NEWS & LATEST ADDITIONS TO REVELATION for WINDOWS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate you on your selection of the latest addition to the growing family of Revelation Accounting products - a range that we consider to be one of the most exciting and innovative locally developed Business Systems to be released into the South African market in recent years. Enjoy!! When updating your system in the future, remember to select this option again to find out about what changes and additions have been made to REVELATION. >> To print this file (Read.Me) to the printer, load it into Microsoft's WordPad program (Start->Programs->Accessories) and print it from there. NOTE: Some topics listed here may NOT apply to all the versions of Revelation for Windows. * When displaying Stock Master records, there is a new tab [Movement History] that lists the totals of the various types of movements for each period in the current financial year (Sales, Purchases, Issues, Transfers, etc). 12Jun12. * When emailing invoices and quotes (original or reprint), you can now input the text that will appear in the email body. When prompted for the Email Address, tick the 'Input a message to appear in Email body' box (below the email address). When you click [Ok], you will be prompted to input the email body text. To Amend/Delete existing Email Messages, go to the Invoice module and click the [Set this Terminal's Invoice Layout/Message] button, then click the [Email Msg] button and select 'Amend/Delete Email Messages...'. 15May12 * When using the Reprint option to email invoices, you can now select multiple invoices from a selected Debtor to be emailed. On the Reprint screen, click the [Debtor's account (a single invoice or multiple invoices)] button and call up the required Debtor. On the displayed list of invoices, hi-light each invoice in turn and then click the [Add to Email list] button. The list of selected invoice numbers appears at the bottom of the window. You can also select invoices from Past Periods as well. When you have selected all the required invoices, click the [Email] button to place them all in a single PDF and email them. 1May12 * You can now have up to 5 SUPPLIER info fields in Stock records. 1May12. * When amending Purchase or Sales Orders, you can now move them to another account by clicking the [Another a/c] button at the bottom of the Order screen. 30Apr12. * You can now Add/Amend/Delete RECURRING CHARGES directly from the [Recurring] button on Debtor/Creditor/Nominal Master record displays. 27Mar12.

* When emailing documents from Revelation using NovaPDF, the NovaPDF Disclaimer will no longer be printed at the bottom of the document. 19Mar12. * You can now import Debtor/Creditor Transactions (as manual invoices and credit notes) under the 'Batch Journals' option. Click the [Import...] button. 15Mar12. * You can now BLOCK selected Nominal ledger accounts from being posted to in the 'Postings to Accounts' modules. Go to Master File Updates > Nominal ledger > 'Block Nominal accounts from Posting'. 28Jan12. * ADDED: Most Nominal reports now offer the option to print the report with NO decimals (ie: no cents). 8Dec11. * In the VAT TRANSACTION LIST, you now have an additional option to print only Vat Transactions WHERE THE VAT AMOUNT IS INCORRECT (flagged with an '*'). 23Nov11. * In the Empire Builder Edition, Revelation now caters for Foreign Currency Bank Accounts. Contact Revelation for more information. 20Nov11. * ADDED: A new option on the DASHBOARD to display the TOP TEN REPS SALES. 20Aug11 * You can now print Stock Labels on the Brother QL-570 Label printer. You need to install the printer Driver from the CD that comes with the printer and then you must download the Brother BPAC Client library 'bcciw30013.msi' from the Downloads > Utilities page of our website and install it (double-click on it). You can design your own label layouts using the P-Editor Label Editor program supplied on the Brother CD. The Label layout files (.LBX) must be saved in the Revelation folder on the FILE SERVER computer. 7Aug11. * In the invoice modules, we have added the ability to 'break-up' selected stock items 'on-the-fly' into their constituent parts when those parts are out of stock, allowing you to sell them directly without having to first manually break them up and book them into stock. To enable this, go to Setup > System Preferences > [Stock] tab and tick the 'On-the-fly disassembly of items on an Invoice' box. If ticked, when invoicing an item that is out of stock, but that item has the stockcode of the other item used to make it in its 'Superceded' field and the Quantity made when 'disassembling' that item in the 'Volume' field, it will disassemble it on-the-fly and sell the 'broken-up' stock. For more info, in the invoice module, press [F1] and search for 'Disassemble'. 16Jun11. * When you select to output a report to a FILE (on the Revelation Printer Dialog), you now have the option to output it with a Comma or Tab delimiter separating the columns. Included in ALL Reporting modules. 12Jun11.

* The 'IMPORT JOURNALS from an External file' option (under Nominal Postings) now caters for Past Period Journal Dates (Past Period Journals will now longer be put into the CURRENT Period). 16May11. * After posting Bank Journals and Sundry Payments/Deposits (under Nominal Postings or in the Bank Recon module), you now have the option to PRINT the Audit Trail for the list of transactions in that posting run. 9Apr11. * For those Users who find the new shaded SuperMenu buttons too dark, you can now set them to a lighter plain colour. Go to Setup > User Preferences and tick the 'Use plain colours for SuperMenu buttons'. You will need to exit Revelation before this change takes effect. 7Apr11. * In order to prepare Revelation users for the Consumer Protection Act, the Invoice and Quote modules now cater for printing a 'Terms & Conditions' section on Letter Quality (Laser) invoices. Go to Setup > Terminal Preferences > [Doc. Layouts] tab and click the downarrow in the Sales Invoices field on the LEFT and select 'PLAINCPA.WIN'. Click the downarrow in the QUOTES field on the left and select 'PLAINCPA.WQT'. Click [Save]. DO THIS ON ALL TERMINALS. To input your Terms & Conditions, select [Sales Invoices] on the Quick Access menu. Click the [Set this Terminal's Invoice layout/Message] button on the first Invoice screen and select the [Term Msg] option. Input up to 12 lines of Conditions. 31Mar11. * When searching for Sales Quotes to Amend/Reprint, you now have a new option to search based on the 1st Delivery Address line. 13Feb11. * When attaching pictures to Stock records, there is now a [Browse] button on the Find Picture screen (once you have clicked [Edit] on a stock record and left-clicked the Picture box). When you click the [Browse] button, you can search anywhere (on any drive) for the required picture. Once you select the picture, Rev will copy the picture file to the Revelation \Pics folder and automatically attach it to the current stock record. 25Jan11. * When copying the Price List from a selected Debtor to a Range of other Debtor a/c's, you now have the option of specifying the Branch Code PREFIX as the range identifier. This is ideal for linked branch a/c's. 10Jan11 * When Revelation charges Interest on Overdue Debtor a/c's, it also charges interest on interest amounts charged in earlier periods as well. We have been informed that this may contravene the National Credit Act of 2005. Revelation will now (by default) avoid charging 'interest on interest'. However, should you want to continue charging interest the old way, you can tick the box labelled 'Also charge interest on Interest amounts charged in previous months' on the Interest Parameter screen displayed just before the Interest Charge process begins. It then becomes YOUR resposibility. 17Nov10.

