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What's New in Commence RM Version 2.1?
Report Writing |
Benefits |
| The Report Viewer and Report
Designer features support WYSIWYG report layouts. View and print report designs from any
Commence client. 
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- Lets you take full control over the appearance of a report with enhanced report layout
features, including images, lines, and other graphics, making reports easier to read and
use.
- Reduces the learning curve and implementation effort by using seamlessly integrated
reports with Commence.
- Delivers true WYSIWYG reporting across various media formats by providing consistent
layout for viewing, printing, or exporting.
- Shortens the report production cycle via easy-to-use report designer including drag and
drop features.
- Delivers enhanced report layouts easily using Commence workgroup synchronization.
- Enhances sharing of Commence data with others via exported reports in PDF, RTF, HTML,
XLS, TIF, and text formats.
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Commence Connect for E-mail |
Benefits |
| Commence Connect for E-mail
supports E-mail marketing campaigns and electronic literature fulfillment. 
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- Provides in-house, customized marketing campaign generation capability at a fraction of
the cost.
- Delivers true sales literature fulfillment for one or multiple recipients, using
multiple mailing lists.
- Assists organizations in realizing consistent marketing message via public or shared
document library including maintainability.
- Satisfies personal mailing requirements via private or local document library.
- Supports multiple document formats including: PDF, Word documents, RTF, HTML, and text.
- Supports creation and delivery of targeted mailings, personalized for each recipient,
via mail-merge based on Commence RM data.
- Supports e-mail attachment of multiple document types including: PDF, Word documents,
RTF, HTML, and text.
- Promotes and attracts traffic to your web site with dynamic HTML e-mail marketing
campaigns.
- Provides unattended mass mailing capabilities via job scheduling.
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Enhanced Word 2000/XP Integration |
Benefits |
| Integration with Microsoft Word
mail merge feature supports viewing, printing, faxing, and e-mailing documents. 
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- Expands use of all MS Word document formats with Commence data. Supports merging of
Commence images, connections and views with Word, creating more powerful documents.
- Reduces time spent on correspondence tasks via support of printing, faxing, or E-mailing
documents directly from Word using contact information in Commence.
- Tighter integration of Commence menu commands with MS Word's menus enhances creation of
letters.
- Leverages best-of-breed solution; MS Word for document creation, formatting and merging,
Commence RM for information management and mail-merge data feed .
- Delivers faster performance when creating labels or letters for a large number of
contacts.
- Supports adding related contact information (such as History or Appointments) to Word
documents using the 'Insert Commence View' menu command.
- Delivers integrated and consistent correspondence tracking by easily logging your
documents using the Commence menu commands integrated into the Word menus.
- Eliminates wasted time by delivering simple to use proof-reading 'preview' option to
ensure documents are correct before printing or sending to customers.
- Cuts postage costs and mailing times by including postal bar codes on labels and
envelopes.
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Enhanced Outlook Integration |
Benefits |
Outlook synchronization supports
Outlook Tasks in addition to Contacts and Calendar data.
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- Simplifies sharing of Commence To-Dos with Outlook users.
- Delivers consistent tracking via Outlook and Commence database task integration.
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Other New Enhancements |
- Palm Pilot Link supports Activity Type field mapping allowing Date Book and To Do List
conduits to synchronize with the same Commence category.
- Save as HTML feature supports indirect, connected fields in report and grid views.
- Calendar view displays up to 50 appointments in the active calendar mode.
- Includes new data manipulation function, @ROUND, for use in calculation field formulas
and agents.
- Database API enhancements improve access to connection information.
- Web Companion supports new services for travel planning.
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System Requirements |
| Hardware: 133
MHz Processor or better
40MB free hard disk space (minimum to install)
CD ROM drive (on at least one PC)
a Windows supported pointing device is highly recommended
Operating System:
Microsoft® Windows XP Professional and Home Edition
Windows 2000® Professional and Server
Windows NT 4.0 Workstation and Server, with latest service packs
Windows® 95, 98, 98SE, or ME
Memory:
for Windows 2000, XP:
· 64MB (minimum)
· 128MB (recommended)
for Windows NT 4.0, ME, 98, 95:
· 32MB (minimum)
· 64MB (recommended)
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