We Would Like to Thank You for Your Continued Support
and Wish Everyone A Prosperous 2009!
IN THIS ISSUE:
Thought For The Month Create TOP Invoice From PO
TOP Monthly Support Tips for 'Green Computing'
Things About TOP The 'Tech Line'
"And in the end, it's not the years in your life that counts. It's the life in your years."
by Abraham Lincoln
Create TOP A/P Invoice from TOP Purchase Order
There is a feature in Total Order Plus that can save you a lot of time if you have the Purchase Order and Accounts Payable modules. First you enter a purchase order in Purchase Order Data Entry. Once the shipment has arrived, you enter the receipts into PO Transaction Data Entry. The Transaction Data Entry Register and Update will update the receipts to the Inventory module and to the Purchase Order history file.
Once you receive the invoice from your vendor for a particular purchase order, you are ready to input the invoice information. You will use the A/P Invoice Data Entry program on the Invoice and Manual Check Menu. Instead of entering the vendor number, you enter the purchase order number+F1. TOP will search purchase order history and insert all of the information from the original purchase order into the invoice.
Research has said that the technology industry accounts for 2% of global carbon dioxide emissions, which matches the same percentage of emissions from the aviation industry! With so many people using a personal computer, there is no doubt it has a major impact. We all need to start thinking about green computing if you want to help fight global warming or just plain want to save money on energy. Each month we will provide a tip that will allow you to help.
TIP:
Your display screen is the biggest power consuming device, especially if it is an old CRT display. Flat panel monitors consume less than half of the power that a CRT burns. You might consider replacing your screen if you are using a CRT. If you are going to be away from your computer for awhile or overnight, hit the power button on the display. If you are going to be away for a weekend or longer, shut the entire system down instead of letting it go to 'sleep'.You can also activate power saving options. Most computers have the ability to set options for your monitor.
Click on the Start button --> Click Settings --> Click Control Panel --> Click Power Options
You can select to turn off your monitor anywhere from 1 minute to 5 hours when it is not in use.
Mindware can except American Express, MasterCard and Visa. If you are interested in setting up an automatic payment plan, please call (800) 950-0401 to provide us with the necessary credit information.
Things You May Not Know About TOP
Many of our customers may not be aware that Total Order Plus has a User Appendix manual online on our support website www.mindwarecorp.com and can be accessed by clicking on 'Documentation' on the left side of the screen. This manual contains numerous screens and instructions to help you with Windows issues, UnForm, UPS, Anzio Lite, Unix commands, End of Day and End of Month processing and how to use the TOP Report Writer.
In this month's newsletter, we are publishing the instructions for 'How to setup Anzio Lite 16':
Go to www.anzio.com
Select current version of Anzio Lite 16
Save to temp folder on C drive (if not present create)
Select Save --> Select OK
Select Open --> Select Run to display Install Wizard
Select Yes to License Agreement --> Select Next for Location
Select Next for Program Folder --> Select Finish
Setup Icon
Select Start > Programs > Anzio 16 > Anzio Lite 16 (New Connection)
Select SCOANSI for terminal type
Answer No to old style if SCO 5.0.7
Select SSH from Communications Window
Enter IP address for TOP server, example: 192.168.1.2
Select Yes for Please Verify SSH Key if using SSH
Enter TOP login name and password
Log out of TOP --> Select Save As --> Use Total
Order Plus for name
Slave Printer Setup
Start Anzio Lite
Select File > Printer Setup > In Print Level section select Spooler, on
printer --> Select Ok
Disable X box to exit TOP
Start Anzio Lite --> Select Edit --> Select Advanced Options
Select Screen tab --> Uncheck System menu close box
Select File --> Select Save Settings --> Log out and log back in for change
to take affect
Picture of the Month
New Office for Texas Marking Products, The Woodlands, TX
By Joanne Simmons
We would like to be able to search the General Ledger yearly transactions for a certain amount in order to find out what account an amount was posted to. Could this be added as a feature in TOP?
Answer:
Total Order Plus allows you to search the yearly postings for an amount by accessing the G/L Options Menu. Select Yearly Postings ---> Press F3 to Sort ---> Select D for Dollar Amount ---> Enter dollar amount to sort for (i.e. 535.24)
You also have the option to sort by Transaction Date or by Posting Remarks.
New Changes To Total Order Plus and UnForm
Changes to Total Order Plus and UnForm are made on a continual basis. We will keep you updated by listing the most recent changes in each of our newsletters. Following are the most recent:
TOP Enhancements:
 | Feature has been added to the A/P Vendor History Display on the Vendor Sub-Menu to display the General Ledger account numbers that were entered on the original invoice. You can also see the invoice header information and the GL accounts on the A/P Options Menu in Invoice History selection. |
| A/P Invoice Data Entry at the invoice number field, you can enter Shift+? and TOP will start the invoice display with the invoices for the vendor entered and will not allow you to select an invoice for another vendor. |
| A/P Manual Check Data Entry at the invoice number field, you can enter Shift+? and TOP will start the invoice display with the invoices for the vendor entered and will not allow you to select an invoice for another vendor. |
| New program to copy a customer's contract prices to other customers with the same contact type. |
| New option added to the O/E Sales by Salesperson by Zip Report to select to print invoice detail. |
UnForm Enhancements:
Note: UnForm versions 4.X, 5.X and 6.X are no longer supported by SDSI or Mindware Corporation.
Time Zone Changes for Mindware Office Hours
Eight months of a year, from the middle of March to the middle of November, the country is on Daylight Savings Time. Following is a chart that shows the different time zones and the time in Arizona when Mindware office hours begins:
|
Time Zone |
DST |
MCA |
| Eastern Standard Time | 11:00 am | 08:00 am |
| Central Standard Time | 10:00 am | 08:00 am |
| Mountain Standard Time | 09:00 am | 08:00 am |
| Pacific Standard Time | 08:00 am | 08:00 am |
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Time Zone |
No DST |
MCA |
| Eastern Standard Time | 10:00 am | 08:00 am |
| Central Standard Time | 09:00 am | 08:00 am |
| Mountain Standard Time | 08:00 am | 08:00 am |
| Pacific Standard Time | 07:00 am | 08:00 am |
Event Calendar
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Location |
Date |
| CHA Show, Anaheim | 01/25/2009 |
| ARA Int'l, Las Vegas | 02/23/2009 |
| NBM Show, Ft Worth | 04/30/2009 |
| NBM Show, Indy | 05/28/2009 |
| CHA Show, Long Beach | 07/27/2009 |
| NBM Show, Long Beach | 07/30/2009 |
| NBM Show, Baltimore | 08/27/2009 |
| NBM Show, Tampa | 09/24/2009 |
| NBM Show, Charlotte | 10/22/2009 |
Send all TOP support emails to support@mindwarecorp.com
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