* In MULTI-WAREHOUSE systems, when creating a Branch Sales or Purchase ORDER for another warehouse, you can now have the option of automatically creating the opposite Order in the Target Warehouse. Go to Setup > System Preferences > [Order/Quote] tab and tick the "Branch Orders: also create order in target W/House" box. 15Nov10. * When importing a Sales Order/Quote into an Invoice and the Quantity on the Order/Quote exceeds the OnHand available, a warning will be displayed. On this warning screen, a new button [Input Qty] allows you to specify how many of that item you want to supply. 15Nov10. * In MULTI-WAREHOUSE systems, you can now specify the default Nominal Inter-Branch Transfer a/c for each Warehouse. In the Inter-Branch Transfer modules, you are then prompted with the appropriate a/c based on the warehouse being transferred From/To. Set each Warehouse's default Transfer a/c on the [Warehouses] tab under Setup >> System Preferences. 2Nov10. * You can now input NEGATIVE QUANTITIES on Sales QUOTES. This allows users to also break down and build 'kits' on Sales Quotes (as they already do on Sales Invoices) and then import the Sales Quote into an Invoice. However, you can NOT input negative quantities on Sales ORDERS (and you cannot import Quotes with negative quantities into Sales Orders). 2Nov10. * The GRN CONTENTS report (under Print Creditor Reports) can now be printed in Internal GRN No. sequence. On the Report Parameters screen, tick the "Print only GRN Headers" box. You are then prompted whether you want to print the report in Internal GRN No. sequence. 21Oct10. * The Company [Search] function (on the Startup screen under [Load Another Company]) now displays the current list of Companies in Alphabetical sequence (along with the company number, date of last access and disk number). 14Oct10. * The 5c Rounding function that is used in the Invoice module has now also been added to Sales Quotes and Sales Orders. Go to Setup > System Preferences > [General] tab and use the "Round Debtor Sales down to nearest xxx cents" option to set this up. 11Oct10. * When inserting a DEBTOR Payment from a DOWNLOADED bank statement and Payments Rep Analysis has been ENABLED (Setup >> System >> Accounts), you can now select a RepCode for that payment. 7Oct10. * The way Revelation handles Invoiced Sales to COD (Cash) Debtor a/c's has been changed. From now on, the Amount Tendered is an integral part of the Invoice process itself - if you Cancel at the Tendered section, the entire Invoice is cancelled as well (before, the Invoice had already been processed at that stage). If you want to allow COD Debtors the option of paying LESS than the Invoice value, go to Setup >> System

Preferences >> [Accounts] tab and tick the 'Allow Payment to be less than Drs Invoice total' box. 11Sep10. * ADDED: When using the Print INVOICE CONTENTS option under Print Debtor Reports, if you tick the 'Only show Invoice HEADERS' box, you now also prompted whether you'd like to print each Invoice's DELIVERY ADDRESS as well. 5Aug10. * ADDED: When displaying a Bill-of-Materials Recipe, there is now a [Profit] button that will display the Profit% for that Recipe based on the Cost Prices of the component items compared to the manufactured item's Selling Price. 22Jul10. * Added a Backup option (Utilities >> Backup) that backs up your data file to Revelation's FTP website via an ADSL line. 14Jul10. * ADDED: The option to print the INTERNAL ORDER No. as a BARCODE on a Letter Quality (Laser) Sales Order layout. Then, in the Invoice module, there is a new button [Import Sales Order into Invoice] on the first screen that prompts you to "Scan or Input the Internal Sales Order No.". Use a Barcode Scanner to scan the barcode printed on the Sales Order (or type it in) and it pulls the Order into a New Invoice in that Debtor's Name. To print the Barcode on Sales Orders, select the Letter Quality layout PLAINBAR.WSO. 13Jul10. * To improve the readability of the NOTES field when displaying Debtor, Creditor and Stock records (from the SuperMenu), you can now simply LEFT-click the Notes field (once) and it will double in size. Click it again to reduce it back to its default size. You can also edit it in its enlarged mode (first click it to enlarge it, then click [Edit]). 27Jun10. * When registering additional Companies in Revelation and you are a Revelation Contract Client, you will now be able to click the [Register OnLine] button to register the new company instead of phoning Revelation for a Registration Number. 22Jun10. * ADDED: A 'Top 10 Debtors by Sales' report listing your Top Clients by value of Sales for a Date Range. Go to Print Debtor Reports > Stock Sales by Debtor > Top 10 Debtors by Sales (Current or Past). Specify how many Debtors to include (default = 10). 13Jun10. * ADDED: A 'Top 10 Creditors by Purchases' report listing your Top Suppliers by value of Purchases for a Date Range. Go to Print Creditor Reports > Stock Purchases by Creditor > Top 10 Creditors by Purchases (Current or Past). Specify how many Creditors to include (default = 10). 13Jun10. * You can now have more than one Nominal Bank a/c in the ACHIEVER package. When you open a New Nominal a/c, there is an 'Is this a Bank a/c?' CheckBox that you tick. 29Apr10.

* ADDED: Support for DUAL VIDEO MONITORS so that Rev can run on the 2nd monitor. Note that, the small 'splash screen' that displays whenever you load another module in Rev may still display on the FIRST monitor. You can disable the Splash Screen by adding the directive 'NOSPLASH' into the command line of the ShortCut (in the 'Target' field after 'ProWin.exe'). ALL modules. 20Apr10. * When using the INPUT STOCKTAKE COUNT option (under Stock Master File Updates), you now have the option of displaying the stock items in the following new Sequences: StockCODE sequence within each Stock CATEGORY, Description sequence within each Stock CATEGORY, StockCODE sequence within each BIN, Description sequence within each BIN. 1Mar10. * When Warehouse mode is enabled, you may now link Nominal Accounts to a selected Warehouse. When printing Nominal Ledger reports, you are able to specify which Warehouse to print/export the report for (default is for ALL Warehouses). If you specify a Warehouse, you have the option of including those accounts that are set to ALL warehouses. Obviously, the totals at the end of a Trial Balance for a specific warehouse are unlikely to 'balance', but this is quite normal. You link nominal accounts to a warehouse by editing each account's master record (via the [Nominal] button on the Supermenu). 18Feb10. * Under Rep Reports, you can now handle REP ANALYSIS by STOCK CATEGORY. You can also specify a Rep's COMMISSION% for each Stock Category. Go to Master File Updates > Debtors > Setup Reps > Amend any Rep > click [Setup Rep Commission formula] > select the 3rd option. Click the [Set Comm% per Category] button to set the Commission% per Stock Category. NOTE: The Comm% per Category applies to ALL Reps. You must also specify (per Rep) whether the Comm% per Category is calculated on the Total Sales amount or the Profit Amount. 14Feb10. * When looking for the best price for stock items, you can now email a QUOTE REQUEST to multiple Suppliers (Creditors). First, open a dummy Creditor a/c (name it QUOTE REQUEST A/C). Then, go to Purchase Orders. Call up the Quote Request a/c and input the stock items that you want to be quoted on. It is processed as a Purchase Order. Then, in the Purchase Order module, select to 'Reprint Old Orders' and call up that Order. Click the [EMail] button. Click the [Email as a QUOTE REQUEST...] button. All your Creditor a/c's (with email addresses) are displayed. Tick the Suppliers to email the Quote Request to. You can also add temporary Suppliers to this list. After selecting the cheapest Supplier, create a Purchase Order for them. In the first Stockcode field, press [F9] and select the [Import Order] option and import the Quote Request order from the dummy a/c. Finally, cancel the Quote Request order in the dummy a/c. 3Feb10. * A new SUB-GROUP field has been added to General Ledger accounts. This allows you to further classify similar accounts into a Sub-Group. For example, create a SALARIES Sub-Group and allocate all your Salaries accounts to it. Then, when you use the Print Financial Statements option (under Print Nominal Reports), you can tick the

