CEO or Managing Partner: Getting Started

Modified on Tue, 17 Jun at 12:52 PM

As a CEO or managing partner, you play a key leadership role at your firm. Your exact responsibilities may vary depending on the size and structure of your firm, but typically, you might find yourself responsible for business operations and strategic planning for your firm while also managing client relationships and mitigating risk.


The following article provides information on how to use Actionstep to complete these tasks.


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Getting Started

First, these topics can help familiarize you with Actionstep and help you get your profile set up:

Actionstep Overview

Logging in to Actionstep

Actionstep Terminology

Actionstep Home Page Overview

Getting to Know the 'My Profile' Page

Setting Up Personal Email Mailboxes

Using the Quick Search Box to Search for a Matter or Contact

Using the Advanced Search

Using Custom List Views

Using Actionstep and Where to Find Help

Actionstep Academy Overview

Requesting Help from Actionstep Support




Managing Clients and Other Contacts    

Adding a Contact

Getting to Know the Contact Card

Deleting a Contact

Creating a Custom Contact List View




Managing Matters or Actions    

Creating a Matter

Getting to Know the Matter Home Page

Understanding the Workflow Steps in a Matter




Timekeeping    

Creating a Time Entry

Choosing the Bill Behavior for Billable Time Entries

Viewing Your Timesheet




Managing Emails    

Setting Up Personal Email Mailboxes

Setting Up the Outlook Add-in

Using the Gmail Add-on




Managing Documents    

Getting to Know a Matter’s Documents Page

Uploading Documents and Other Files to a Matter

About Working with Microsoft and Google Documents

Document Templates Overview

Generating Documents from Templates




Building Various Firm-Related Reports    

General Reporting 

Matter Reports 

Accounting Reports 

Billing Reports 

Trust / Client Account Reports 




Managing To-Do or Task Lists

Actionstep Workflows Overview

Understanding the Workflow Steps in a Matter

Editing Workflow Steps (Admin)




Communicating with Clients

Client Portal Overview

About Actionstep Capture (in beta, coming soon to all users)

Webforms Overview




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