place).
They have done a good job of now overloading Workshare Compare with extra features it doesn't need. This does a couple of things:
  1. It means the interface doesn't have too many menus or too many buttons to click. Everything is straightforward and easy to use.
  2. It keeps the software fast.
  3. It makes it easy on the user to decide when you do and do not need to use this software.
I gave Workshare Compare such a high rating because I don't think I could do my job without it. It has just become so integral to my workflow, that if I were to ever change jobs I think I would have to insist my new employer to me a license. It is fast and just works 99% of the time. It is very rare that it gives me errors, and when it does it's likely because the underlying document is corrupted, not because of any issues with Workshare Compare.
The software has integrated with our document management software (iManage), so you can run a comparison on two versions of the same document, or two different documents, right from within the document management software window (we run it through Outlook). Alternatively, you can open Workshare Compare first, and then find two files on our document management software server to compare. So it is all very well integrated.
Robert Roseman | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Workshare 9 is used daily by the entire law firm to remove all meta-data from Word documents sent as email attachments via Outlook. Workshare 9 is also used to accurately and easily create perfect comparisons of the latest version of a document to an earlier version.
  • Workshare 9 is easy to set up program that removes metadata from all word documents and all emails sent via Outlook It is a simple Add-in that is linked to one's Microsoft Outlook Program. Provides excellent security that all Metadata is removed and never available to the recipient.
  • Workshare 9's document comparison program is world class in terms of speed and accuracy, creating an easily red comparison documenmt that highlights deletions from, additions to and items relocated within the document.
  • It is easy to adjust the level of security that you want in your documents and in your email program
  • It allows you to directly place a document in a new email.
  • It allows you to convert a Word document to a PDF document (creating an Adobe PDF or if you elect a Workshare PDF
  • You need to be careful when using a PDF Filler to turn off (easily done by un-checking a box that pops up alongside the forwarding email) the Metadata removal, as it will empty everything from the PDF form that you just added.
Well Suited:
  • Meta Data Removal
  • Comparison Copy Creation
  • Initiating an email with the document already attached
Less Well Suited:
  • Conversion to a PDF
  • Document Security is of paramount concern and Workshare 9 is a workhorse.
  • Accuracy of Document Comparison is also a a critically important task and it is done to perfection.
Workshare's predecessor program only handled document comparisons and did not remove meta data from documents. Workshare 9has take comparisons to the next level and its meta data removal provides a very necessary level of security that is a must in the legal industry.
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