Add Forms
Add Forms changes allow more templates to add more Forms to print custom content.
Custom Forms let you create your own forms for Quotes, Orders, Invoices, and so on. New templates give you a headstart in what can also be a tricky task of customization.
Go to Reporting toolbar, Forms, and click New for newest forms, to see what's new. Contact support@bigbusiness.com if need help adding new features to old forms, too.
Logo Forms
Logo forms show Company Logo automatically from your Company, Store, Channel. This saves having different forms for your different company names and contact info.
Custom Forms let you create your own forms for Quotes, Orders, Invoices, and so on. New templates give you a headstart in what can also be a tricky task of customization.
Go to Reporting toolbar, Forms, and click New for newest forms, including with Logo.
Email Alert
Email Alert was built to show an Alert for a Customer by filling in an email from Mail.
Clicking the Mail button copies the text of the currently selected email in Apple Mail.
Second Server
Big Business users with two companies often run two copies of Big Business Server.
A capable server computer can run both at the same time, automate both to start up, automate both to back up, and so on, the same as running one, with unlimited setup.
Contact support@bigbusiness.com to get new or updated Server software for a second instance, second Client software for automatic connection, and full setup configuration.
QuickSupport Download
BigBusiness updates the QuickSupport button to get the app if not already installed.
Go to the Application menu on the Mac and About Big Business, or go to the Help menu in Windows and About Big Business, and click the QuickSupport button.
This will start QuickSupport or open your browser to download it. This is just a convenience to make it easier to get help when talking to support@bigbusiness.com.
Dark Emerald
Dark Emerald is a new Background added for Dark Mode first, then inverted for Light.
Dark Mode is only on the Mac and is captivating and mostly useless but nicely legible. Pictured is the clash with Xi icon set (buttons, green arrow) and Banking (green stripe).
Not to spoil the surpise but you will never guess the color of Light Emerald (inverted). It is always a nice surprise to receive a screen shot where the user has gone all out...
Auto Mode
Auto Mode is a macOS setting to switch to Dark Mode or Light Mode, automatically.
BigBusiness for Mac supports Dark Mode where the system changes to dark screens. BigBusiness also offers Backgrounds which are textures for better viewing or contrast.
Auto Mode can switch on the fly changing Type from black to white along with boxes. This may leave a window half-converted if it has a Background. Close and re-open it.
Dark White
Dark White sounds contradictory, but it does seem easier to read than system color. The dialog on the left is showing "dark-white.jpg" background for Mac Dark Mode.
The middle is "light-white" with some jags, added to replace Windows' default grey. On the Mac, this background required its negative "dark-white" for dark mode on left.
The Background feature in My Prefs was added to make it easier to read your screen. Nothing succeeds like excess, so "light-hue" (right), and "light-unicorn" are added, too.
Print Options
Print Options let you choose which forms to print or email and where to send them.
Print Options are updated for fit and finish for high dpi and rounded corners. Plus, there is a new total at the bottom of the copies column so you can see what's coming.
Show Copies
Show Copies adds a total for the Copies column on Print Options to show how many.
Print Keys
Print Keys let you quickly set Print Options
Hold the Option key while clicking Print to toggle Advanced or Regular Print Options. Hold the Shift key while clicking Print to load any Hidden Forms, set to Hide in Prefs.
Click a line to select one copy. Type "2" to set to two copies. Type Return to print.
List Dialogs
List Dialogs let you create your own entries for lists like Salutation or what have you.
BigBusiness 15 updates the dialogs for fit and finish for high dpi and rounded corners.
Apologies in advance for any errors in myriad combos of Icons, AutoZoom, available. Please email support@bigbusiness.com if you see anything untoward or unexected.
Mac Highlight
Mac Highlight updates use the system highlight color, changeable in System Settings.
Windows Highlight
Windows Highlight updates use the system highlight color which is unchangeable blue.
Default Buttons
Default Buttons are highlighted to let you know which button is pressed by Return.
BigBusiness 15 updates the buttons for fit and finish for high dpi and rounded corners.
Apologies in advance for any errors in myriad combos of Icons, AutoZoom, available. Please email support@bigbusiness.com if you see anything untoward or unexected.
High DPI
High DPI is a change for Windows users to support high resolution graphics and type.
BigBusiness 15 makes it easier and nicer to work on your Windows computers while improving legibility and enhancing display of changes to pictures, buttons, and so on.
Rounded Corners
Rounded Corners are trending, showing up in windows and objects in system updates.
BigBusiness 15 is adapting to these changes as needed to fit the information you need. For example, buttons may be slightly larger or type slightly smaller to fit smaller areas.
The goal here is useability while retaining your option to choose classic icons or type.
SDI Client
SDI Client is now the standard BigBusiness 15 Client for Windows. SDI is the mode that opens mutiple windows separately so you can see your desktop and other apps.
Search Dialogs
Search Dialogs are the same as ever, slightly enhanced with larger buttons for legibility.
BigBusiness 15 updates the dialogs for fit and finish for high dpi and rounded corners.
Apologies in advance for any errors in myriad combos of Icons, AutoZoom, available. Please email support@bigbusiness.com if you see anything untoward or unexected.
Windows Pictures
Big Business updates Pictures to use modern thumbnails and edge storage for speed.
Upload button on the Item card is updated to work the same on Mac and Windows. Pictures are stored the same and available for conversion to a Thumb Image on Item.
Previously, Windows Pictures worked differently and did not store pictures like Mac.
Item Pics
Big Business 15 adds Item Pics to let you use pictures of high quality with high speed.
Chapter 633 Matching Customers
Matching Customers helps you identify existing customers when importing new ones.