'Where accounts belong to a Sub-Group, only show Totals by Sub-Group' box. Only ONE Salaries entry will be listed on the report showing the total of ALL Salaries accounts. To set up Sub-Groups, go to Master File Updates > Nominal > Setup SUB-Groups. 24Jan10. * When using the NovaPDF option to send Emailed Attachments from Rev, you can now opt to send the emails directly via the SMTP Server (instead of placing them in your Email Program's OutBox). This option is provided for those Rev Users who have had some clients reporting that the emails arrive without the attachments (invoices, statements, etc). Go to Setup >> Terminal Preferences >> [PDF File] tab >> in the NovaPDF frame, tick the 'User SMTP Server...' box and fill in the SMTP fields. 21Jan10. * In the Excel ANALYSIS Export options (Print Nominal Reports >> Excel), you now have the option to exclude accounts that have Zeroes in all the period columns. You can also opt to only export Income and Expenditure OR only Assets and Liabilities. 3Jan10. * You can now import NOMINAL BUDGETS from an Excel spreadsheet. Master File Updates >> Nominal >> [Master] >> Account Budgets >> Import Budgets. READ CAREFULLY HOW THE SPREADSHEET MUST BE STRUCTURED. 31Dec09. * A new FINANCIAL STATEMENTS report option has been added (under 'Print Nominal Reports'). This prints Financial Statements (Income Statement and/or a Balance Sheet) in the traditional Auditor format (on a Laser or InkJet printer). To print 'Notes' for selected accounts at the end of the report, input the Notes into those account's NOTES fields. The Notes will be numbered in the report and refer to the Notes printed at the end. 21Dec09. * The Multi-Warehousing mode in Revelation can now cater for up to 19 warehouses in the EMPIRE BUILDER version. 31Dec09. * You can now also post PAST PERIOD 'Single-Contra Journals' as well under the Past Period Journals option in Nominal Postings. This is like a Bank Journal, but allows you to specify any nominal account as the default contra account. 28Nov09. * On the Profit & Loss report, when printing in Department/CostCentre sequence, you now have the option of printing the Gross Profit% below each Dept Total. Tick the 'Print Gross Profit%...' box. 26Nov09. * From now on, when printing a TRIAL BALANCE, all the various parameter settings are now shown on ONE screen. Also, the default Trial Balance option is to only print the YEAR-TO-DATE columns. If you require the MONTH-TO-DATE columns as well, tick the 'Also show Period-to-Date...' box. There is also a new option to print the Gross Profit% below the Expenditure totals. 26Nov09.

* In accordance with new Vat regulations, tax invoices emailed as PDF files (via NovaPDF) will now print the words 'Computer Generated' above the Tax Invoice heading. 31Oct09. * In the Stock Sales by Item report (CURRENT), there is now a box you can tick to show the Quantity of Sales for each item for the same period LAST YEAR. SReports.zip. 18Oct09. * Due to a significant negative response to the new feature added recently that forced you to input the correct sign (minus or not) for Nominal contra entries in hand-written Invoices, Credit Notes and Adjustment Journals, THIS HAS BEEN SET BACK TO THE WAY IT WAS (Revelation handles the signs for you at the time of processing). If you wish to retain the new feature (and input the appropriate sign on Nominal Contras), go to Setup >> User Preferences >> [General] tab and REMOVE the tick in the 'Do not enforce correct Nom. signs in Drs/Crs Posting' box. 12Oct09. * In the Invoice and Point-of-Sale modules, a [Lock Down] button has been added to allow a Till Operator to 'lock down' their terminal when they need to leave their terminal unattended for a while. They have to input their User Access Password to UNlock the terminal. NOTE: The [LockDown] button is NOT visible if that User has NO User Access Password. 8Oct09. * When creating a New Company in Revelation, you are now able to set up your General Ledger structure in an Excel spreadsheet and tell Revelation to import that General Ledger structure when creating the new company. For assistance on how to define the General Ledger structure in the spreadsheet, refer to the 'NOMINAL.XLS' spreadsheet in the Revelation for Windows folder. To import an external spreadsheet into the new company's General Ledger, tick the 'Use custom General Ledger setup file' box at the bottom of the 'New Company Setup' window. 1Oct09. * Two new fields have been added to the Recurring Charge file. 1) Anniversary Date: This would be the date the Charge was first captured in an account. You can then use the 'Amend Charge Amounts' option every year to only increase Charges that were captured in a selected month. 2) CutOff Date: If you have Charges that expire (ie: must only be charged for a set period of time), you input the End Date into this field. When running Recurring Charges, any charges where the Charge Date is later than the Cut Off Date will be excluded from the run. 28Sep09. * Normally, when you do a Recurring Charge Run or print a list of Recurring Charges, you are prompted to specify to select FROM what Charge Code TO what Charge Code (all Charges in between are also included). This may not suit you. There is a new option 'Setup predefined Charge ranges' where you can specify the actual individual Charge Codes to be included in a range. You can setup up to 99 predefined Charge Code ranges (01 through 99). You give each Charge Range a name (eg: January, February, etc). You then specify which Charge Codes must be included in that range. When you do a Recurring Charge RUN or print a list of charges, you have the option of specifying

the FROM >> TO range –or- you can click the [Select a predefined Charge Range] button and select the required Range from the displayed list. 28Sep09. * The Stock NOTES field has been added to the list of fields you can search on when doing a PATTERN search from the Supermenu. 18Sep09. * To cater for those users who want to pay Creditors Cash from their Tills, we have added the following option. Under Postings to Accounts >> Creditors, you can now post Cash Paid to CREDITORS from the TILL. This is like a normal Creditor Payment except it comes out of that User's TILL a/c. It shows up as 'Cash paid to Creditors' on the Cash Up printout and the Cash Till Recon (under Audit Reports) and is deducted from the Till Cash Total. Note that this option is NOT available when operating the Tills under the 'Shift' mode. 9Sep09. * You can now create a DEBIT ORDER file from selected Recurring Charge runs that can be emailed to your Bank to automatically Debit those client's bank accounts with the Charge amounts and transfer them to your account. You will have to negotiate the Debit Order terms with your Bank. Go to Recurring Charges >> Debit Orders. 2Sep09. * In the 'Print Transaction Reports (Audit) option, under [Turnover] (Current), there is now an option to 'Print CURRENT Turnover for a selected Date Range (eg: Today)'. This allows you to display/print the Turnover for today (or a date range in the current period). It also prints a comparison for the same date range LAST year. 21Aug09. * When running the Bill-of-Materials 'Update Costs in Recipe based items' option, you now have the option to only update the LATEST COST field (instead of both Latest and Average Costs). 21Aug09. * There have been random reports of Revelation crashing when emailing a large number of Statements or Recurring Invoices when using the NovaPDF interface. To prevent this, you can now tell Revelation to wait for 'x' seconds after each batch of 'y' emails. This allows the email buffer to clear before resuming the run. Under Print Debtor Reports >> Statements, select 'Set Timer to slow down bulk emails'. Under Recurring Charges >> [Recurring] dropdown, select 'Setup delay Timer for emailed invoices'. 16Aug09. * Added more calculation methods to the Advanced Rep's Commission calculation option. You can now decide how the calculations are handled within the break points that you set. On the Quick Access menu, go to Master File Updates >> Setup RepCodes >> select to Amend a Rep >> click [Setup Rep's Commission formula]. Select 'Advanced method'. Click the [?] button for info on the 3 calculation methods. 13Aug09. * In Stock Master records, a new flag has been added on the [Control] tab for Items that are 'non-POS' (non-saleable). These would normally be component items in BOM

