Monday, July 13, 2009

New features in JobOrder 2009

To experiment with JobOrder, please download a JobOrder 2009 demo from:


Download the ‘.dmg’ for Macintosh OS X or the ‘.exe’ for Windows XP or Windows Vista.

JobOrder 2009 includes a new visual interface, designed to coordinate with Mac OS X 10.5 (“Leopard”) and Windows Vista.

The Navigator (formerly called the “Main Palette”), the List view, the Record view, and the Road Maps are more colorful and will brighten up your workday.

At the top right of the Navigator, a new Search box allows you to search AREAS, HISTORY, POWER TOOLS, and REPORTS. Type all or part of the item for which you are searching and press 'return' or 'enter'. For example, you can find every function in JobOrder related to Time Slips by typing ‘Time’ in the Search box.

On the left side of the Navigator, we have added a 'Finder' mechanism, containing 'HOME', 'AREAS', 'POWER TOOLS', 'REPORTS', UTILITIES' (if you have Database Administrator security access), and 'HISTORY'.

'HOME' displays the 16 main icons and the Search box.

'TOPICS' has two major options: 'System Topics' displays all the AREAS, POWER TOOLS, REPORTS, and UTILITIES in JobOrder, organized by the main categories of Accounting, Administration, Buy & Sell, Plan, and Track.

'User Topics' allow you to create your own categories and to add any AREAS, POWER TOOLS, or REPORTS, organized as you choose. Use the 'Add Topic', 'Delete Topic', 'Add Item', and 'Delete Item' buttons to manage 'User Topics.

'AREAS' contains all the AREAS in JobOrder to which you have access, organized by an 'A – Z' Rolodex at the top of the page.

'POWER TOOLS' contains all the POWER TOOLS in JobOrder to which you have access, organized by an 'A – Z' Rolodex at the top of the page.

'REPORTS' contains all the REPORTS in JobOrder to which you have access, organized by an 'A – Z' Rolodex at the top of the page.

'UTILITIES' contains all the UTILITIES in JobOrder to which you have access, organized by an 'A – Z' Rolodex at the top of the page.

'HISTORY' contains the last 25 records you have accessed in JobOrder AREAS, organized by an 'A – Z' Rolodex at the top of the page.

PLEASE NOTE CAREFULLY: You can use drag and drop to create subcategories with favorite items under 'AREAS', 'POWER TOOLS', 'REPORTS', UTILITIES', and 'HISTORY'.

For example, if you want to have 'Media Rates' always appear under AREAS, you can click on AREAS, click 'M', click on 'Media Rates', and then drag it back to the word 'AREAS'. By single-clicking on the triangle at the left of the word 'AREAS', you can expand or collapse all the items that have been dragged as favorites.

This same drag and drop principle also works for 'POWER TOOLS', 'REPORTS', UTILITIES', and 'HISTORY'.

Please email if any of this information needs additional clarification.

Victor Siegle


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