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Document automation, all in one place

NebDocs 2.0 is a collection of more than 290 forms covering a range of practice areas, from family law to real estate, probate and estate planning. NebDocs 2.0 combines the power of XpressDox document assembly with the convenience of the cloud, so that users can generate custom legal documents based on information entered during an intuitive interview process. Users can then download the customized documents as Microsoft Word or PDF files, which can be edited, stored, and used like any other Word or PDF file. 

Focus on your clients, not your computer

We know you have a million competing demands, which is why NebDocs 2.0 has partnered with XpressDox to bring you real-time document creation and automation. We help create efficiency by automating document assembly and minimizing time at your desk. You can go through the NebDocs 2.0 interview, create the document, make edits, sign it (or have your client sign it), and go, without ever thinking about the PC back in your office.

With document sharing, real-time revisions and version control management, NebDocs 2.0 also helps you reduce risk. It encompasses the highest quality, automated documents and because it’s cloud-based, it’s available anywhere, anytime, and on any device. There is no software to purchase, install, update, or maintain. 

Preferred pricing for NSBA and Real Estate, Probate and Estate Planning section members

NebDocs 2.0 is available to all bar members, but sustaining members of the Nebraska State Bar Association are eligible to receive a substantially discounted rate. To purchase NebDocs 2.0 at the member preferred pricing, you must register with XpressDox using the same primary email address associated with your NSBA member account. If you are a new member and the system is not recognizing your email address, or if you would like to use a different email address to subscribe, please contact Elisa Oria.

Not an NSBA Sustaining Member? Click here to join. 

You can likely become a member for less than the $250 difference between the member and non-member price for NebDocs 2.0!

We're so confident you'll love NebDocs 2.0 that we offer a 14-day "try before you buy" period where you can use the product at no cost! Just select that option when you register your account.

NebDocs 2.0 is a service provided by the Nebraska State Bar Association, powered by XpressDox Document Assembly and serviced by Docugility, Inc. If you need assistance, please call us at (402) 742-8125 or email sclinch@nebar.com.

 

FAQs and Instructions

Want more information about NebDocs 2.0? Below you will find answers to commonly asked questions and instructions for using the system. You may scroll through the list or click on a question to be taken directly to the answer.

If you have questions that are not answered here, please email sclinch@nebar.com or call (402) 742-8125. 

Want to suggest an improvement to NebDocs 2.0, recommend a new template, or share other feedback? Complete the form at the bottom of this page.

Getting started

Using the platform

 

What is NebDocs 2.0?

NebDocs 2.0 is a collection of more than 290 forms, covering a range of practice areas, from family law to real estate, probate and estate planning. NebDocs 2.0 combines the power of XpressDox document assembly with the convenience of the cloud, so users can generate custom legal documents based on information entered during an intuitive interview process. Users can then download the customized documents as Microsoft Word and/or PDF files, which can be edited, stored, and used like any other Word or PDF file. Information entered in the interview process is saved, enabling subsequent documents on the same case to be created without having to enter the information again.

Because it is based in the cloud, NebDocs 2.0 is accessible to users anywhere they can access the internet, on virtually any PC, Mac, or mobile device. There is no software to purchase, install, update, or maintain. Your subscription fee covers unlimited use of NebDocs 2.0 during your one-year subscription period.

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What templates are included in the NebDocs 2.0 library?

NeDocs includes more than 290 form templates spanning a range of practice areas. For a full list of templates currently included in the library, click here.

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What is the cost to subscribe?

Nebraska State Bar Association Sustaining Members receive special discounted pricing for NebDocs 2.0 subscriptions. Below you will find the subscription rates for members and non-members:

NSBA Sustaining Members

  • $250 for a 12-month subscription
  • $50 per month
    • To receive your discounted rate, please apply the following code when checking out in the NebDocs 2.0 storefront.
      • Code is NSBA50.

Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section Members

  • $200 for 12-month subscription or
  • $40 per month
    • To receive your discounted rate, please apply the following code when checking out in the NebDocs 2.0 storefront.
      • Code is REPT60.

