The Computer Service of the Bar Association provides assistance to members in matters related to the Organic Law on Data Protection, the use of the Bar’s own mail domain, as well as a free program for office management.
Thus, the Association offers its members, free of charge, the corporate e-mail service of dominio@icam.es, which identifies them professionally as a lawyer in their electronic communications.
The Computer Service offers members a collection of information technology programs and services of special application and use in law firms. Most of them are free or have extensive previous experience of use in the different services of the Association.
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Computer technical support
Appropriate checks will be made so that members can use their ACA card or Association card for online transactions and, if it is not possible to use them, the steps to be taken to apply for a new card will be indicated.
Help will be offered for the installation/uninstallation of the standard digital certificate, so that the members can manage them in their computer equipment. Standard certificate renewal guidelines will also be provided.
In addition, support in the steps to be taken to register as a social partner will be provided.
The service will offer a comprehensive guide to the management of the Associaton’s email: request for new accounts, the steps for activation, help to refresh the password or register the request for a change of password, help for the installation of mail on mobile devices, as well as advice on the operation or problems in sending / receiving emails, helping to reconfigure the account.
The members are guided through the steps to be taken to access the reserved area, as well as to request the user credentials and password again in case they are lost or forgotten.
If the ICAM members observes a malfunction of their equipment, the service will provide a virus review and analysis. They will also check and clean infected USB sticks and computers.
Help will also be provided for the installation of standard applications (Office, PDF reader, PDF generator, file compressors / decompressors, antivirus, etc.), and with printer and / or peripheral drivers.
Finally, for those members who wish to acquire a new computer, this service provides advice on the best solutions in computer equipment, based on habitual use.
You can check and send e-mail from any PC with an Internet connection. For doing this, you only need to open your Internet browser and enter the address http://portal.office.com
You will then be presented with a screen where you must enter your personal access data:
- Username (name of your e-mail address ending with @icam.es)
- Password
Once you have checked that the data entered are correct, you will be shown the start screen, from which you can:
- Work with your email account.
- Modify your Settings
- Access other functions of the email account: Calendar, OneDrive Document Folder, Contacts, Word Online, Excel Online, etc.
How to regain access to your email account
The Association offers its members a support service, through RedAbogacía, to which they can address any questions or problems related to the configuration or use of their email account “@icam.es” and other applications of the service.
| soportecorreo.icam@redabogacia.org | |
| Teléfono | 91 150 10 03 / 93 014 10 01 |
| Horario | Lunes a Viernes de 10:00 a 14:30 y de 16:30 a 20:00 horas Sábados de 10:00 a 14:30 horas – excepto festivos nacionales |
In case of not receiving a solution from the technical support of the RedAbogacia, the members can go to the computer technical support of the ICAM:
| soporte@icam.es | |
| Teléfono | 91 789 14 49 |
| Horario | Lunes a viernes de 9:00 a 15:00 horas |
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How to sign PDF documents
USING WINDOWS
- Sign PDF with Acrobat Reader DC (in Spanish)
- Sign PDF with Acrobat Reader XI (in Spanish)
- Sign PDF documents with XolidoSign
USING MAC
ACA support with RedAbogacía – 902 41 11 41 / 91 150 10 03
Request support with RedAbogacía by remote control
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ICAM Office Management Program
The ICAM Office Management Program is free for ICAM members.
Terms of use of the Program:
- The first 6 months after installation the members will receive free technical support from the company MICROAREA.
- Then, to receive the necessary updates and technical support they must pay 90 euros/year. For members belonging to Legal Aid Scheme, 30 euros.
- You can access the features and installation of the program through the following link: www.icamdespachos.com
- Contact MICROAREA Technical Support: 963 387 920.
The program includes the following modules or integrated applications:
Designed for the comprehensive management of a law firm, ICAM DISPATCH MANAGEMENT will allow you to have total control over judicial and extrajudicial files. It allows to write down in each instance the works and actions that are being carried out as well as to attach documents of all kinds to each line of work.
Below are some of the main features of the program, which you will be able to learn about in detail in the training session:
- Document management: The program is capable of linking in its database or relating to a file any document in the multiple formats supported by Windows (PDF, JPG, TIF, WAV, etc.) so that the user can save within the file, templates, copies of claims, judgments or any other document regardless of the format in which it is introduced.
- Agenda / Directory: It allows the registration, and subsequent location, of the names, addresses and contact details of clients, solicitors, lawyers, experts, etc., whether they are involved in a case or not.
- Communications: From any file, and with a single click of the mouse, you can send any type of communication (e-mail, letter, fax) to any of the participants in the file. It also facilitates the sending of mass emails, faxes and letters to all its clients, lawyers, solicitors, etc. listed in the programme’s Agenda.
- Calendar / Professional Dietary: Agenda in which you can add dates, deadlines, notices, appointments, due dates, etc. from the file management or manually through the calendar. This calendar can be presented on a monthly, weekly, working week or daily basis. In addition, the calendar can be synchronised with the mail server so that the diary of the professional automatically includes calls, courses, news and other events organised by your Association.
- Task management: It allows controlling in order of priority the tasks that affect the professional office. Especially useful for log duration files or as a reminder of pending matters.
- Notes: As if it were a post-it the product is able to manage notes for each user and through the network. In this way the user can make his own notes or reminders or leave notes at the workstations of his colleagues and collaborators.
- Calls: ICAM GD allows recording all calls made and received. It also allows associating it to a file so that we can always keep in mind which actions have been carried out and send them to any colleague in the firm.
