 
Slateboard Software Janaury 2007 Newsletter
Welcome
to a New Year!
Happy
New Year! It is hard to believe that 2006 is over and 2007 is already
well underway. Last year continued our long stretch of record years for
Slateboard Software and we hope 2007 will be an even greater success.
For that, we thank you, our valued customers. This year we have big plans
including an updated website, new support portal, new versions and new
products. Stay tuned for an exciting year!
This Month's Newsletter
In
this month's newsletter we ask for your input again on how to improve
our products with a few specific questions to stimulate thought. We have
the answer to last month's puzzler as well as the name of the winner of
a copy of DebtCalc. This month's Fun Fact deals with the Meiriki Fire
of 1657 (not very fun, but an interesting cause). 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:
- We
Need Your Input
- About
our Software Subscription Plans
- What You Are Missing If You Haven't Updated Your Software
- Tip
Of The Month - How to remove the URL from web printouts
- Fun
Fact - The Meiriki Fire of
1657
- Last Month's Puzzler Answer
- This
Month's Puzzler Contest
The
staff at Slateboard Software hope you find our latest newsletter interesting
and thank you for your business.
We
Need Your Input
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We
get many of our best ideas from people like you. Please read the
items below that we are considering and let us know if you are
interested in any of them. Simply clicking on the link should
send us an e-mail that is preformatted with the feedback.
You of course can add any more info you would like.
Read-Only
Office Edition: We have had a suggestion submitted that we add
a new "read-only" version of QuikCalc that allows people to connect
to a QuikCalc Office installation and view the data, but not edit
it. This would be available at a discounted price due to
the limited features. Does this interest you? Yes,
this interests me!
Payment
Coupon Paper: We have been asked by many if we supply the perforated
paper to print QuikCalc Office Edition's Payment Coupons on.
If we offer this custom paper, would you be interested? Yes,
this interests me!
1098
Form Generation: This seems to be a popular request, especially
at this time of the year. Does adding this to QuikCalc interest
you? Yes,
this interests me! What about 1099-INT Forms? Yes,
this interests me!
Loan/Schedule
Emailing: We have had several variations on this theme.
One is to be able to e-mail loans or schedules to other QuikCalc
users. Yes,
this interests me! The other is to be able to generate
a PDF of a report and then e-mail it. Yes,
this interests me!
Multiple
Database Support for Office Edition: Some people have multiple
businesses and want to be able to keep their information separate.
Would you like to be able to have multiple databases within QuikCalc
that keeps your data completely separate? Yes,
this interests me!
These
are just a few of the things we are looking at for the coming
year. Please let us know what interests you! And if
you haven't already, try the new version of QuikCalc and see how
suggestions from people like you led to the most significant
facelift QuikCalc has ever received that has people raving.
Then, upgrade to any edition, no matter what you owned before,
for 50% off. Just visit our
secure order site.
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See Why So
Many Are Upgrading to QuikCalc Amortization Version V6.0
As
you read above, QuikCalc V6.0 is our most successful release ever.
If you haven't seen it yet for yourself, visit our website to try the
fully-functional demo, or use the links below to see screen snaps of what
QuikCalc V6.0 looks like:
Solve for Missing Number Calculator, Amortization Schedules Plus!, Loan Manager, Client Manager, Payment Grids
For
more information, click here.
We encourage you to try out the demo at http://www.slateboard.com/info_demos.htm.
To
make sure you enjoy your 50% discount as an existing customer, visit:
http://www.slateboard.com/ORDERSITE/cat3_1.htm
What You're Missing If You Haven't
Updated Your Software
We
recommend that you update your software at least once a month.
You can do this easily by going to your Help menu and checking for
updates. For users who haven't downloaded an update lately,
these are some of the things you could be missing out on:
- When
generating bi-weekly or weekly schedules, QuikCalc Home Edition
will now automatically change the Day Count Convention to use
Actual/360 instead of 30/360. All other editions will display
a message recommending which Day Count Convention to use when
changing the payment frequency.
- Plus much more!
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Tip Of The Month
This is a "general"
computer tip as opposed to one specific to our products. Most of us have
printed web pages before. Usually there is no problem with having the
web address shown on the page but sometimes you want a "clean"
print-out. This tip is something we stumbled upon just by accident. To
get rid of what Internet Explorer puts at the top and bottom automatically,
just go to the File menu, select Page Setup, and erase the text in the
Header and Footer fields. Click Ok when done. Now your pages will print
without the default text. To set them back to the "default",
enter "w&bPage &p of &P" in the header and "&u&b&d"
in the footer without the quotes.
Fun Fact
The
Great Fire of Meireki
[Editor's
Note: In no way do we mean to imply the following is "fun",
simply interesting.] The Great fire of Meireki, also known
as the Furisode fire, destroyed 60-70% of the Japanese capital
city of Edo (now Tokyo) in 1657. It lasted for three days, and
is estimated to have claimed over 100,000 lives.
The fire
began on the eighteenth day of the year and spread quickly through
the city due to hurricane force winds which were blowing from
the northwest. Edo, like most Japanese cities and towns at the
time, and like most of those in mainland East Asia, was built
primarily from wood and paper. The buildings were especially
dry due to a drought the previous year, and the roads and other
open spaces between buildings were small and narrow, allowing
the fire to spread and grow particularly quickly. Though Edo
had a designated fire brigade, called the Hikeshi, it had been
established only 21 years earlier, and was simply not large
enough, experienced enough, or well-equipped enough to face
such a conflagration.
Historical
marker for memorial to victims of Great Fire of Meireki
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On the second evening, the winds changed, and the fire was pushed
from the southern edges of the city back towards its centre. The
homes of the shogun's closest retainers, were destroyed as the fire
made its way towards Edo castle, at the very centre of the city.
Ultimately, the main keep was saved, but most of the outer buildings,
and all of the retainers' and servants' homes were destroyed. Finally,
on the third day, the winds died down, as did the flames, but thick
smoke prevented movement about the city, removal of bodies, and
reconstruction, for several days further.
On the 24th day of the new year, six days after
the fire began, monks and others began to transport the bodies
of those killed down the Sumida River to Honjo, a community a
short distance outside the city. There, pits were dug and the
bodies buried; the Hall of Prayer for the Dead was then built
on the site.
And how did it all start? A Japanese priest set
a kimono on fire because it carried bad luck. Talk about bad luck!
The flames spread until over 10,000 buildings were destroyed and
100,000 people died. This week, 350 years ago.
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*Source:
wikipedia
Last
Month's Puzzler Contest Answer
Last Month's Question
Kevin
is 14 inches taller than George. The difference between Kevin and Richard
is two inches less than between Richard and George. Kevin at 6'6"
is the tallest. How tall are Richard and George?
Answer
If Kevin is 6'6"
tall, George must be 5'4" tall, and Richard must be 6' tall because
he is 6" shorter than Kevin and 8" taller than George.
And This Month's
Copy Goes To...
This month's copy
of DebtCalc Home Edition goes to: Alyson Noriega of Florida.
Congrats!
This
Month's Puzzler Contest
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below to contest@slateboard.com for a chance
at a copy of DebtCalc Home Edition. We will randomly draw one name from
all of the correct answers received by Janaury 31, 2007. The name and correct answer will
be revealed in the next newsletter.
Question: A jar has
4 amoebas in it to start. Amoebas split their cells in two ( therefore
doubling in size) once every minute. The jar will be completely
filled in 10 minutes. How long would it take to fill the same
sized jar if had 8 amoebas in it to start?
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