Regular Members

  • $500 for a 12-month subscription
  • $100 per month


The subscription fee for members is less than one billable hour for most attorneys! Not an NSBA member? Click here to join. (Do the math. You can likely become a member for less than the $250 difference between the member and non-member price for NebDocs 2.0.)

And, we offer a 14-day "try before you buy" period where you can use the product at no cost. Just select that option when you register your account.

Please note: Users may not share login information across devices, so please purchase your subscription at the proper level based on the number of individuals who will be using the system.

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How do I purchase a subscription?

When you purchase a subscription, the email address you use to subscribe will become the administrator on the account. There are two steps to the subscription process: (1) creating an account and (2) purchasing a subscription.

To create an account, visit NebDocs 2.0.xpressdox.com and click the “Create a New Account” tab at the top of the login panel on the left side of your screen. Enter your name, your firm/organization name, your email address, and create a password. Please note: To purchase NebDocs 2.0 at the member preferred NSBA pricing, you must register on the XpressDox Publisher using the same primary email address that you have on file with the NSBA.

If you are unsure of the email address associated with your NSBA member account, log into the NSBA website and select “My Profile” (located in the upper left-hand corner in the blue menu bar)

There you will find your email address. If you are a new member and the system is not recognizing your email address, or if you would like to use a different email address to subscribe, please contact us.

Once you have created an account, you’ll automatically be taken to the subscription popup screen. From here you have two options:

  • Option 1: Purchase a subscription
    From the subscription popup screen, click the blue “Subscribe” button and select the subscription level you wish to purchase, and click “Checkout." You will be taken to a screen to complete payment. Upon completion of the transaction, you will be prompted to add the appropriate number of users to your account. (See below for more instructions on adding users.)
  • Option 2: Free trial
    If you'd like to test drive NebDocs 2.0 before committing to a subscription, click the blue "Free Trial" button from the subscription popup screen after creating your account. This will take you to another popup screen, where you should select the number of users you wish to subscribe and click the gray "Free 14 Day trial" button again. This will bypass any collection of fees and your 14-day trial will be active immediately. Please note: you will NOT be automatically charged at the end of the free trial. If you'd like to purchase a full subscription once your trial ends, simply follow the steps outlined for Option 1 above.


Once you have purchased your subscription (or selected the free trial), you can begin using the product by clicking on the Library tab at the top of the page. You will be prompted to agree to the terms & conditions and offered an optional tour of the platform.

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How do I add a user/subscription to my account?

To add a user, first ensure you are logged in as the account Administrator. At the top of the screen, click on “Manage” and select “Subscriptions.”

Click “Assign Users”

Click Add User

Then check Manage Subscription where you will be sent to Stripe for payment.

Additional users are billed for on a pro-rata basis so that your subscription for existing and new users will expire on the same date.

How do I cancel my subscription?

To cancel a subscription, click on Manage Subscription and Cancel Plan. You will still have access to the system until the end of your subscription period. NSBA does not issue refunds.



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How do I edit, delete, or change permissions for a user?

Ensure you are logged in as the account Administrator. At the top of the screen, click on “Manage” and select “My Users.” This will bring up a list of all users associated with the account.

To edit a user’s information or permissions, click on the blue icon to the left of the user’s name from the user list. From here, you may change a user’s name, email address, role/permissions, and subscriptions.

To delete a user, click on the blue trash can icon to the right of the user’s name from the user list. The user will be permanently deleted from the system.

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How do I add attorneys, notaries, and other firm information?

You may add attorney names and addresses and phone numbers for multiple offices for your firm so that the associated data automatically populates within document templates. Please note: only Admin accounts for a firm can add, remove or edit this information.

To begin, log into your NebDocs 2.0 account as the account Administrator. You will be taken straight to the Library page. Click on “Manage” and then click on “Edit Firm Information.”

From there, you may add, delete or edit information about attorneys and office addresses and phone numbers. When you have finished, click the “Save Firm Information” button in the lower left of the screen.

To delete an office, attorney, paralegal, or notary, click on the gray trash can icon to the right of the office, attorney, paralegal, or notary name.

