Insight eNews
A Monthly Newsletter from AVF Consulting, Inc.
Microsoft Navision Solution Center &
Microsoft Certified Partner
May 2004
- In this edition:
From the President: Attend Important AVF Webcast May 25th
AVF News: Training classes and Not-for-Profit Conference
Tips & Tricks: Making a Navision Back-up
Product Spotlight: Spellchecker for Navision-
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From the President-- Andrew Fass
AVF Introduces Customer Care Plus for Navision Clients
Starting July 1, 2004, AVF will launch the Customer Care Plus program for Navision customers who opt to join the club. Membership in this program will include discounts on services and training classes, free support services, admission to User Group meetings, annual visits and more. If you missed the Webcast on May 13th, please join Andrew Fass for a repeat performance on Tuesday, May 25th from 10:00am to 11:00am for a detailed explanation of what this program is and how your organization can become a member. Visit http://www.avfconsulting.com/webcast to sign up and reserve your spot for the webcast.
May and June Training Classes: All classes are held at AVF Consulting Headquarters and must be registered and paid for in advance. Breakfast and Lunch are served for all day classes and payment includes all class materials. Get all the course details and register online at: http://www.avfconsulting.com/news_training.asp.
Navision Super User
Training, June 8, 2004, 9:00am - 12:00pm. $295/student
Navision Fixed Assets Training, June 8, 2004, 1:00pm - 5:00pm.
$295/student
Object Designer/Report Writer II, June 22, 2004 (new date), 9:00am - 4:00pm.
$495/student
Customer Relationship Management-Navision, June 17, 2004, 9:00am-
4:00pm. $495/student
Service Management for Navision, June 24, 2004, 9:00am -
4:00pm. $495/student
Navision Basics, June 29, 2004, 9:00am - 4:00pm. $495/student
Class sizes are limited, so be sure to sign up early.
Microsoft POS Seminar for Retailers: Interested in finding out more about Microsoft Retail Management System and Infostore for Microsoft Navision? Attend one of our free seminars in March! We will be demonstrating these two products on June 8th in Malvern, PA just outside of Philadelphia and on June 15th in Baltimore. For more information or to sign up, visit www.avfconsulting.com/pos.
Not-for-Profit Users’ Conference for Microsoft Navision: This year’s Serenic Explorations will be held at the Westin Embassy Row in Washington D.C. August 8-11, 2004. In past years they have covered topics such as new features, advanced procurement, donor management and more. Registration is $599/person. For more information, visit www.serenic.com.
AVF’s New Contact Info:
AVF’s new phone and fax numbers are in working order. Please be sure to
update your contact information for AVF:
1220-C
East Joppa Road,
Suite 514,
Baltimore, MD 21286
Phone:
410-296-5100
Fax:
410-296-5330
Making a Basic Navision Backup
To create a Navision Backup of your database from the tools menu select, backup. The following window will appear:
Specify how extensive you want to backup to be:
- Entire Database (includes all companies in database, data common to all companies, and application objects)
- All Companies (only the companies)
- Custom (only the selected items)
Enter a Description of your backup – you will see this when you restore
the database.
The File Name also includes the Path (location on the disk or network).
Click the assist button to select the path of the file. If is useful to
give the backup a file name that references that backup date – for example
CRONUS-050104.fbk
Select OK to start the backup. If you chose to copy to disk, the system
will ask you to insert disk 1, click OK to continue. While the backup is
being made, you will see status indicators. Select Cancel to stop the
backup. You will receive a message when he backup is completed. You have
now backed up your Navision Database.
Please Note that larger databases where the backup size is greater
than 2GB will create multiple backup files that are numbered (example
fin.fbk, fin2.fbk, fin3.fbk). You need all of the files to properly
restore the database.
Spellchecker for Navision
AVF has created “Spellchecker for Navision” which allows you to spell check text in any field. This tool is particularly useful when creating internal and external reports from Navision, since even a small spelling error can reduce your credibility and distract your audience.
Use Spellchecker for Navision for:
· Detailed sales invoices
· Management reports
· Custom documents for clients
· Extended text on sales and purchase documents
· Large custom comment fields or any text field
To check your spelling, simply click the red checkmark at the bottom of the comment field or next to the text field. A dialogue box will appear showing all of the spellings in question, and by clicking the arrow at the far right of each word, you can view a suggestion list of correctly spelled words. It’s that easy!
Spellchecker for Navision works for versions 3.60 and up with a starting price of $495. AVF can apply Spellchecker to any text field or fields where you want the ability to spell check your work.
Additional requirements: Must have Microsoft Word and Microsoft Windows XP.
Contact Jeremy Fass or your consultant for more information: 410-296-5100.