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Welcome to the October Issue of Professional Advantage News!

In this issue:


Microsoft Office System 2003 is to be launched on 22 October 2003

The new version goes beyond PowerPoint and Word

Microsoft Office System will expand to include new workflow and collaboration applications that will tie closer together your traditional Office System with business solutions such as Microsoft Great Plains.

Microsoft Office System includes programs such as Project, Visio and new applications OneNote and InfoPath; servers such as Sharepoint Portal Server, Project Server, Live Communication Server and Exchange Server; services including Live Meeting;
and solutions such as Enterprise Project Management Solution.

The official launch date is 22 October 2003. To learn about potential benefits to you business, attend launch events:

Sydney: 22 October;
8:00am-9:00am registration;
9:00am-3:00pm - event;
Hordern Pavillion, Fox Studios

Melbourne: 28 October;
8:00am-9:00am registration;
9:00am-3:00pm - event;
Melbourne Exhibition & Convention Centre

To go to the Microsoft site for more info or to register click here
Microsoft Office System 2003 is to be launched on
22 October 2003
Cash basis reporting module for Microsoft Great Plains
House With No Steps uses Great Plains for the benefits of
people with disabilities
Streamline your processes and cut cost with web
based procurement
Tip from the Customer Support Team: stop 'printer dialog box' appearing
Have you checked out what training courses we
have available?
Click Here for more information or to register
Microsoft Office System Launch
22 Oct 2003

Cash basis reporting module for Microsoft Great Plains
Prepare cash-basis and accrual-basis financial reports simply by selecting the appropriate criteria at the time the reports are designed and/or generated.

AIM Cash Basis Reporting module provides users with the ability to transparently post transaction distributions to both accrual and cash accounts and then prepare cash-basis and accrual-basis financial reports simply by selecting the appropriate account segment at the time reports are designed or generated. This provides a fully-integrated cash-basis reporting system to complement the built-in accrual-basis reporting provided by Great Plains. For further information please contact your account manager or email microsoftinfo@pa.com.au.

Tip from the Customer Support Team:
stop 'printer dialog box' appearing

It is possible to prevent your printer dialog box from appearing in Great Plains.
To do this you will need to add this setting to your DEX.INI file (located in Great Plains directory): NoPrintDialogs=TRUE and save your changes.
A value of TRUE means that print dialog boxes will not appear; if you don't include this line, or use a setting of FALSE, print dialog boxes will appear.
House With No Steps uses Great Plains for the benefits of people with disabilities
Case study of your fellow Great Plains users featured in
The Australian

House With No Steps, a non-profit organisation and Professional Advantage's customer has implemented Great Plains just over 12 months ago, right on time for a new financial year.
The company focuses on quality support and services for people with disabilities and operates several businesses in NSW and QLD providing employment opportunities for 450 people. Fast growth, diversity of operations and geographical spread provided a huge challenge for consolidations and reporting. Since Great Plains implementation, House With No Steps was able to consolidate on one central database and dramatically improve reporting time and quality.

The next steps for the organisation will be to roll out Webhouse Business Intelligence and FRx Forecaster budgeting tool. To read the article as it was published in The Australian, click here. To read the full story click here.

Streamline your processes and cut cost with web based procurement
WorkPlace eProcurement for Microsoft Great Plains from Paramount Technologies

Professional Advantage is pleased to offer its clients a comprehensive web-based electronic procurement solution, which includes Employee Desktop Requisitioning, flexible e-mail based Approval system, Desktop Receiving and Matching, Request For Quote, Vendor Contracts, powerful Budgeting System and automatic Purchase Order Creation. WorkPlace eProcurement offers support for both the production and non-production purchasing environments. Readily accessible at an employee desktop through a browser-based interface empowering employees and buyers and enabling an organization to control and leverage internal buying behavior.

To download the brochures please click on the link below:

WorkPlace Receiving RFQ
WorkPlace_Requisition
WorkPlace VendorContract_Budget

To discuss how this product can help you, please contact your account manager or email microsoftinfo@pa.com.au.

Have you checked out what training courses we have available?

Please follow this link and drill down to see the list of modules for which we offer training, including the public course schedule for FRx and Crystal Reporting and Report Writer:

http://www.pa.com.au/microsoft/training.htm

Also, don't forget about our FREE Induction course for new Microsoft Great Plains users.
You can fine the dates on the above link.

Note for members of professional accounting bodies: Our training courses may contribute towards your CPD or CPE hourly requirements.