New Year Resolutions

So it's that time of year again, where we carry the guilt of our Christmas indulgences but look forward to a bigger better new year and start our list of New Year resolutions. As most people, my resolution is to hit the gym and lose a few pounds... ahhhh that new year gym rush... that will soon dwindle back down to just the diehards! Anyway... how about we hear some of your resolutions? Learn a new Batch function in BookMan, get more familiar with Global Search, or simply change your BookMan browse colors to match your New Years mood. Big or small, BookMan or non BookMan we'd like you to share =)

Check Your Mail...

The 2010 BookMan calendars have been sent...

Contact Tech Support if you don't receive your copy.

Happy New Year!

Directory Resources-BookMan will be closed for the Christmas holiday

at 12:00 Thursday December 24th and re-open on Monday December 28th.

We will also be closed for New Year's day Friday January 1st.

Free Holiday Music Album on iTunes

Apple's offering a free holiday album on iTunes!

Here's the link

Short-Cut Challenge by MaryAnn

How many times a day do you have to go to the Batch menu and select Global Search/Change?

Well it's time to STOP doing that and learn the super easy short-cut. The short-cut to bring up the Global Search/Change window is command (apple)+b. This week I am giving you the challenge to learn this short-cut. Challenge all of your co-workers to learn it too! Good luck!

Batch Menu's by Nicole

Most of you are probably aware of the Batchmenu options but I thought I'd highlight a few of them just to let you know that there are ways in which your live can be made easier. If you're in the Contractsbrowse there is the option toAdd Additional Charge to Marked Contracts. You could use this function to add excessive proof charges for multiple customers at once, or say you've received multiple NSF checks, instead of going into the contracts one by one, you can mark them and then add the fee all at once. Under Listingsbrowse you can Make Duplicate Listings from marked records and under Leads you canAdd Comment to Marked Leads. If you have a minute or two go ahead and look at these menu features... you'll be surprised at what's available!

Backgrounds by Jamie

Edit Report Backgrounds

You can upload backgrounds into your database so that everyone who logs into BookMan can have the background or get the updated background.

When creating the artwork you will need to name it correctly and save it as a PDF. This is something the Tech Support reps at BookMan can do for you (no charge).

To upload the artwork go to the Admin menu and select Edit Report Backgrounds.

You will get the window below:

Use the “+” to add a background or “‐“ to remove/delete a background.

***Note that the backgrounds are updated at login. So when you load new background you will need to quit out of BookMan and log back in to get the prompt to update.

Once you have the updated background you can test the report/statement, etc. by printing to PDF to proof the print placement of the background. Use the backgrounds to spruce up your reports and make them look more professional.

You can have separate pdf backgrounds for each company on your statements. So lets say you publish books under 3 different names. You can have each of the 3 sets of statements print out with their respective logo & info (once you set it up‐BookMan will do all the rest of the work for you). They will print out in sets so all of company ABC will print first so you can stuff them in ABC logo envelopes, then DEF company, etc.

10.3 support - By Chris

Fello Mac Nostalga-ists, (nerds)

Do you remember the first time you checked out Apple's Font Book application? Or the 1st time you hooked up an iChat Video Conference test chat? Well guess what??? Chances are that you did that a very long time ago, 6 years ago to be exact!!! The Mac OS has come a long way since then. OS X 10.3 was released in 2003!

On that note I want to go over the same thing Nicole mentioned in her last post, BookMan's recommended minimum OS is now 10.4.7. If you have a computer that shipped with 10.3.9 it might be time to start looking into a replacement for that too. Computers don't last forever sadly!

We just want to make sure everyone's aware of this supported O.S. change so you can plan your 2010 budgets accordingly!


Have a good week! - Chris

1st Annual Cookie/Treat Exchange...by MaryAnn

It's December (crazy!) which means it's time to start your holiday baking. To help you come up with a yummy new recipe (probably more to help me but you'll benefit too!), we are going to have a cookie/treat exchange. I wish we could do this in person so we could sample everyone's treats. Since that isn't possible, we are going to do a little recipe swap through this blog.

Here's what we need you to do:

1st: Tell your co-workers about our blog. The more recipes we get the better.

2nd: Enter your recipe in the comment section of this post or if your recipe is super long email it to maryann@drbookman.com.

3rd: Let us know what recipes you try and how you like them

Here is my favorite holiday cookie recipe for Homemade Oreo's! They are super easy and super good.

Ingredients:

*Devils Food Cake Mix

*2 eggs

*1/2 cup oil

Mix all ingredients together. Bake at 350 for 8-10 minutes. Do not over bake! Cool completely. Once the cookies have cooled, frost them with vanilla frosting (I just buy frosting from the store.)

Happy Baking!

Update Your OS

Doesn't it always seem that as soon as you update any one of your electronics a newer update becomes available? You go back and forth deciding if it's worth it because for the most part you can get along without it. Well this seems to be the case with many BookMan users and unfortunately the day has come where it is strongly suggested to update your OS to at least 10.4.7 Over the past month or so we've gotten a lot of calls about BookMan freezing or getting kicked out unexpectedly along with numerous other problems and every time we've narrowed it down to the OS. If you are using anything under 10.4.7 you can now expect to run into some of these problems and the only solution is to update. Think of it this way... you'll have less headache in the long run and complete uninterrupted access to all of BookMan's wonderful features!