Dropbox Paper vs. Mitratech HotDocs

Dropbox Paper is suited for creating very simple documents, where you are collaborating with other users. It is particularly useful in a work environment that primarily uses Dropbox as a storage and file management solution. If you need to create documents where you need more enhanced formatting features, you would need to use Google Docs, or Microsoft Word.

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If you are doing transactional documents, HotDocs is a game-changer. If there are only a few select variables that change while the remainder of the work mostly consists of form language, this is a program that will dramatically increase efficiency. Even the most technical and dense documents can be turned into a template, as long as you are willing to take the time to invest in future time saving. However, if the majority of the work that you are doing is not constantly repeating, this may not be the software for you.

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• Develop multiple individual projects, setting milestone dates within them.
• Easy to invite others to collaborate on projects.
• Create to-do lists and assign due dates.
• Create documents with multiple types of integrated media, going beyond simple text with images, audio, and video.
• Make edits to documents in real time for all team members to see.

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• Easy to use and quick when it comes to creating documents
• Template personalization can range from simple to quite complex
• The engine is continually running and producing papers swiftly and effortlessly

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• Its presentation capabilities can definitely be improved, including how page-by-page presentation is to be done & how aspect ratios are maintained for different resolutions.
• More flexibility in text editing would be a great addition to the text editing functionality, for example, additional fonts would be a nice thing to have.
• Introducing additional to-do list software capabilities or task management functionality would enhance the software greatly as well.

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• HotDocs is difficult to develop new documents as it's as complicated as programming at times. I often have to call for assistance.
• The tables can be frustrating. It makes it hard to insert between items as you have to make sure it doesn't offset other areas.

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If I cannot get tech support (especially at the supervisory level) during my work hours, then what good is their program?

The support is fine, but make no mistake it is PAID support because you have to purchase it each year in order to keep the updates.

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If you use WordPerfect X9 - choose"no word-processing software."

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Paper is a good option for those people looking for a lightweight content creation & collaboration tool & especially if you are already using dropbox. However, all the capabilities that Paper has are not so powerful in-depth of flexibility & range of functionality, for example, for to-do lists or task management there are many other better options out there.

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Hotdocs as compared to Legito is better because of many reasons. The subscription pricing of Legito is too expensive as compared to Hotdocs. Secondly, it doesn't integrate well with Microsoft Word as compared to Hotdocs. Thirdly, Legito is only web based where as Hotdocs can be used online as well as it has a desktop version too

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• Dropbox Paper has allowed all of our employees to be much more productive and on track even when we can't be in the office, which from a management standpoint is a huge positive impact. They know that productivity isn't slowing or lacking when everyone isn't actually sitting in the office under their watchful eye.
• It has had a huge impact on our turn around time and speed of getting more work and projects completed. The more work you can effectively get done in a time period means more money for the bottom line.
• It has made the majority of our team members more accountable and reliable when they know everyone is working together on something and each person has their own checklist of items to complete. It is especially helpful that everyone can see the same checklist, so everyone knows what each other is accomplishing.

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• It makes it easy to fill out the form.
• I really only use it for the one form, it doesn't do as well with the other forms.

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