Amber's Tips & Tricks Hello Everyone, Greetings from everyone at CAL! I hope you are enjoying the beginning of summer. This month I included a more advanced tip that I am sure you will love. These days, it seems like everyone is bouncing around online in their day-to-day transaction processing. Did you know that GP allows you to store all kinds of Internet Information and links to documents and external programs on the Internet Information window? This is accessed off both Customer and Vendor Maintenance cards. You can also set your company up to have custom links to these sites and records. Click here for instructions on: Setting Up Custom Links If you have questions, please let me know. I am here to help you! In this issue, read about old versions, new versions, customer parties, free users and of course the big favorite - Excel tips! Thank you, Amber J. Bell

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Save The Date - Plan YOUR Event The CAL Great Plains User Convergence is planned for Wednesday August 15th. More Training Sessions, Prizes, Food and Fun than ever before. This event is all about YOU, our customer, so before we finalize our plans we want to know what YOU want. What topics interest you the most, what time of day is best for you etc.? Please take just 2 minutes to fill out his BRIEF survey. I promise - only 2 minutes! Click here for survey. (First 10 responses will get a $5 Dunkin Donuts card) We hope to see ALL of you on August 15th for the biggest CAL Customer event ever.

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Warning! Version 8 or older! Support for Microsoft Great Plains 8.0 ends Oct. 9, 2007. If you are currently using version 8.0 or earlier - now is the time to upgrade. Customers using payroll especially need to plan your upgrade soon to be sure you continue to receive vital tax and regulatory updates. Our calendar is already filling up so please call soon to schedule your upgrade. Contact John DiLeo at 860- 485-0910 x3113, email johnd@calszone. com. Release of Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0 coming July 2007!

Chuck's Tech Talk: Upgrade Again? Many of you don't see me unless it's upgrade time. So why haven't I seen so many of you for so long? Oh, I know there are the usual reasons - I hear them all the time. But as Paul Harvey always says, here's "the rest of the story"--------- Read the full article for Chuck's reasons why you should care if your product is not supported and why upgrades are so important.

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George's Corner: GP Version 10.0 Our customers who attended Convergence 2007 are already excited about the buzz created for Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0. It will include more than 100 new features plus a new user interface that incorporates the look and feel of the new Microsoft Office 2007system and Windows Vista. With this release, Microsoft is also shifting more of the reporting functionality to Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services, which gives Dynamics GP customers more flexibility in how reports are deployed. Other improvements include significant enhancements to business intelligence (BI) functionality and advanced search capabilities. Version 10.0 was just shipped to us so our team is excited to dig in. I hope that you will take the time to learn more about version 10 too. Here are a few ways:   Attend the Connecticut GP Users Convergence on August 15th. We will focus on what's new, the features we think you will use the most, and help you prepare for an upgrade. Attend a Microsoft webcast on July 18th - Dynamics GP 10.0 and Office 2007 integration - The Right User Experience Visit CustomerSource regularly

Free User Promotion Do you need additional users? Take advantage of this Microsoft promotion valid until June 22, 2007 - the more users you add, the more you save. Buy 2 users, get the 3rd at 50% off , Buy 4 users, get the 5th for free. Visit CustomerSource or Contact CAL for full details.

CustomerSource Reminder During our recent calls to customers we have found that most of you are not using CustomerSource, the online website for Great Plains users, to its full advantage. Some of you don't know how to log on at all! If you need assistance logging in please contact Anya Ciecierski anyac@calszone. com or 860-485-0910 x3102. Our next issue of "The CAL Zone" will focus on CustomerSource & GP Training Options. Stay Tuned.

Excel Tips & Tricks Online course: How to print out Excel spreadsheets Need help fitting that spreadsheet onto one page? This half- hour training course offers tips on printing with Excel. You'll also learn how to help readers get the most out of worksheets that do have to be printed on multiple pages. Audio course: So that's how! 5 Great Excel features 1) Freeze! 2) Compare Side by Side 3) Sum it Up 4) Type Less, Get More, 5) Call Attention to the Good or the Bad.

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