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*** Cash Register Express/Restaurant Pro Express Version 9.20 ***

***If you have a current tech support contract, the upgrade to 9.20 is free. If your support contract is not current, please call to renew your support contract.

***A one-year single-user support contract is $300. A one year multiuser support contract is $499. Support contracts include all upgrades for one year.

***Also available is our brand-new Enterprise Edition. The Enterprise Edition sells for $1,995. Current multiuser owners may upgrade to the Enterprise Edition for $700. If you currently own a multiuser version and purchase a technical support contract during the month of September, you may upgrade to the Enterprise Edition for FREE. This offer expires September 30, 2003.

***What is the Enterprise Edition? The Enterprise Edition automatically synchronizes the data for each of the computers on your network. If one computer goes down or gets unplugged, your store is still running. If your server should go down, each of your stations will continue to function. Synchronization is done continuously when your computer is idle. Using the Enterprise Edition reduces the already low chance of down time due to computer failure.

***Inventory Track Express has now been incorporated into CRE for a quicker, cleaner interface.

Release 9.20 August 20th, 2003

1. ** NEW ** The "Enterprise Edition" of CRE and RPE is now available. This is a new edition of CRE/RPE that allows your cash registers to keep running if the server goes down. This is a great upgrade for any multi-register
store or restaurant, reducing the chance of downtime in your business.
2. ** NEW ** "Receipt Listing" report added. This report lists each receipt, with the date, cashier/server, and list of each item on the invoice. It is in the Sales category of the Reportingscreen.
3. ** NEW ** "Zero Movement" report added. This report will show you a list of all items that have not been sold within a date/time range. Regular use of the Zero Movement report will show you what is not selling, allowing
you to use your shelf space more effectively. The zero figures can be generated for all your inventory, or for specific departments and/or vendors.
4. ** NEW ** Added "Job Codes" to Employee Maintenance. An employee can now work multiple jobs, at different wages (ex: a retail employee can be cashier today and a stock-taker tomorrow. A restaurant employee can be server today and dishwasher tomorrow.) If the job codes are set up, employees will be prompted which job code they are working. The shift report can be printed when they clock out to show their daily sales and activity.
5. ** NEW ** Opening and closing drawer amounts added to the software, with automatic calculation of over and short. This option needs to be enabled through a "Job Code" in the Employee Maintenance screen.
6. ** NEW ** Added "Inactive" option for an inventory item in the Inventory Maintenance screen. If an item is set to inactive, it will not appear in the invoice dropdowns, the inventory reports, the reorder reports, and the Purchase Orders screen. This allows you to clean up your lists by not including items that you no longer sell. Inactive items will still appear in Inventory Maintenance and your sales reports, so you can reactivate them and see their past performance.
7. ** NEW ** "Prompt for Rental or Sale of Rental Items" option added to the Inventory tab of the Setup Screen. When you ring up a rental item with this option enabled, CRE/RPE will ask you if you want to rent this item (at
the price) or sell this item (at the retail price.)
8. ** NEW ** "Require Description for Instant POs" option added to the Inventory tab of the Setup screen. When you receive an item through the Instant PO function, it will allow you to enter a description of why you are making the adjustment.
9. The "Late Rentals" report has been modified to include the due date, number of days late and an alternate phone number to supplement the main phone number. The report has also been reformatted to be easier to read.
10. For rentals, the receipt now prints the day of the week the rental is due, in addition to the date (i.e. Saturday 5/25/2003 now prints, as opposed to just 5/25/2003 in previous versions).
11. ** NEW ** Added "Delete" button to the Employee Maintenance screen. This will allow you to delete an employee who has not processed any invoices. Employee '01' may not be deleted.
12. Removed the "Printer Setup" tab of the Setup screen. These options have become obsolete and were replaced by newer features over a year ago.
13. Added the invoice #, quantity and grand total to the "Purchasers of Items" report.
14. ** NEW ** Added employee permission for opening the cash drawer. In the past, the administrator password was required to open it; now, it can be done by employees with the proper permission.
15. If you make an A/R payment via credit card, it will now print two copies of the receipt as opposed to only one.
16. The employee name will now print on the DDR if:
-- The employee has a name entered in employee maintenance
-- You select a specific cashier ID from the cashier ID list
17. ** NEW ** The receipts can now print the suggested tip amount for a credit card sale. If the "Print Sugg CC Tip" option in the 'Receipt' tab of the 'Setup Screen' is enabled, all credit card sales (not using express manual
processing) will print suggested gratuity amounts of 15%, 18% and 20% along with the totals.
18. ** NEW ** "Print Extra Copy of On Account Receipts"option added. If this option (located in the "Receipt" tab of the Setup screen) is enabled, an extra copy of the receipt will print for on-account invoices (if you have the receipt printer set to receipt size.) This is so the store can keep a signed copy for its records.
19. ** NEW ** CRE and RPE can now be set to require the extra numbers printed on the back of the credit card (or front for American Express) if the credit card number is entered by hand. Having these extra numbers decreases
the chance that the credit card is stolen by helping ensure that the person actually has the card. This does not apply to transactions where the card is swiped. CRE/RPE can prompt for the number whether you are using PC Charge, IC Verify or manual processing, but will only be processed if you are using PC Charge. This option is in the "Credit & Debit" tab of the Setup screen.
20. Added a utility to import data directly from QuickSell 2000. It imports inventory, customers, departments, and vendors. You can access this utility by typing Control+Q from the ASCII Transfer screen (option 3A.)
21. ** NEW ** Added a "Keyboard" button to the password screen. When touched or clicked, this will bring up an on-screen keyboard for terminals that don't have a physical keyboard.
22. ** NEW ** Changed "Recall On-Hold Invoice" buttons to a new list interface, where you can select the on-hold ID off of a list of all the invoices currently on hold.
23. In Restaurant Pro Express, adding in an Extra item with a negative price is now subject to the Returns (-Quantities) permission in the Employee Maintenance screen.
24. The total amount of voided sales, tax-inclusive, is now included in the totals section of the "Detailed Daily Report."
25. ** NEW ** "Require Employee to Clock-In Before Log-In"option added to the Employee Maintenance screen. If this is enabled, the employee is forced to clock in before using the system.
26. ** NEW ** You can now disable a Friendly Printer for a particular station. This only applies for order and kitchen printers--you cannot disable the receipt printer, report printer, etc., only for Friendly Printers that you create. One useful situation for this is in a bar -- normally, if you have a bar order printer set up, all orders print there, even orders that the bartender himself places. You can now specify that orders placed at the bar station don't print to the bar printer, since the bartender already knows to make his own order.
27. ** NEW ** "Item Activity" report added. This report lists the quantity of sales and PO activity for your items within a particular date range. Item quantities must be updated using POs and Instant POs for this report to work
effectively.

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