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Latest Features in TOP
 | Option to print Item Sales by Customer Report by customer type |
 | New A/R open invoice report with option to list finance charge
invoices only |
 | New G/L financial statement to compare prior month figures |
 | Added credit card security code to automatic invoice generation |
 | Added running balance to A/P Open Invoice Display print option |
 | New print option added to order print for printing bin and extension
or bin location only |
 | Customer Analysis Report has an added option to print prior year for
the current month comparison |
 | Cash Receipt postings to the
General Ledger End-of-Day report are now separated by bank deposit code.
This helps to simplify matching credit card deposits. |
 | Option to enter F1 for next available
A/P manual check number. Can be used for entering transactions that
don't have a check number. |
 | Added country of origin and
tariff code to Item Master |
 | Added option to the Customer Label Print to print labels by
salesperson with an additional label option to list the contact name |
 | S/A Salesperson by Customer by Item report now has an option to
print either (D)etail or (S)ummary records |
 | Changed Inventory Transaction Report and Update to allow
transaction postings to the General Ledger for receipts, issues and
adjustments |
 | Modified Customer Analysis Report to sort by city and
state, print city and state on the report with an option to output
to a tab delimited text file |
 | Modified the Inventory update to the General Ledger to allow
postings for adjustments, issues and receipts |
 | Option to enter sales tax only credit memos in Invoice Data
Entry |
 | Added item summary to Customer Item Prior Year Report with an
option to sort by item, PTD or YTD figures |
 | Advanced options to Item Royalty Report |
 | Option to use a replacement inventory item for a discontinued
item during
Order Entry |
 | Added changes for printing to Zebra label printer |
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Option to only select statements for customers over
60 days past due. |
 | Item Sales by Month report prints six months of a year to a
printer or twelve months of a year to a text file |
 | Option to print O/E Open Orders by Item Report in Item
Bin Location order |
 | You can now enter credit card information in order and invoice
data entry and NOT have it post to the cash receipts data entry
file. You can also have only the last 4 digits of the credit card
number print on orders, invoices and Customer Contact Maintenance by
using a security group code. |
 | New salesperson report that includes first and second salesperson within
a specified date range. Report lists salesperson code, zip code, customer
code and name, state code, customer type, YTD and Prior Year sales. |
 | A/P invoice memo field now posts to the G/L End-of-Day. |
 | SCO UNIX
and Windows customers can now download the TOP2000.P update from our support website
.www.mindwarecorp.com --> Click on
Downloads --> Right click on upgrade --> Save to the (S)hare drive on the
Unix file server or the C:/TOP/TEMP folder in Windows and call Mindware to install. |
 | Added option to
display the installation date and the current version of TOP on the Welcome
Screen and issue a warning if your version of TOP is older than 365 days. |
 | New audit program to trace order and invoice input by
writing records to an audit file when operators add, edit, print, delete,
convert and update orders/invoices. |
 | NOF name now prints on the Daily Summary of Postings, AP
check stub and Monthly Summary of Postings. |
 | New feature in 'Purchase Order Data Entry' allows you to enter
an O/E order number for a particular customer and import the line
items from the order into the purchase order. |
 | TOP purchase order information can be
exported to a file and can become an order in TOP |
 | New order import program to interface
with Trodat web orders |
 | Current version of TOP and the date installed displays on the Welcome
screen. A message will display on your screen if your version of TOP is over
365 days old. |
 | Added new features for the EDI invoice import. |
 | New export program in the I/C module that lists inventory items to a
file that can be imported into Excel. You can change the item pricing and
then export the changes to a file that can be imported back into the I/C
item master. |
 | New feature in 'Purchase Order Data Entry' allows you to enter an O/E
order number for a particular customer and import the line items from the
order into the purchase order. You can select line items to import for the
vendor. |
 | G/L journal entries now displays the last reference used on the bottom
of your input screen. |
 | A new feature has been added to the 'Find Order/Invoice Utility' that
allows you to view cash receipts history for any given invoice number. |
 | When entering A/P invoices, you can enter a purchase order+ the F1 key
at the vendor input field to display the items and pricing to import into
the invoice so the PO receipts pricing will match the invoice pricing. |
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Next Generation Multi-Screen Monitors
N ow
you can have a wider monitor on your PC that will help to increase productivity.
As an example, you could have Total Order Plus and your email window on your
screen at the same time. The new wide screen monitors will allow you to do just
that. Below are the specifications for the new Acer 22" Wide Screen LCD Monitor:
The 22" LCD monitor has a resolution of 1680 x 1050, a 700.1 contract ratio,
internal power adapter, VGA and HDCP support, black in color and a 3-year
parts, labor and LCD warranty. It comes with a great price of just $255.00!
Call Mindware if you are interested in this new concept.
Call Mindware or email
support@mindwarecorp.com for
more information.

