Prevent Print
Prevent Print is the result of protection settings to avoid printing incorrect documents.
One reason is your company uses an online sales tax service such as TaxJar or Avalara, so you may need to Save before you Print to ensure any tax lookup is performed first.
If you click OK to save, you probably will see Print Options, which Prints after Save. You may also Cancel to not save any changes and re-open the saved record to Print it.
Block Employees
Block is the option to set Restricted Access for Employees using Update on a Search.
Go to Employees toolbar, Employees Search, and click Find All to view all employees. Click Add (+) to add a column for Restricted Access, such as Cannot Print Modified.
Command-Click to select multiple entries and click Update. Choose the access option to update, like Cannot Print Modifed and set to Block. OK and and Confirm changes.
Cannot Print Modified
Cannot Print Modified is a Restricted Access setting on an Employee card, Access tab.
Cannot Print Modified may prevent errors by disallowing printing of unsaved records. Click the checkbox and the Employee gets an error when they try to print before save.
This option may be helpful if Sales Tax lookups are automatic and might be skipped. Use Employees Search to view or change this setting for multiple Employees at once.
Customer Listing
Customer Listing lets you combine customer names and codes to suite your own need.
You might have Last Name, First Name or you might have Company Name and Code.
Order imports are updated to use a larger format to all allow for procurement systems.
Update Customers
Update Customers is the import for making changes to existing customers' information.
Warehouse Code can now be imported to set orders being imported automatically.
Matching is updated to find the right customer using Listing, Code, Address, and more.
Chapter 634 Tariff Topics
Tariff Topics include tools for levying a surcharge, computing costs, and landed costs.
Customer Matching
Customer Matching is updated on Imports to include Update Customers and Listing.
Authorize.Net Alert
Authorize Alerts display when running a card with Authorize.Net runs into a problem.
Print Email
Print Email is the feature to print a PDF and then attach to a new email, automatically.
Go to My Prefs, and for Print Options choose Advanced. This will add Destinations. In Print Options in Destinations choose Email or Send Email for multiple recipients.
When you click OK to print, forms set to Email will print as PDF and attach to email. Choose Settings, Send to include a message for the email or any supporting documents.
Print Double-Click
Print Double-Click is updated to show a Copies dialog when you double-click a Form.
In converting to new Databases for new chips this feature got missed and is now back.
Vendor Printing
Vendor Printing is updated to use Advanced options like Print Email or use Currency. To enable Advanced options to go My Prefs to Print Options and choose Advanced.
Click Print on a Vendor and in Destinations choose Email or in Settings, FX-Currency. These settings you may use for Purchase Orders are now available on the Vendor card.
Zero Defects
Zero Defects promotes a user-centered design. The software should conform to users' expectations gleaned from outside sources and pursuant to a need for approachability.
No expectation is beyond the pale. Some may exceed practicality or budget or scope, which may simply be a timing problem, awaiting a service or offering to support them.
Every idea is worth a shot, to assess fitment, measure practicality, and envision result.
Registration Updates
Registration Updates make it easier to run free Services with your supported versions.
Blank Searches
Blank Searches do not always work as expected. However, they can be coded to work.
The goal of BigBusiness is to utilize a precision Database and make it work intuitively. Where the default behavior is counter-intuitive, it can be extended to be more friendly.
As an example, Vendor Name in the Items Search now works with Is Equal To [blank]. If search results don't match your intuition, please email to support@bigbusiness.com.
Set Fonts
Set Fonts applies font changes on the fly for better legibility.
System updates to Mac and Windows enhance display, rounding corners, for example. BigBusiness adapts, where possible, to update fonts for size, or contrast, for reading.
Unicode Reindexing
Unicode Reindexing is performed when you upgrade your Data File to BigBusiness 15.
Please allow time when you upgrade for new Indexes to be created for your Data File. This action reindexes all Text and Object content to use an updated Unicode library.
Items Search
Items Search is the new title of the Item List window showing the Items Search results.
Re-naming this window may help with making step-by-step instuctions more succinct.
Vendor Name
Vendor Name is now available in Add Columns in Items Search to help view and sort. Here's a way to find all Items that have a Vendor assigned--useful for automatic PO's.
Go to Items Search, Find All, click Add (+) on header row, and choose Vendor Name. This will add Vendor Name as a Column. Click Vendor Name column header to sort.
Right-click the Filter box above Vendor Name and choose # Not Equal To and Tab out. This will reduce the Items Search results to those "not equal to" blank for this Column.
Reapply Defaults
Reapply Defaults helps validate changes by reapplying Default Settings when helpful.
Saving an Inventoried item as not-Sold removes its Cost of Goods Sold Account. Later, if Sold is checked, BigBusiness reapplies the Default Cost of Goods Account to help.
Defaults are required for accounting. Sold, Inventoried items require a COGS Account. This change helps avoid getting stuck by reapplying the default accounting for changes.
Wildcard Entry
Wildcard Entry lets you type the wildcard symbol, @, and a name or identifier to find.
This doesn't always work as hoped, but when it does it works fabulously, saving time.
If you entering an Account and forgot the Code, type @ and a unique part of the name.
Show Print Dialogs
Show Print Dialogs is the checkbox on the Print Options windows that shows dialogs.
BigBusiness is set to skip print dialogs, Page Setup and Print, and use recent settings. Click the checkbox only when you need change settings, or change back, to save time.
Forms Info
Forms Info was a button to display purchase info for preprinted forms from Deluxe.
Form Info was removed from the Print Options dialog and the information is moved.