recipes that are only used in manufacture - they are never sold. If ticked, you cannot add those items to Invoices/Sales orders/Sales Quotes. 10Aug09. * In 'Postings to Accounts' for Debtors/Creditors (Invoices, Cr.Notes, Adjustment Journals), you must now enter the correct SIGN (minus or not) for the NOMINAL CONTRA values to conform to bookkeeping principles. To revert to the old method (where Rev handled the sign for you when writing the entry to disk), go to Setup >> User Preferences >> [General] tab and tick the 'Do not enforce correct Nom. signs in Drs/Crs Posting' box. 27Jul09. * The EFT Tender type has been REMOVED from the Invoice and POS modules as it creates problems when balancing their daily Till CashUp. If required, the EFT option can be reinstated (per User) - go to Setup >> User Preferences >> [POS] tab >> tick the 'Allow EFT Tender type in Invoices and POS modules'. 20Jul09. * If COST-OF-SALES mode is switched ON and you do an IMPORT SPLIT on a GRN, the Import Split Expenses posted to Nominal accounts will now be transferred to the Stock Control a/c's as part of the Import Split mechanism (they go in and out of the Expense account(s). This maintains the parity between the Stock Valuation report and the Nominal Stock Control a/c's. If you do NOT want this to happen, go to Setup >> User Preferences >> [GRN] tab and tick the 'Do Not do auto expense reversal in Import splits' box. 13Jul09. * For those Users who find the new Apricot background colour behind the Supermenu and Quick Access menu a little too feminine, you can now change it back to a darker colour. Go to Setup >> User Preferences >> [General] tab >> bottom-right frame. Set 'Super menu background'. 28Jun09. * We have begun upgrading the 'look' of Revelation to match the Windows XP and Vista 'look'. This will be phased in over the coming weeks. 27May09. * When displaying an account’s Transactions (Debtors, Creditors or Nominal), you now have the option to click [Find] to search for a matching piece of data in that period’s transactions for that account. You are prompted to input the data to search for. This could be a RefCode, Amount, Narration, Date, etc. You do not have to input the entire field (eg: Narration) – just a portion of the required data can be input. If the search is successful, Rev shows that transaction as the first transaction in the transaction window. You can then click [Find Next] to search for more instances of the search data in that period (or you can move to another period and search there). 16May09. * If you are 'hanging over' into the new period and you select to print Current Debtor STATEMENTS as at Today, Rev will now calculate the Statement's Age Analysis as if a Month End Update had already been run. 5May09.

* If you are hanging over into the next period and you select to process/print a DEBTOR INVOICE, the Debtor Age Analysis shown on the Debtor Info screen (if enabled) will be the Age Analysis as it would be AFTER a Month ENd Update has been run. 27Apr09. * Added a Settlement Discount Calculator when processing "Cash Received for Debtor a/c" in the INVOICE module. You press [F5] in the Amount to be Paid field to activate the Calculator. Note that this is only available if that User/Operator is allowed to give Settlement Discounts (Setup >> User preferences >> [General] tab). 27Apr09. * In the BANK JOURNALS and SUNDRY Payments/Deposits options, you can now select the Narration from a Stored List of narrations. 15Apr09. * If you activate the VISUAL PLU key mechanism (Setup > System Preferences > PLU Keys) you are now able display pictures on the PLU buttons instead of each item's Description. The picture files (preferably .JPG files) must be stored a folder named "PluPics" in the Revelation company folder on the File Server. The picture resolution should be about 165 pixels wide x 90 pixels high. 18Mar09. * Added a new Vat REPORT (under 'Print VAT Reports' that lists only Transactions found in the VAT Control file that were posted as PAST-PERIOD entries (ie: they were posted into a Previous accounting period outside the Current Period). These entries often cause confusion where they are Adjustment entries which should NOT have been in the Vat Transactions at all. 14Feb09. * When posting STANDARD JOURNALS (particularly PAST PERIOD journals), and you post to the VAT REC'D or VAT PAID accounts, you now have the option to NOT update the Vat Control totals with that entry. In the VAT DETAILS window that pops up, tick the 'EXclude this entry from Vat/Tax Control Totals' box. 14Feb09 * In Transaction enquiries from the Supermenu, a TAX PERIOD column has been added to the TAX DATA window to help identify which Tax Period the displayed Vat Transaction appears in. 14Feb09. * In the Point-of-Sale CASH UP window, the [Auto Transfer...] and [Transfer Till Amount to Bank...] buttons can now be disabled for selected Operators. Go to Setup >> User Preferences >> [System Access] tab >> [Invoicing] button >> After Invoice options >> Last 2 options. 11Feb09. * In a Point-of-Sale environment, when using the [Cash-Up] option in the Invoice or POS modules and you use Rev's 'Cash Calculator', any Cash Overs/Unders will now be printed on that Operator's CashUp printout. If the operator then selects the [Auto Transfer to Till Suspense a/c] option, the Overs/Unders amount is shown as a separate entry with a suffix of 'X' in the Transaction Reference Code. 11Feb09. * A Cell Phone field has been added to the Debtor and Creditor Master records. This field appears just below the [Phone] field on the Debtor and Creditor Master record

screens. If the Cell Phone field is not visible, proceed as follows. All other users must exit out of Revelation. Only ONE user must go back in and press the [F12] key in the 'Today's Date' field (instead of [Enter]). If the Cell Phone field still does not appear, try running the Fix/Rebuild program (under Tools). 10Jan09. * When Exporting Stock Master file data (using the [Export] dropdown under Print Stock Reports), you can now use an SQL Query to define what data to Export. Click the [Use SQL Query] button on the Stock parameters window. 10Jan09. * A Multitask option has been added that allows you to run multiple sub-modules from the Quick Access menu. This allows you to do things like process Sales Orders whilst you are processing Sales Invoices or GRNs. It is a User level setting. Go to Setup > User Preferences > [General] tab) and tick the 'Allow multiple sub-modules to run simultaneously' box. 20Dec08. * To prevent fraud, you can now instruct Revelation to prompt for a Supervisor Password if an operator attempts to Delete a line on an invoice or tries to replace the stock item on a line with another item. Go to Setup >> User Preferences >> [Invoicing] tab and tick the 'User attempts to Delete/Amend a line on invoice' box. 29Nov08. * For some reason, Nedbank has changed the format of the .OFC Bank Statement download file and it no longer works with Rev. So we have added a NEW download format to the Bank Recon module. In future, when downloading a Bank Statement from Nedbank, use the 'CSV' option. Then, in the Revelation Bank Statement download window, click the downarrow in the 'Download FileType' field and select 'Nedbank (CSV)' option. 28Nov08. * In the Recurring Charges module when processing DEBTOR Recurring Charges, you can now opt to Process the Charges WITHOUT printing the Invoices (they can be printed later using the [Reprint Old Invoices] option in the Invoice module). Also, if you tick the box to Process Invoices for the Recurring Charges, that tick will be remembered the next time you run the Charges. AutoBill.zip. 19Nov08. * There is a NEW parameter tick option for OPEN ITEM accounts on Debtor/Creditor TRANSACTION HISTORY reports. If ticked, Invoices and linked payments that stay on file for more than one month are shown in an 'Opening Balance' in later months. Therefore, only those entries posted in each month appear in that month's transaction report - older, outstanding entries appear in each period's Opening Balance. 18Nov08. * In the Downloaded Bank Statement window, you now have a [RefCode Search] button that will search for a selected Debtor Invoice number and display that invoice on screen. 16Nov08. * You now have an option to UNtick all Bank Recon entries in a selected Date Range. On the Recon window, click the [More] button and select the "Untick all Recon entries..." option. 16Nov08.