SonicWall Increases Anti-Virus Security
SonicWall has announced the release of a new version 4.7 of their Client
Anti-Virus and Anti-Spyware software. This new release includes the
following new features and capabilities:
Rootkit Protection provides the most comprehensive protection
available today for all Windows-based workstations.
VirusScan Engine v5200 delivers improved performance via
McAfee's latest virus scan engine, protecting workstations from the
latest threats.R
The following Windows operating systems will be automatically
upgraded: Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 2000. This will
include customers who have the 5, 10 and 25 users Anti-Virus products
that you purchased through Mindware.

Why Hardware Warranty on your File
Server?
The SCO Unix file servers
built by DTR Business Systems are protected by a one year hardware warranty
agreement. This agreement covers parts and labor and includes next day
on-site response. Once the initial warranty has expired, you can purchase an
extended maintenance agreement.
The rate for an
additional year of hardware warranty is $575.00. This may seem like a lot
but compared to not having warranty and having a technician come on-site,
here is an example of what a service call might cost:
The rate for a technician
is $150.00 per hour with a two hour minimum, plus parts and travel expense.
For example, the on-site charge would be a minimum of $300.00, perhaps you
would need to replace the hard drive at $400.00 and then add travel time
expense. One service call would be much more than a one-year warranty
contract.
Note: Even if your
warranty expired a few months ago and your server is in working condition
without any problems, you can still purchase the warranty.

Three Shows Under One Roof!
Choose Your City!
The Sign Business & Digital Graphics Show, the Printwear
Show and the Awards & Custom Gift Show are gearing up for another exciting
year so plan to attend in a city of your choice. Explore the opportunities
in your market and discover new profit potential in other related markets
and all in the same exhibit hall! By combining three shows under one roof,
we created a unique buying event where you have the opportunity to focus on
your primary market while researching complimentary products.
The cities and dates for the 2008 shows are as follow:
Indianapolis, IN, September 4-6. You
can access all three shows with just one registration.
You can supplement your show experience with our 2008
Education Conference, featuring 34 seminars and 3 workshops packed with
tips, techniques and suggestions to help you make money! Join our industry
experts to sharpen your skills, discuss challenges and ideas and enhance
your knowledge base. For complete details, visit
www.nbmshows.com, choose your city,
select Education Conference, and register early and receive early bird
rates.
In each city, 12 attendees will be randomly drawn to win
$500.00 in cash vouchers good at participating exhibitor booths. To be
eligible to win, all you have to do is attend the show.
The IMIA trade show will be held in conjunction with the CHA
show in Indianapolis in September 2008.

Please Ban
In-Flight Cell Phones!
Say goodbye to one of the
last remaining phone-free
havens.
Emirates Airlines is
outfitting its planes with
technology that will allow
passengers to use their
mobile phones in flight. The
system went into effect for
the first time this week on
an Airbus A340 flight
between Dubai and
Casablanca. Emirates is
partnering on the project
with
AeroMobile, which has
developed technology that
allows cellular phones to
work at a low-enough level
that they don't risk
interfering with a plane's
other systems. Emirates is
shelling out $27 million to
roll the system out
fleetwide.
Perhaps hoping to allay
passenger fears about being
stuck next to a cell
phone-wielding Chatty
Charlie on a 13-hour flight
to Tokyo, Emirates says
passengers will only be
allowed to make five or six
calls per flight. And they
point out that flight crews
will have the power to turn
the system on and off as
needed, making it less
likely that the woman
sitting in 26D is able to
initiate a conference call
at 3 in the morning. Plus,
the airline will ask all
passengers to switch their
phones to silent or vibrate
when they board. This is
great because as you know,
that works really well at
the movies or in church!
The airlines have been
threatening to do this for
years.
American Airlines has
tested technology developed
by
Qualcomm,
and
Air France
and
bmi
have also
experimented with the
in-flight calls.
Depending on
your point of view, this is
either a great step forward
or just another reason to
dread boarding an airplane.

