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I thought it was about time I dragged myself kicking and screaming into the 21st Century so I've been looking at Certificate form filling software.
Castline are doing an entry level domestic installer version as a bait to get you hooked, but it's not really enough without committing to another ÂŁ300 for a usable version. Being a stingy *******, I don't want to pay the earth for something that I will have to replace when the 17th ammendment comes into force later this year. Amtech also want ÂŁ300 + ÂŁ320 for the update and the ÂŁ255 NICEIC offering (without the certificate numbers) includes 12 months of updates but it has no smartphone support.
Would anyone who uses form fill software like to share their experiences?
 
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i use similar. bought off ebay, mine need open office to run, but that's free and filling in is easy peasy
 
you must have got the wrong ones. i've no probs with mine. everything needed is on them. what was wrong with the ones you got?
 
We use Castline Formfill 9, the full version-after about 50 updates, it's pretty near perfect!

You get what you pay for with software, 70% of our business is PIR's and they have to look the business and have the features that save you hours on large reports-DB schedules at the press of a button, watermarks for draft/original/copy, .PDF production etc.
 
I recently bought the NIC software for use for domestic installations. It seems to work generally, however if you find the plain paper use attractive, you will need to find buying printer cartridges fun also. Don't expect to much of the verification of test results, it's buggy, although we shouldn't be depending on that anyway, before I get reminded of that........Phone support works well and will confirm bugs as you find them. That said, some sort of software does produce better certs and save time, although you might find yourself wanting to take a laptop and printer to work and maybe an inverter etc etc. There's a ÂŁ10 min order charge on the cert no's too, so if you only want one batch it's dearer than you think.

Hope this helps, but bear in mind I've only been using it for a couple of weeks.
 

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