* In the Bank Recon module, you can now also use the Sundry Deposits or Sundry Payments options to process insertions into the current Bank's Recon entries. On the Recon window, click the [More] button and select the 'Insert entries...' option. 16Nov08. * In the Bank Recon module, there is now an Incremental Search facility to assist you in locating the Recon entry you wish to tick off. To search for a Recon entry with a known Reference code (cheque number, etc), simply click the word 'Reference' at the top of the Recon Reference column (to set the Recon sort sequence to Reference Code) and then start typing the Reference Code you are looking for. As you type each additional character in the Reference Code, Rev will position you closer to the required Recon entry. Once the required entry is hi-lighted, press the [`] (tilde) key on the keyboard (below the [Esc] key) to tick/untick that entry. The same incremental search option works in Date and Dep.SlipNo. sequence as well. In Date sequence, start typing the required Recon Date in yyyymmdd format. In Dep.SlipNo sequence, simply type in the required Deposit Slip Number. 16Nov08. * A new method of handling VAT Payments/Refunds has been added to Revelation. This is the 'Vat Control a/c' method. This will assist users migrating from other accounting packages that use this method. If the Vat Control a/c method is ENABLED, the amounts in the Nominal Vat Received and Vat Paid accounts (up to the end of the Current Period) are transferred to the Vat Control account as Journal entries DURING THE MONTH-END PROCEDURE. Then, you would still print out the Vat Summary report for the current Vat Period and select the 'Process a Vat Payment/Refund' option (Postings to Accounts >> Nominal Postings). However, you are only prompted to input the actual amount of the Vat Payment/Refund. To ENABLE the Vat CONTROL a/c method, first open a Vat Control a/c in the Liabilities section of your Nominal Ledger. Then, select Setup >> System Preferences >> [Accounts] tab. Click the downarrow in the Vat Control a/c field. Select the Vat Control a/c. 15Oct08 * When printing Stock Labels (Standard or Barcode), you can now instruct Revelation to NOT print Labels for selected stock items by inputting the following instruction into those items' NOTES fields: labels=no 14Oct08. * In Multi-Warehouse mode, each warehouse can have their own Bin for each stock item. 2Oct08. * In Debtors/Creditors Open Item account ALLOCATION window, you can now select to display the Allocation transactions in different sequences. Simply left-click on the heading of the column that you want the transaction list to be sorted by. For example, click on the word 'Reference' to display the transactions in RefCode sequence. The current sequence is displayed in red at the top-right. 10Sep08. * When selecting to do a BACKUP or RESTORE from an External Drive (under Utilities and Tools) , you now have a [Browse Path] button on the 'Select Drive' window so that you don't have to type in the Path manually. 22Jul08.

* When inputting a new GRN, Rev now also checks for a duplicated SUPPLIER Invoice Number in the ARCHIVE files as well. You now also have the option to display the original GRN if Rev finds a duplicated Supplier Invoice No. ProGRNs.zip 22Jul08. * In the Sundry Payments/Deposits screen (under Nominal Postings), you can now input part of a Debtor/Creditor account number and press [Enter]. A Browse window will be displayed listing all accounts whose a/c numbers match your input. Before, you had to press [F5] (or click the downarrow) to initiate the Search window. 21Jul08. * When displaying Stock Master records (using the [Stock] button on the Supermenu you can now display the Supplier 1 or 2 details (Name, Address, Phones, Email) shown on the [Supplier data] tab. Just click on the [Display] button alongside the Supplier Name. 20Jul08. * When printing a Rep's INVOICES/Cr.NOTES report (under Rep Analysis), you now have the option to either Include or Exclude FREIGHT on Invoices in the Rep Amounts (before, it included it regardless). 14Jul08. * In Report Writer programs (Print Nominal Reports >> Financial Report Writer), you can now tell Rev to only print WHOLE amounts (NO cents). Near the top of the Report Writer program, add the command: NOCENTS=YES 1Jul08. * In the Cash Till Recon option under 'Print Transaction reports (Audit)', you can now opt to transfer the amount in the TILL SUSPENSE a/c into up to 7 Nominal accounts as part of the Admin clerk's overall daily till reconciliation process (including an Overs and Unders a/c). 16Jun08. * Under Postings to Accounts >> Nominal, the 'Post Stock Valuation Update Journal has been modified to now display the Amount of the journal that will be posted to the Stock Control account(s) and give you the option to continue and process the journal or cancel it and exit. 12Jun08. * There is now a new BARCODE LABEL DESIGNER option under Stock Reports >> Print Stock Labels that allows much more flexibility when designing Barcode label layouts for the Zebra, Argox and Samsung range of Label printers. You can also view a rough mock-up of what the label will look like. 12Jun08. * On the [View] dropdown menu (on the main jellybean screen), you can now change the JellyBean background image to a picture file of your choice. This is done on EACH computer if on a network - you choose from a list of picture files (.JPG, .BMP, .GIF) found in the Rev for Windows folder. 5Jun08. * There is now a facility to copy Revelation .EXE files from the File Server to the local PC or vice versa. This makes it easier to reapir corrupted program files. Go to

Utilities/Tools >> Validate data (Fix) >> [Advanced] dropdown >> option [J] Copy .exe files from/to Server. 19May08. * When using the option under [Export] to export Stock Master file data for Import into another Revelation package, there is now an option on the Parameter screen that you can tick to select which stock fields you want to Export. This setting (and the fields you choose) are remembered and then are exported in the same format everytime. The default Rev to Rev Export excluded potentially important fields like Barcode, Extended Description, etc. 22Apr08. * You can now have Revelation calculate the BUDGETS in your Nominal accounts by using LAST YEAR's figures. It calculates the BUDGETS based on LAST YEAR's Monthly Totals posted through each account. You may select to only calculate the Budgets for accounts belonging to a selected Cost-Centre/Dept and/or GROUP. You can also select to only update selected SECTIONS of the Nominal Ledger (Income, Expenses, etc). 20Apr08. * Stock Pictures can now be stored in sub-folders within the \Pics folder. These sub-folders are named after the Supplier-1 and Supplier-2 [Account No] fields in each stock record. If there are Supplier A/c No's in these fields, Rev will look for folders in the \Pics folder with the A/c No's as names and you can then choose to search for the required picture in these folder(s) as well as the normal \Pics folder. This allows you to store all the stock pictures from a Supplier into a single sub-folder in the \Pics folder. You must just make sure that one of the Supplier A/c No's in that Supplier's Stock records has the Supplier's (Creditor) a/c number in it. If NO pic is found in a sub-folder (or NO sub-folder is found), Rev looks in the \PICS folder as it did before. 20Apr08. * Under Bill-of-Materials, when printing the detailed list of Recipes, you now have the option to print Component Cost prices as well. 9Mar08 * You can now reprint the Year-End Audit Trail report. This lists the amounts transferred out of the Income/Expenditure accounts to the Year End Appropriation a/c during the LAST Month End Update of the year. Go to 'Print Transaction Reports (Audit)' >> Reprint YearEnd Audit Trail. 9Mar08. * After processing/amending a Purchase Order, there is now an option to update the Latest Cost Prices of all the items on the Order based on the prices on the Order. 7Mar08. * Revelation now caters for Cash Drawers connected to a USB Port. Go to Setup >> Terminal Preferences >> [Point-of-Sale] tab and click the downarrow in the 'Port to which Cash Drawer is attached' and select USB. 4Mar08. * If you use the 'Input Stocktake Count' option for stocktaking (under Stock Master file Updates) and you need to continue trading while the stocktake is in progress, you should tick the 'Update Stocktake Counted field with stock movements' box under Setup