Should You Defrag Flash
Drives?
Defragging speeds up a regular hard drive because of the way it works. The
drive head has to move back and forth to read different parts of fragmented
files, which slows things down. So defragging (moving all the parts of each
file to be contiguous to each other) speeds up access.
Flash drives work very differently. They don't have drive heads or other
moving parts and they can access a fragmented file just as quickly as one
that's all contiguous. What's more, if you defrag a flash drive, you'll
shorten its life because flash memory can only do a certain number of writes
before it wears out. That's why you shouldn't defrag flash drives.

Mindware Remote Off-Site Backup
Be prepared is no longer just a boy scout motto - it is a
call to action in looking out for your company's future. Fires, floods,
hurricanes, tornados, earth quakes and even terror attacks all factor in to
the continuity of your business.
You have probably increased the amount of historical data
that you store on your file server electronically. To remain competitive and
grow, you will most likely continue to do so in the future. You are storing
customer records, open invoices, invoice history, cash receipts history,
customer special pricing, contact information, card files, ship to
addresses, purchase orders, vendor information, production data, financial
information, and on and on . . . . .
Can you place a call to someone for a copy of your data if
you lost all of your information? Or if you wanted to sell your company,
what would you company be worth without all of your financial information?
How many customers and vendors would you lose if they knew you didn't have
safe, valid and secure backups?
If you have BackupEdge software installed on your file
server, you now have an option to backup to a state of the art facility in
Phoenix, Arizona. The location is served by two different power grids,
uninterruptible power supplies and backup generators. The charge is $25.00
per month for the first company and $10.00 per month for each additional
company. Please call Mindware to sign up for this service as soon as
possible!

New Mindware Mailing List
Mindware Corporation has had customers request a way to
communicate with other users in order to share information about how they
are using TOP for different reasons or what features they use to better
server their business needs. This information can now be shared with other
Mindware Marking Device customers and will help benefit others who may not be aware of
the many TOP features and
upgrades.
A mailing list for TOP Marking Device users has been established for
this purpose and you can post to this list by sending your email to
mdlist@mindwarecorp.com. Each
month you will receive an email with your login information and password. If
you want to change your password or unsubscribe from the list you can send
your request to
Mdlist-request@mindwarecorp.com with the word HELP in the subject or in
the body of the email.
Normally, Mailman will remind you of your mindwarecorp.com
mailing list password once every month, although you can disable this if you
prefer. It will also include instructions on how to unsubscribe or change
your account options. There is a button on your options page that will email
your current password to you if you need a reminder.

The Dangers of File Sharing
In light of the recent $220,000 judgment of
a Minnesota woman for using a music sharing
program, the dangers continue to grow for
those that continue to use such file sharing
programs. There is now a legal precedent for
the music and movie industry to come after
Internet users who are engaging in that type
of activity.
The company Napster is
credited with starting the peer-to-peer file
sharing process and was taken to court to
settle judgments against them, but is now a
legitimate service. But there are still many
users out there that thinks it is ok to
download copyrighted material. It has always
been illegal to share such movies, music and
software.
Another problem with downloading shared
material is that the software usually comes
with spyware and adware and can damage your
computer with viruses, worms and other
malicious software. They can cause your
computer and the Internet to run slower.
You should begin to check your desktop
for unused icons and remove any that you are
not familiar with. Click on the Start button
and select All Programs and view the
programs for items that you did not install.
You can remove any of them by using the
Add/Remove program section in Control Panel.
If you find any of the P2P file sharing
software installed on your PC, you need to
run a scan on your computer for viruses,
adware and spyware.
Once your feel like your computer is
clean, make sure your employees or household
members understand the legal, financial and
infected computer consequences of using
these kinds of programs. 
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