12 Essential New Features of Office 12 by Paul W Wilson
The final version of Office 12 is slated for release in mid 2006. Although Microsoft is yet to confirm what the final version of Office 12 will include, the broad areas that have been the focus of change are productivity, handling of business information, managing of documents, and enhanced user... Rapid email and document searching will become feasible through the Fast Search technology in Vista (Longhorn). ... This will simplify the process of creating professionally layed out documents. ... A system known as Live Preview is a brand new technology that will enable the user to view in a...

Top 5 Ways Fax Automation Will Increase Small Business Productivity by Chris Norwood
Today, most small to medium sized organizations understand outbound fax automation as the ability to send faxes with their computers using the email or internet. This is only the tip of the business productivity iceberg. Outbound fax automation is about saving time and money by eliminating... When selecting a fax broadcasting solution ensure it is capable of performing the following steps: Ability to create a highly legible faxable document. ... Ability to create or use an existing database list from a variety of formats (CSV, TEXT, EXCEL, ACCESS, SQL,) Ability to map database fields...

Don't Fear the Internet Fax by Brandi Cummings
What may be simple and second nature to one person, may lead to confusion and hair pulling to the next. Let's take internet fax for instance. This technology has been around for quite some time now but there are still many people out there who could not tell you how it works or how to send an... How to Send an Internet fax How you send an internet fax will change slightly depending on your providerHowever, there are 2 basic ways to send an internet faxOne is directly from a word processing program, such as Microsoft Word, and the other is from an online control panel through your internet...

Windows Vista Backup Features by Paul McGillivary
Windows Vista has been one of the most anticipated operating system releases ever. The many delays have only heightened the wait. But now that Windows Vista has been released, what features does it bring to you - the end user? Some of Vista's best features revolve around data backup and... Shadow copy allows for document versioning, which will help alleviate document loss issues. ... If you are the lucky owner of Windows Vista business, ultimate, or enterprise edition; you can enjoy the benefits of a complete imaging system.

SearchInform is your power over information. It's your opportunity to act while others are still sea by Alena Siameshka
Search challenge Major part of corporate information on the enterprise intranet is unstructured in form of files, databases, archives etc. Information is contained in different formats and different systems and also differs in the level of access to it. ... SearchInform Corporate Edition is the network version of the full text search application SearchInform meant for small and medium business. ... Universality and effectiveness of the SoftInform full text search technology enable solving a wide spectrum of information processing problems such as information fuzziness (guarding against...

eStore Advantage – Extending Microsoft eConnect for MBS Great Plains by Josh Cook
eStore Advantage allows front-office applications to communicate with back-office business environments. It has a built-in support for electronic payment processing, and serves as a core integration platform for Nodus Technologies front-to-back office connectivity suites including RMS and CRM... Simplified Integration - Helps You Focus on Business Level Issues: In short eStore Advantage significantly decreases implementation time from months to days, enabling customers to focus on business logic and application development rather than integration issues.

With So Many Barcode Printing Technologies, Which One is Right for My Business? by Vaughn Balchunas
First of all, it is not necessary to have a dedicated barcode printer. Any printer that can print labels will print barcode labels with the right software. But, in almost every serious business situation having a dedicated printer makes sense. Dedicated barcode printers are designed to work with... Yes, you can make a document printer work, but the time and cost in all but the simplest business situations is prohibitive. ... We recommend having a barcode coordinator and process in place to document all your barcode processes so others can step in.

How to Create PDF Files without Adobe by Greg Doucet
When dealing with other companies electronically, you will want to keep the integrity of your files. One solution is using a type of file called a PDF file. These files end with .pdf extension. PDF file are used by businesses to send important documents like contracts and proposals to other... This method has a two step process to create the PDF file. ... You must first create a postscript file of your document. ... A postscript file is just your document being printed to a file on your hard drive instead to your printer.

Microsoft Great Plains POP: Purchase Order Processing – Overview For Consultants by Vincent Ong
Great Plains Purchase Order Processing (POP) module makes up one-third of the core Great Plains Inventory and Order Processing group (the other two being Inventory Management and Sales Order Processing). POP seamlessly integrates with other Great Plains modules (GL, PM, FA, SOP, etc.) allowing... Great Plains prides itself of being able to empower its users in streamlining business processes by being in control. ... • Requisition Management for Microsoft Business Portal – Eliminate paper-based requisitions by creating requisitions via a Web browser, with automatic approval routing and...

Which Scanner is Right For You by Kathryn Lively
With the push of a button, a good color scanner can copy any type of document, report, or photograph you need transferred to the Internet or computer file. With the many different brands and types of scanners on the market, however, can you be certain which one you need for work or home use? ... Depending upon the accompanying software, the material may be presented in a word processing document or image viewer. ... Instead of producing a paper replica of the document, the material is transferred to the computer, into a word processing program or image editor.