>> System Preferences >> [Stock] tab. That way, the Stock Counted field is also updated with stock sales, receipts, etc whilst the stocktake is in progress. Note that Stocktakes must be completed BEFORE a Month End Update is performed as the Stock Counted field is zeroised in each stock record during the MonthEnd. 23Feb08. * The Citizen CBM-270 Barcode Label printer is now also supported. Go to Print Stock reports >> Print Stock Labels >> Print Barcode labels on Epson TM60II / Citizen CBM-270. Click [Setup] and tick the 'Use Citizen CBM-270 printer codes' 21Feb08. * Under Nominal Reports, in the 'Analysis Current Year' option on the [Excel] dropdown, you now have the option to also export the BUDGET and COMPARATIVE figures to the Excel spreadsheet. 20Feb08. * In Recurring Charges (Invoices), if you opted to EMAIL the invoices to those Debtors who have email addresses, Revelation emailed the invoice even if the 'Send Statements by Email...' option in a Debtor's a/c was set to NO. This has been corrected. Rev will now only send the Recurring Invoice by email if it is set to YES. 19Feb08. * You can now import the contents of an existing Purchase Order issued to one Supplier into a new Purchase Order for another Supplier. This new Purchase Order may then be amended as required. Go to Purchase Orders, call up the required Supplier. In the first Stockcode field, type '=B' (or press [F9]). You now have the option of importing a customer's (Debtor) Sales Order or Quote or a Purchase Order issued to another Supplier (Creditor). 14Feb08. * For multi-branch or franchise operations where Revelation is used at both the head office and the branches, Purchase Orders placed by a branch or franchisee on Head Office can now be emailed to the Head Office as a text file (.csv) that can then be imported directly into a new Sales Order at head office. After processing the Purchase Order, click the option to Email it. On the email address window, tick the 'Importable attachment' option instead of the 'printable attachment' option. This sends the order as an attached text file using the Purchase Order number as the filename. At head office, the order file email attachment must be saved into a selected folder. Then, in Revelation, go to SALES Orders and call up the client (franchisee) a/c. In the new Sales Order, click the down-arrow in the Order No. field and select the [Order file] option. Locate the emailed Order file and import it. 14Feb08. * When using the PATTERN Search for stock items in Invoices, GRNs, Orders and Quotes, if you search using the EXtended Description field, Rev will now search both the Description AND Extended Description fields for a match. ProInv.zip, ProGRNs.zip, ProSOrd.zip, ProPOrd.zip, ProQuot.zip. 9Feb09. * When EXPORTING Purchase Orders for a single Creditor (Print Creditor Reports >> Export >> Purchase Orders), you now have the option of exporting a SINGLE Order for that Supplier. 8Feb08.

* You can now print the STANDARD TRIAL BALANCE and Nominal ANALYSIS reports in NAME sequence within each section (Income, Expenditure, etc). Also, Totals are now printed at the end of each Section on Trial Balances (Income, Expenditure, etc). 18Jan08. * In the 'Print Cash Till Recon' option (under 'Print Transaction Reports' on the Quick Access menu), there is now an option that transfers the Till amounts for a selected date for ALL operators to the Bank account as SINGLE amounts for each Tender type. These Till amounts are the Tender type amounts (Cheque, Cr/Card, etc) that are transferred to the Till Suspense account using the [Auto Transfer] button on the Till Transfer screen under the [Cash Up] option on each operator's Invoice screen. 16Jan08. * In the 'Stock Top Ten Sales' report (Print Stock Reports > Stock Sales), you can now specify how many stock items to include (default = 10). 9Jan08. * A New method of handling VAT REPORTS has been implemented. You no longer have to CLEAR the VAT TOTALS. All the Vat Reports now prompt for the START and END Dates of the Vat Periods and Rev calculates the Vat Totals accordingly. The Vat Transactions for the Current period are now moved to the Vat Archive file during the Month End Update. VatReprt.zip,MonthEnd.zip,ProLoad.zip. 7Jan08. * There is a new checkbox on the MonthEnd Update Settings screen that you can tick to automatically post Nominal journals to synchronize the STOCK CONTROL Account(s) with the values on the Stock VALUATION Report just BEFORE the Month End Update is done. NOTE: This option is only available if the COST-of-SALES mode is ENABLED. MonthEnd.zip. 7Jan08. * When running the MonthEnd Update, you now have the option of running a 'FIX' (Rebuild and Validate the data files) as part of the Month End procedure. MonthEnd.zip,Repair.zip,ProLoad.zip. 7Jan08. * Under Postings to Accounts >> Nominal, a new option has been added to adjust the STOCK CONTROL Account(s) to agree with the value on the Stock VALUATION Report. It calculates the Stock Value and automatically posts Journal entries to the Stock Control account(s) so that it agrees with the Stock Valuation report. NOTE: This option is only available if the COST-of-SALES mode is ENABLED. NPost.zip. 6Jan08. * If your Revelation encounters a problem that forces you to run the 'Fix' program at a very inconvenient or busy time (month end, etc), you are now able to temporarily postpone running the 'Fix' until a more convenient time (after closing time, etc). DO NOT POSTPONE THE FIX INDEFINITELY AS THE DATA FILE MAY HAVE BEEN DAMAGED. Note that, when the Fix has been postponed, everytime you go into Revelation, a red Alert window will popup reminding you that the Fix needs to be run. However, you are able to bypass this message. To postpone a Fix that Revelation forces on you, continue as if you are going to run the Fix until you click the [Fix]