- Economic panel: It facilitates the monitoring of the situation of the firm’s affairs in economic terms: amounts budgeted, invoiced, collected, outstanding. Based on the information shown on this panel, we are able to carry out the appropriate actions to detail all or part of the work in a file, make a note in the calendar of actions to claim outstanding payments, etc.
- Invoicing through three different methods:
- Automatic invoicing: Where the user will be able to invoice the periodic maturities such as equals, fixed quotas, etc., being able to make use in any case of cuaderno 19 for the remittance of direct debit receipts to credit institutions.
- Manual invoicing: It allows the lawyer to draw up his minutes in a free format.
- Settlement of the File: Minute of settlement generated once the file or instance is concluded and in which will be collected deliveries on account, supplies and detailed fees of each management made by the professional.
- Integration with fee criteria: The product is integrated with ICAM’s guiding fee criteria. From the moment the file is created, the professional will associate the criteria corresponding to each jurisdiction by applying the fees accrued for each work carried out, as well as recording the deliveries on account and supplies.
- Statistical and control lists: Allows you to view on screen and print out statistical lists by state, jurisdiction, attorney, zone, etc. Likewise, you can issue reports filtering by all the fields of a file and present on screen the information you need.
- Books and official taxes: Thanks to the integration with the rest of the modules that make up ICAM Office Management, you will be able to issue all of the tax obligations in the area of leasing, VAT and informative declarations, as well as the issue of official books.
Minimum System Requirements
OS: Windows® 7, Windows® Vista, Windows® XP Service Pack 3,Windows® 2008, Windows® 2003 and Windows® 2000
Processor: Pentium IV or higher
RAM memory: 512 MB
Hard Disk: 500 MB of free space
Screen resolution: 1024 x 768 or higher
CD player for product installation
The TAX Management Module of the ICAM GP program is specifically designed to facilitate the performance and monitoring of the tax tasks of a professional office, in the field of direct or simplified estimation. On the other hand, if the firm offers tax advisory services to its clients, this module is specially prepared to manage all of the clients’ obligations in relation to the direct, simplified and modular assessment systems.
Below are some of the main features of the program, which you will be able to learn about in detail in the training session:
- Its integration with the Files Module allows the automatic generation of accounting records from any economic entry made in the matters (minutes, supplies, collections, etc).
- Automatic calculation of accounting obligations for leases (115), V.A.T. (303-310-311), income (110-130-131) and information returns (180-390-347-340), as well as sales, purchases, expenses, supplies, fund provisions and investment goods books.
- Electronic tax return.
- Obtain accounting statements from the main window using the quick keys.
- Easy access, with a single mouse click, to any accounting exercise.
- Possibility of electronic filing, through the AEAT Virtual Office, of all the declaration models supported by the program.
Minimum System Requirements
OS: Windows® 7, Windows® Vista, Windows® XP Service Pack 3,Windows® 2008, Windows® 2003 and Windows® 2000
Processor: Pentium IV or higher
RAM memory: 512 MB
Hard Disk: 500 MB of free space
Screen resolution: 1024 x 768 or higher
CD player for product installation
The Labor Management Module of the ICAM GP program is one of the most complete applications of administrative management of human resources in the market, and its license of use is free for the lawyers of the ICAM.
Below are some of the main features of the program, which you will be able to learn about in detail in the training session:
- Design clearly oriented to the work methodology of a professional office, incorporating all the advances of electronic administration, such as R.E.D., Delt@, Contrat@, batch shipping to the A.E.A.T., etc.
- It facilitates adaptation to current Labour Legislation by means of the automatic updating system, without depriving the user of the possibility of modifying or creating new data tables.
- It incorporates wizards so that the most complex processes are carried out in a guided and secure way, avoiding incorrect data entries that could lead to later errors.
- It allows the consultation of previously calculated payrolls and to make as many modifications as necessary without the need for tedious monthly or annual closing processes.
- It includes the following schemes: General, Agricultural, Artists, Professionals of Bullfighting, Sea Group I and IIA and regimes assimilated to the general regime (e.g.: vegetable and citrus warehouses and administrator…)
Minimum System Requirements
OS: Windows® 7, Windows® Vista, Windows® XP Service Pack 3,Windows® 2008, Windows® 2003 and Windows® 2000
Processor: Pentium IV or higher
RAM memory: 512 MB
Hard Disk: 500 MB of free space
Screen resolution: 1024 x 768 or higher
CD player for product installation
The GENERAL ACCOUNTING module of the ICAM GD program is specifically designed for those law firms acting as commercial companies, which are obliged to pay taxes under the corporate tax modality. In addition, this Module is enabled to manage third party accounts, in the event that the firm offers this service to its clients, and its use license is free for ICAM lawyers.
Below are some of the main features of the program, which you will be able to learn about in detail in the training session:
- Its integration with the Files Module allows the automatic generation of accounting notes from any economic entry made in the matters (minutes, supplies, collections, etc).
- Obtain accounting statements from the main window using the quick keys.
- Easy access, with a single mouse click, to any accounting exercise.
- Automatic calculation of accounting obligations for leases (115), VAT (303), income (110-130), companies (202-200) and information returns (180-390-347-340), as well as of the VAT incurred, payable and amortisation books.
- Electronic tax return.
- Availability of more than 100 predefined notes.
- Includes wizards for the most complicated processes: closing and opening of the financial year, automatic offsetting for purchase and sales invoices, book legalisation, corporate tax, etc.