IN THIS ISSUE:
Thought For The Month Estampes-Ray Museum
Indentify Dangerous File Attachments The 'Tech Line'
"When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends."
Total Order Plus 2000.Q Now Released
Total Order Plus 2000.Q has been released and is now being installed on our customer's systems. There are numerous new features in this upgrade - too many to list in this newsletter. Please go to our website www.mindwarecorp.com and click on TOP Features for a complete list of what is included in this upgrade.
Estampes-Ray Museum, Quebec City, Canada
Raynald Pelletier started Estampes-Ray in 1958. Prior to starting the business, he was a press operator from 1949 to 1958 for a small print shop in Quebec City. In the early seventies, his sons Denis and Yvon joined him in the business and are currently there today. Raynald passed away in 2008.
In January of 2008, the business was moved to a new location. Moving a company from its original location of 40 years can be laborious but rewarding at the same time. In the process of moving, quite a few interesting old items were found. Denis decided to create a small stamp museum in a 72 square foot corner of the walk in area. The walls were decorated with old family pictures shot in the workplace, owners and employees celebrating the 15th anniversary of Estampes-Ray Inc., an employee operating a Ludlow, another one setting type on a typesetting machine, etc. Below are some of the pictures that are displayed in the museum.
Identifying Dangerous File Attachments
How can we tell if an email file attachment is dangerous or not? We really can't tell because the tactics used by those with malicious intent changes constantly. In general, it can be just about any type of file attachement. Usually we only open file attachments from someone we know but the 'bad guys' have heard this and they have come up with a way to make it look like the file was being sent from someone you know.
All of us at one time or another have been fooled into opening a malicious file attachment and once your PC is infected the malicious code can start sending out infected emails to everyone in your address book. When people in your address book get the tainted email, they assume the attachment is OK because it came from you.
There are some 'red flags' that everyone should be on the lookout for when it comes to these kind of messages:
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Improper grammar and a lot of misspelled words. Many hackers operate in foreign countries and do their best to replicate the English dialect. If you are watching closely, you can recognize suspicious messages by examining the Subject or message body text. |
| Assume that all file attachments are dangerous but there are some that should never be opened when sent via email unless the sender notifies you in advance. |
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Files with the .EXE, .ZIP, .COM, .VBS, .JSE or .BAT extensions should never be opened regardless of whom they came from. |
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If you are in the habit of sending file attachments, changing how you exchange information with your friends will help reduce any confusion. For example, post your attachments on a private sharing site and send a message with an invitation to view your images online. There are some online sites that allow you to do this for free! |
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 Help' manual and a 'TOP Intro" manual online on our support website www.mindwarecorp.com and can be accessed by clicking on 'Documentation' on the left side of the screen. These manuals contain numerous screens and instructions to help you with Windows issues, UnForm, UPS, Anzio Lite, Unix commands, End of Day and End of Month processing, how to use the TOP Report Writer, TOP menu commands, 'How To' reverse cash receipts payments, etc.
In this newsletter, we are publishing some of the 'TOP Features' included in TOP2000.Q.
| A/R Cash Receipts History purge has been changed to purge by year |
| Modified A/R Cash Receipts history display to include additional search options - amount, register number, G/L accounts, check number, invoice number and deposit header information with an option to view purged history |
| Modified OE Invoice History and AR Cash Receipts History purge programs to purge to history folders by company number |
| Added International country codes and tariff information to UPS WorldShip software |
| GL General Journal Entry date now has to be within 365 days prior or in advance of the current date |
| Added new International Country Code file to the SP Options menu |
| Orders or invoices can no longer be entered for customers on Credit Hold (CH) |
| Email Reminder Message Maintenance added to the A/R Definition Menu |
| Send Email Reminder flag added to the Customer Status Maintenance |
| Update CH flag added to the Customer Status Maintenance to automatically update the credit field |
| Credit Hold field has been expanded to allow any code beginning with a C be treated as a credit (i.e. CO=Collections) |
| Flag has been added to the A/P Vendor master for active or inactive vendors and will not allow you to enter an invoice for a vendor that is inactive |
| Flag for active or inactive customers has been added to the customer master |
| 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. You can also press F1 at the invoice number field and let TOP assign the next available invoice number. |
| 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 |
| Utility program to copy a customers contract prices to all other customers with the same customer type |
| Added option to Customer Contract Pricing Report to list only contract prices that are less than the average cost in the item master |
| In Cash Receipts Data Entry in the customer code field, you can enter an invoice number+F1 to have TOP search for the customer code that this invoice was issued to |
You can view the entire feature list on our support website www.mindwarecorp.com and Click on TOP Features.
By Joanne Simmons
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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:
| Modified A/R Cash Receipts history display to include additional search options - amount, register number, G/L accounts, check number, invoice number and deposit header information with an option to view purged history |
| Changed A/R Cash Receipts history purge to purge by year |
| Modified OE Invoice History and AR Cash Receipts History purge programs to purge to history folders by company number |
UnForm Enhancements:
| UnForm 8.0 has now been released - call for upgrade pricing |
Note: UnForm versions 4.X, 5.X and 6.X are no longer supported by SDSI or Mindware Corporation.
Event Calendar
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| Labor Day | 09/06/2010 * |
| Daylight Savings Time Ends | 11/07/2010 |
| Thanksgiving Day | 11/25/2010 * |
| Thanksgiving Day Holiday | 11/26/2010 * |
| Christmas Eve | 12/24/2010 * |
| Christmas Day | 12/25/2010 * |
| News Year's Eve | 12/31/2010 |
| New Year's Day | 01/01/2011 * |
Send all TOP support emails to support@mindwarecorp.com
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