dropdown menu. Instead of selecting the FIRST option, select the 5th option to 'Postpone the Fix...'. 26Dec07. * You can now print the recipe contents of recipe-based stock items on a Sales Order. The recipe components are printed as message lines just below the recipe-based item. Go to Setup >> User Preferences >> [Orders] tab and tick 'If item has a recipe, print recipe contents'. 12Dec07. * When using the 'on-the-fly' manufacture of a Recipe-based item on an invoice, there is now an option to print the Recipe contents on the invoice as well. Go to Setup >> User Preferences >> [Invoices] tab and tick 'Show recipe on invoice for on-the-fly manufacture'. 12Dec07. * Due to a request from the S.A. Customs & Excise department, ALL foreign Currency Sales Invoices produced by Revelation will, in future, have the Invoice value in LOCAL Currency printed as a message line (#S) on the Invoice. To DISABLE this feature, go to Setup >> System Preferences >> [Accounts] tab and tick 'Do NOT print Local Currency on Foreign Invoices'. 4Dec07. * In the Bank Recon module, when you click the [Search] button in the Download Bank window and Rev finds MULTIPLE matches and you double-click one of them, Rev now displays the selected entry in the Recon window and then gives you the option to Tick/UnTick the item. 14Nov07. * If you IMPORT a Sales QUOTE into a Sales Invoice/Sales Order, it is now flagged as having been imported. If you try to import it again, Rev warns you that it has already been imported, but allows you to import it again. 14Nov07. * The Outstanding Sales QUOTE report (under Debtor reports) will now exclude Quotes that have already been imported into a Sales Invoice or Order. There is a Checkbox option to include already imported Quotes if required. 14Nov07. * On the Outstanding SALES ORDER Report (under Print Debtor Reports), you can now opt to NOT print the Order PRICES and Totals. 13Nov07. * When using the '=R' directive to import a Recipe into an Invoice, Quote or Sales Order, you now have the option to AMEND the Recipe. In the 'Select a Recipe' window, tick the 'Amend the Recipe' checkbox BEFORE you select the Recipe. 13Nov07. * An [Auto Transfer] button has been added to the TILL JOURNAL window that automatically journalises each Tender-type Total (Cash, Cheques, Cr/Cards, etc) for a selected day from that User's Till account to their Nominal Till SUSPENSE account where it may be reconciled later. You must first open a Nominal Till Suspense a/c for each User. Then go to Setup >> User Preferences >> [POS] tab and set the 'Till Suspense a/c for end-of-day CashUp'. Do this for EACH user. 31Oct07.

* There is now an option to set the default the Nominal Stock Adjustment account to be used when doing OnHand, Cost Price, etc adjustments. First open the required account in the Nominal ledger and then go to Setup >> System Preferences >> [Stock] tab and set the 'Nominal a/c for Stock Adjustments. If left blank, Revelation will prompt you for an account as before. 31Oct07. * In the 'Transaction Reports/Audit' module, when printing 'Selective Drs/Crs Transaction reports, you can now opt to print Open Item Credits/Debits that were allocated to multiple invoices as SINGLE amounts. This will make reconciliation of payments easier. 29Oct07. * When doing a Bank Recon and you download a Bank Statement over the internet and you click the [Search] button in the Download Bank window and Rev finds a match, it now displays the found entry in the Recon window and then gives you the option to Tick/UnTick the item. 25Oct07. * There is now a Nominal Department/CostCentre Setup 'wizard' option that simply asks you what the Department/CostCentre NAME is and then automatically opens the necessary Sales/Purchases/COS and Stock accounts in the Nominal ledger, creates a Nominal Department linking these accounts together and creates a Stock Category for that Cost-Centre (using these nominal accounts). 24Oct07. * When creating a New Company file, there is now an additional option that prompt you for the various COST CENTRES in your business. As part of the file setup, Rev then automatically opens the necessary Sales/Purchases/COS and Stock accounts in the Nominal ledger, creates a Nominal Department linking these accounts together and creates a Stock Category for that Cost-Centre (using these nominal accounts). 12Oct07. * The emailing of SALES ORDERS will now also be done in PDF format if NovaPDF is installed (refer below). 12Oct07. * You can now print the NOMINAL ANALYSIS report in Department or Group sequence as well (with column totals). 11Oct07. * When printing Statements, the option to mix printing and emailing statements has been extended to also allow you to only EMAIL the statements to clients whose accounts are set to email (NO printing is done). You can also opt to only PRINT the statements to clients whose accounts are set to ordinary mail (NO emailing is done). 2Oct07. * The Debtor Discount Link fields on the [Control] tab of stock records can now also be used as MARKUP% on Latest or Average Costs in addition to being used as Actual Selling Prices or Discount% off of the base Selling price. Go to Setup >> System Preferences >> [Stock] tab >> "Use the Debtor Discount fields for...". 27Sep07.

* You can now put SERVICE ITEMS on a Purchase Order. 17Sep07. * A Cash Calculator to assist when cashing up a Till has been added to the Supermenu. Click the [Calculator] button on the Supermenu and select the Cash Calculator option. 4Sep07. * You can now email Debtor Statements as PDF file attachments if preferred. You must first install the NovaPDF file generator (refer below). Then, go to Setup >> Terminal Preferences >> [PDF File] tab and select the 'NovaPDF' option and tick the 'Statements' box in the NovaPDF frame. 19Aug07. * The CASH TILL RECON report under 'Print Transaction Reports (Audit)' now also prints the Total value of DEBTOR RECEIPTS / REFUNDS that were processed throughthe Sales Invoice module as well. 19Aug07. * If the NOVAPDF PDF file generator is installed and enabled and you email a RANGE of invoices, it will now send the invoices as PDF attachments. To enable NovaPDF, go to Setup >> Terminal Preferences >> [PDF File] tab and select the 'NovaPDF'option and tick the 'Invoices' box. 19Aug07. * Import Split in a GRN: Up till now, you were limited to only 10 special Nominal Expense accounts (captured on the [GRN] tab under Setup >> System Preferences). In the GRN Import Split window, dropdown arrows have been added to each of the 10 Expense fields. If you click on one of these arrows, you can select a different Nominal a/c (not included in the GRN Expense a/c list). 15Aug07. * When doing an 'Import Split' for a Goods Received Note (GRN), you can now input a different REF.CODE for each import split transaction. 15Aug07. * Debtor accounts used for Cash Sales create problems with the Client's VAT Number as Revelation keeps prompting you with the Vat Number in the Debtor record which would be from the LAST Cash Sale processed through that a/c. To avoid this, include the word 'CASH' somewhere in the Debtor a/c NAME field and clear tick in the 'Is this a normal Debtor a/c?' field on the [Control] tab of the a/c (making it a COD a/c). Invoices to this type of Debtor a/c will NOT use the Vat Number from the Debtor a/c. 5Aug07. * You can now change the DEFAULT SYSTEM BANK A/C to another Bank a/c. Go to Master File Updates >> Nominal >> Enable/Disable Bank a/c's >> Change default System Bank a/c... 30Jul07. * You can now print a list of Recurring Charges for a selected account under the 'Print a list of Charges' option. 14Jul07. * The NovaPDF option is now also available when emailing Recurring Charge invoices. Go to Setup >> Terminal Preferences >> [PDF File] tab and tick the 'Send Recurring Charge invoices in PDF format...'. 14Jul07.

