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Microsoft has
introduced their new Vista operating system and redesigned Office 2007
suites. They’ve made major changes to these products which will require
both hardware and software companies to change their
products. Warning: The Space
Control software is not compatible with these new Microsoft products at
this time. Neither are many other software products, including pcAnywhere,
as well as many computer video cards, printers, sound cards, etc. (On
their web page, pcAnywhere says only that they will have a
Vista-compatible version sometime in 2007.) Why? In Vista,
Microsoft has changed the way files are named and the names of the
directories where files are stored on the computer. The Vista operating
system creates some “virtual” directories on the hard disk, and moves
files into those directories. Space Control---and much other
software---can’t locate files in these renamed virtual directories. The
Office 2007 software uses a new naming convention for Word documents.
Instead of LetterOne.DOC, files are now called LetterOne.DOCX. Word
templates are DOTX instead of DOT. So all software (NX.gen included) that
refers to DOC files or DOT files won’t work. So, what's new in
Vista? Vista will tighten parental controls, make media (photos, videos,
songs) easier to use and share, and improve graphics for games--- all more
directed to the home user rather than businesses. Microsoft says Vista is
"safer and more secure." But that comes at a price. Dan Fost, a technical
writer for the San Francisco Chronicle, says that after clicking "yes" 20
times to get a video to upload to the internet, he decided it wasn't worth
it. And, if you decide you want Vista, he recommends that you get it on a
new computer---don't upgrade an existing computer. As a matter of fact, to
take advantage of all that Vista offers, you might want to get a $4,000 PC
with four processors and a monitor with high-definition
capabilities. We will be making
changes to NX.gen to accommodate both the new operating system and the new
Office products. But these are major changes that will require lots of
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In the last issue, we
covered emailed reports, archived docs, creating your own letters and
leases, discounts, batch payments, move-in quotes and user
IDs. NX.gen also has:
Further,
Plus, with optional
modules, you can:
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About Batch payments
in NX.gen? It always a good thing to get paid. But if the mailman delivers
a big stack of check payments it can take a long time to enter them all
into your computer. In NX.gen, we did something about
that. Go to the Utilities
menu and select Batch Payment. The list of customers is displayed.
Double-click on one, enter the Bank Number (Tab), Check Number (Tab), and
Amount Paid. Hit Enter and you’re on to the next customer. It’s that
easy. The program checks
for options like No check or No Partial Payments and will tell you about
these if they apply. The customer accounts are updated, the payments go on
the Bank Deposit. And all in a lot less time than if you had to go to each
account to apply the payments. A running total is
shown at the bottom of the window for the number of checks entered and the
total of all the payments. This makes it easy to double-check your
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We'll have a booth at the SSA tradeshow in New Orleans starting March 23. Do stop by and see us if you're there.
 Ramona Taylor Space Control Systems, Inc. email: rtaylor@spacecontrol.com
phone: 1-800-455-9055
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