 
Slateboard Software February 2006 Newsletter
Take Your Image to the Next Level
In
this month's newsletter we are proud to announce a new addition to QuikCalc,
the Corporate Logo Plugin. This new plugin allows you to add your
own logo to almost all of QuikCalc's reports. More details are below.
We have the answer to last month's puzzler and announce the winner of
the free copy of DebtCalc and this month's Fun Fact covers the Alamo.
Again we have tips and offers that we hope will be of interest to you.
Here's what's covered in this month's newsletter:
- New Product: Corporate Logo Plugin
for QuikCalc
- What You Are Missing If You Haven't
Updated Your Software
- Upgrade To QuikCalc V5.0 For 50%
Off!
- Tip Of The Month
- Fun Fact
- The Alamo
- Last Month's Puzzler Answer and Winner
- This Month's Puzzler Contest
The
staff at Slateboard Software hope you find our latest newsletter interesting
and thank you for your business.
New Product: Corporate Logo Plugin
for QuikCalc
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It is always important to present
a professional image to your customers. This is why we have business
cards, letterhead, professionally designed web sites and other promotional
material. Now with the Corporate Logo Plugin for QuikCalc, you can
extend that professional look to your QuikCalc reports. This plugin
for QuikCalc allows you to specify a graphics file that contains
your logo and then position and size it on the report header in
any way you want. You can adjust the position of the current header
text so that there is no overlap and then save your settings so
that every time you access a report preview, the logo is pre-positioned.
You can also optionally turn it on or off for when you do not need
a header logo.
If you already have QuikCalc
V5.0 and have installed the latest update, you have access to this
feature on your Preview window to try free for 10 days.
Take
your professional image to the next level with the Corporate Logo
Plugin for QuikCalc!
Click Here to
Buy Now!
Click
Here for More Info!
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What You're Missing If You Haven't
Updated Your Software
We
recommend that you check for updates at least once a month.
You can do this easily from your Help menu by selecting Check for
Updates. For QuikCalc users who haven't downloaded an update
lately, here are just a few of the things you could be missing out
on:
- 10 Days of Free Access to the new Corporate Logo Plugin.
Preview any report and click the new Corporate Logo Plugin button
for more information.
- All
drop downs have been increased in size to show most if not
all of their available options without having to scroll.
- We've added a Social Security Number field to the Office
Editon's Client Manager.
- You
can now sort any list window by clicking on any of the
column headers. Click a second time to sort descending.
- On
select Office Edition reports, you can now select to sort by the Client
Name or Client ID.
- Plus much more!
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Upgrade To QuikCalc V5.0 For 50% Off!
If you are still using an older
version of QuikCalc, now is the time to upgrade! The number of enhancements in V5.0
compared to V4.0 are too many to list here (and comparing V5.0 to V2.0
or 3.0 would take far too long!).
If you haven't done so already, download the fully functional demo
from our website and then take advantage of our 50% off offer for existing
users by using the following link:
https://www.slateboard.com/ORDERSITE/cat3_1.htm
Home Edition (Previously
Amortization Edition) Users:
Upgrade for $14.95 and you can
now specify a start date for your schedules plus override the calculated
payment amount!
Plus! Edition( Previously
Lite Edition) Users:
Upgrade for $29.95 and you can
track up to 5 loans with the Premium Edition's Loan Manager!
Premium Edition ( Previously
Personal Edition) Users:
Upgrade for $49.95 and you will
have access to the redesigned reports, an easier to use interface for
the Loan Manager, plus dozens of enhancements requested by users like
you!
Office Edition Users:
Upgrade for $99.95 and access
the many new reports and features that you have been asking for!
Tip Of The Month
For users of the Plus!, Premium
and Office Editions, you can create a loan in the Loan Manager a lot quicker
by first creating it using Amortization Schedules Plus!. Once you
have created a schedule in ASP!, just Save it then click on Send to Loan
Manager. The schedule will be converted into a loan and you will
automatically be sent to the Loan Manager. From there you can add
any additional details you need. This is a great way to save time!
Fun Fact
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artificial leg, made of cork and covered in leather, was crafted by
Charles Bartlett, a former cabinet maker from New York City, and sold
to General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna for $1,300. Santa Anna, the
Mexican General notorious for his assault on the Alamo in 1836, lost
his artificial leg, one of two purchased from Bartlett, at the Battle
of Cerro Gordo on April 18, 1847. Santa
Anna, while eating a roast chicken lunch some distance from the engagement,
was apparently surprised by men of the Fourth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer
Infantry. Santa Anna expediently mounted his horse and rode to safety.
However, in his haste, the General left behind his roast chicken lunch,
$18,000 in specie (money), and his artificial leg. |
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On
February 23, 1836, the arrival of General Antonio López de Santa
Anna's army outside San Antonio nearly caught them by surprise.
Undaunted, the Texians and Tejanos prepared to defend the Alamo
together. The defenders held out for 13 days against Santa Anna's
army. William B. Travis, the commander of the Alamo sent forth couriers
carrying pleas for help to communities in Texas. On the eighth day
of the siege, a band of 32 volunteers from Gonzales arrived, bringing
the number of defenders to nearly two hundred. Legend holds that
with the possibility of additional help fading, Colonel Travis drew
a line on the ground and asked any man willing to stay and fight
to step over — all except one did. As the defenders saw it, the
Alamo was the key to the defense of Texas, and they were ready to
give their lives rather than surrender their position to General
Santa Anna. Among the Alamo's garrison were Jim Bowie, renowned
knife fighter, and David Crockett, famed frontiersman and former
congressman from Tennessee.
Little
Known Fact: Halley's Comet was clearly visible and could be seen
with the unaided eye from September 23, 1835 until February 18th,1836.
For centuries people believed that a
comet came as a harbinger of disaster. |
*Source: https://www.geocities.
com/the_tarins@sbcglobal.net/adp/archives/feature/trivia.html & https://www.thealamo.
org/history.html
Last
Month's Puzzler Contest Answer
Last Month's Question:
How
can you measure 1 gallon of juice out of a barrel, if all you have available
is a 3-gallon and a 5-gallon pitcher?
Answer:
Fill
the 3 gallon pitcher and pour it into the 5 gallon pitcher. Now fill the
3 gallon pitcher again and fill the 5 gallon pitcher to capacity. What
remains in the 3 gallon pitcher is one gallon of juice.
Winner:
We
had a lot of correct answers to last month's puzzle. The winner
of the free copy of DebtCalc Home Edition is: Spring Ryding of
Indiana.
Bonus
Winner:
Tina
Hann of Ontario answered:
"Take
the 5 gallon and fill it then fill the three gallon with the five gallon
and empty it and refill it with the rest of 5 gallon. again fill
the 5 gallon again and complete filling the 3 gallon jug. empty
the 3 gallon again and refill it again . what ever is left
in the 5 gallon is 1 gallon."
We
had to wrap our heads around it a bit but she's right, so cudo's and a
free copy go to her too for thinking outside of the jug? (Yes,
you may groan now.)
This
Month's Puzzler Contest
| Send your answer for the puzzler
below to contest@slateboard.com for a chance
to win a free copy of DebtCalc Home Edition. We will randomly draw a winner from
all of the correct answers received by February 28, 2006. The winner and correct answer will
be revealed in the next newsletter.
Question:
What English word can have 4 of its 5 letters removed
and still retain its original pronunciation? |
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