NOTE: Adding attorneys does NOT create user accounts for them. It only saves the information so it can be automatically inserted into forms.

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How do I use a form template?

Once you have logged in, you will be taken to the library page, showing a list of folders that represent various practice areas. Open the folder for the desired practice area to display the templates available templates in that practice area. Some practice areas may have their templates organized into sub-folders.

Alternatively, you can search for documents using the search bar at the top right-hand corner of the page. However, the search function only searches on the names of folders and templates, and not on words found inside templates. Folders can also be filtered using the filter bar at the top of the folder list.

Once you have found the desired form template, click on it to begin the interview process. You will have the option of entering information in the fields individually, or if you already have an answer file saved with the relevant information for the template, you may use the “Load Information” button at the top right-hand corner of the screen to upload those answers into the interview.

At any time during the interview, you may click the “Preview” button at the top right corner of the screen to preview the file. The fields you have entered will appear in red within the document preview.

Once all information is complete, you may choose the file format for your document (PDF, Docx, or both). Click the blue “Assemble” button and you will be taken to a screen to download your document and answer file. You may change the name of the file before saving.

If you need to edit any answers, click the “Return to Interview” button to make adjustments and re-download the file.

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How do I pre-load attorney, client, and/or case information into a template?

NebDocs 2.0 allows you to save Interview answers from one form (known as the "answer file") for use in that or other forms in the future. Once you have assembled a document and reach the download screen, you will have the option to download both the document itself AND the answer file (in .xddata format).



Alternatively, when you finish an Interview but before you click the Assemble button, you may click the blue “Save Answers” button at the upper right to save your answers. When you save an answer file you may give it any name you wish and save it anywhere on your device or your local network so that you can load those answers in the future into the Interview for any form.


To reuse those saved answers in the future in the same or a different form, you simply select any form you want to assemble. Then, click on the blue "Load Answers" button at the top right of the screen. Navigate to and select your previously saved the answer file. The answers with be loaded into the appropriate questions in the current Interview.


An answer file that you saved from another form my not contain all the answers needed by the current Interview. If so, those answers will remain blank for you to fill in. An answer file that you saved from another form may also contain answers that are not relevant to the current Interview. It does not matter. Those answers will be ignored.

Saving every answer file as a new file might seem like a good idea. However, unless you can distinguish among them you may quickly find it impossible to select the right answer file for a new assembly project. Using one answer file for a given client or matter that you overwrite each time you use it is probably better. Here is an explanation of why:

Example
You have an answer file for a client that has ten saved answers from a prior form. You load it into a new, different form that you need for that client. The new form requires twelve answers, only seven of which are among your ten saved answers, and five of which are new. When you complete the new form and save the answer file by overwriting the existing one, fifteen answers will get saved, even though the form only needed ten. They are: (i) the three previously saved answers that were not needed in the new form and (ii) the twelve answers in the new form, five of which were new answers. The other seven were the answers loaded from the prior answer file. If you changed any of those seven prior answers, then the changed answers get saved and overwrite the prior answers.

If, however, you instead save the answer file as a new file rather than overwriting the existing file, then only the twelve answers for the new form get saved in the new file. The three prior answer that were not needed in the new form do not get saved. Of course, the original answer file that you did not overwrite still has its original ten answers among which are those three unused answers.

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What browser should I use to run NebDocs 2.0?

The XpressDox system that powers NebDocs 2.0 is designed to be compatible with all browsers except Internet Explorer 11. For best results, ensure your browser is up-to-date before using NebDocs 2.0. (Most browsers auto-update, but you may want to double check your browser settings to be sure.)

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How do I change where my documents and answer files are saved?

By default, most browsers save downloaded files in your local machine’s Downloads folder. Click here for a helpful guide on modifying where your browser saves downloaded files, should you wish to have the option to save your NebDocs 2.0 files elsewhere.

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How do I renew my subscription?

Please note that your subscriptions will automatically renew until you cancel them.

Still need help? Contact us at sclinch@nebar.com or (402) 742-8125.

If you'd like to suggest an improvement to NebDocs 2.0, recommend a new template, or share other feedback, please complete the form below.

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