* A new PDF emailing option has been added. NovaPDF also installs as a virtual printer in your Printers folder, but does NOT prompt you for a Path and filename when emailing documents in Revelation (as CutePDF does). This speeds up the whole process. If you have a CD dated after 10 July 2007, you will find the NovaPDF installer (NovaRev.exe) in the [Utilities] folder. You can also download NovaRev.exe from the [Downloads] >> [Jet 4] >> [Utilities] page at www.revelation.co.za. After installation, in Rev, go to Setup >> Terminal Preferences >> [PDF File] tab and enable the NovaPDF option. 9Jul07. * An option has been added to the [Invoices] tab under Setup >> User Preferences that allows a User to only input HIGHER Prices if the SELLING PRICE column is permanently Enabled. This also applies to Quotes and Sales Orders. 5Jul07. * If you print Cash Sales on a SLIP printer, you now have the option of reprinting them either as a slip on the slip printer or as an Invoice (on the invoice printer). 19Jun07 * When reprinting a FOREIGN CURRENCY Sales Invoice, you now have the option to Reprint it with LOCAL CURRENCY values. 19Jun07. * The TURNOVER report (under 'Print Transaction Reports - Audit') now includes a Bar Graph option that displays graphically a comparison between this year and Last Year's Turnover. There are also a number of Bar Graph types to choose from. 14Jun07. * In the Bank Recon module, on the Downloaded Bank Statement window, the [Insert] button is now the default button (not the [Close] button). 9Jun07. * If the use of LOWER CASE characters in enabled for Debtors and/or Creditors (Setup >> System >> [General] tab), Odd Items (#O) and Messages (#Sand #T) on invoices, quotes, orders, etc will now also be in lower case. 9Jun07. * For those users who use the .OFC (Microsoft Money) format when they download their Bank Statements over the Internet, you can now choose either the ABSA version or the 'Other' version. For some reason, ABSA puts the Bank account's CLOSING Balance into the <LEDGER> field in the download file whereas all other Banks put the OPENING Balance into it (??). If you find the running Total shown in the Total column of the downloaded file doesn't make sense, try the other .OFC format in Rev. 31May07. * There is now a TURNOVER report that lists the Turnover (Printed and Manual Invoice sales) as well as Deposits from Debtor and Cash Sales in selected periods in the Current or Last year. If periods in the CURRENT year are selected, Revelation also prints the comparative figures from LAST year as well as the %Variances. Note that the Turnover figures EXCLUDE Vat whereas the Deposits INCLUDE Vat. On the main screen, go to 'Print Transaction Reports (Audit) >> Turnover report. 25May07.

* The Profit and Loss Report (under Nominal Reports) now also has an option to print a P & L report with Budgets showing both the Current Period and Year to Date on the same report. 25May07. * You can now set how many years data to retain in the online archives to 9 (was 5). Go to: Setup >> System Preferences >> [General] tab >> "Keep how many years data in online archives". 20May07. * In the Nominal Reports module, if you have online Archived history (prior to the beginning of LAST year), you are now able to print reports or export from that history. Click the [File] dropdown and click "Select periods prior to Last Year". Revelation displays the available archived periods for you to choose from. 20May07. * When printing Invoices/GRNs/Transaction lists from enquiries launched from the SUPERMENU, you can now also print these documents/lists for Previous Years out of the Pre-Year-End Archive files). 20May07. * On emailed Statements/Remittances, there is now also a BALANCE column. 9May07. * When inserting downloaded transactions into the NOMINAL ledger, Rev will now default to the Vat Code held in the selected Nominal account (instead of assuming '** NO TAX' as it did before). 3Apr07. * The ABSA downloaded Bank Statement sometimes lists the <LEDGER> total as the CLOSING BALANCE instead of the OPENING BALANCE (which it should be). This causes havoc with the running total when displaying the downloaded statement. Rev displays the current setting next to the [?] button on the download window. To swop the calculation method, click the <Ledger>=xxxx label next to the [?] button. 3Apr07. * When using the 'Input Stocktake Count' options to perform a Stocktake, you can now instruct Revelation to update the OnHand's as at a specified Date when copying the Counted fields to the OnHands. Revelation makes the necessary adjustments to make the OnHand equal that quantity on that date. This allows you to update the OnHand fields as at the end of the Current Period (when 'hanging over' into the next period). This makes the 'Update Counted fields with recent Movements' option obsolete, so it has been removed. 28Mar07. * When creating Manufacturing Jobs in the Bill-of-Materials module, Revelation will now display a warning if there are already current Jobs in progress for the item you selected to manufacture. You can view the list of current jobs and display details of each of those jobs. 27Mar07. * When processing a sales invoice for a Debtor where their 'Charge Tax on Sales?' flag is UNticked, tax will now also be charged on the FREIGHT amount on the invoice (if any). If you also want the Freight to be UNtaxed on these invoices, go to Setup >>

System Preferences >> [Stock] tab >> tick 'No Tax on Freight Charged if Debtor set to NO tax'. 22Mar07. * When exporting the Nominal MASTER file, you can export the BALANCE field as at a selected PERIOD. If the Balance field is one of the selected export fields, the prompt 'Export Balances ast at a selecte Period' appears on the Export Parameters window. If ticked, you are prompted to select the Period. * You can now REMOVE stock pictures from a stock record. Call up the stock record, click [Edit], click the picture and click [Remove] on the popup list. 14Mar07. * You can now email a range of Debtor Invoices to a specified email address OR to the email addresses found in each invoice's Debtor account. In the invoice module, select [Reprint Old Invoices] and input the first and last invoice number in the appropriate fields. Then, tick the [Email] box alongside the range fields and follow the displayed instructions. 11Mar07. * If you own one or more NORDIC ID RF601 Wireless handheld data capturing devices, a new option has been added to the 'Input Stocktake Count' menu (under Stock Master File updates) where the Stocktake COUNT fields in stock records are automatically updated by counted info sent from the handheld device(s) in real time. 8Mar07 * A new option has been added to the Invoice and POS modules to allow you to link different pack sizes of the same stock item together. For example, in a Liquor Store, you sell individual Cans of beer, but you also sell 6-Packs (6), Dozens (12) and Crates (24). The prices of each Can in the different configurations usually differs (slightly cheaper in the crates, etc). For more info, press the [F1] key when in the Invoice module and do an index search for 'Liquor'. 8Mar07. * For Point-of-Sale environments that use 'touch-screens', you can now set up 160 Visual PLU buttons that are displayed on-screen in either the Invoice or POS modules in 10 groups of 16 buttons each. You set these up under System Preferences >> [PLU Keys] >> [Setup Visual PLU keys]. Then on each User's Preferences >> [POS] tab, set which module you want to use the Visual PLU's (Invoice, POS or Both). 03Mar07. * If you recently used the 'Input Stocktake Count' option, but were forced to start trading again BEFORE you were able to copy the Stock Counted fields to the OnHand fields, there is a new option to update the Stock Counted field with all Stock Movements since a specified date. After updating the Stock Counted fields, you would then run the 'Copy Counted fields to OnHands' option to set the OnHand fields to the Counted values. This option is on the 'Input Stocktake Count' menu under Stock Master File Updates. 27Feb07. * In multi-warehouse mode, when displaying Stock Movements in enquiry mode (when you click [Transactions] on the Stock Master window), Revelation only displays the Movements of that item in the CURRENT Warehouse (as displayed in red in the bottom

left of the movement window). To display the movements for ALL warehouses, simply click the red bar with the warehouse name in it. ProWin.zip,SReports.zip. 27Feb07. * For Stock Barcode labels printed on the Zebra 2824/2844Z and Samsung SRP-770, you can now input a overall LEFT Margin (indent) for the labels. This is useful if the labels print too much to the left or right. To set the Left Margin, select the [Setup] option on the Print Label window. For each millimetre movement, add 8 to the Margin position. To move it to the LEFT, input a MINUS Left Margin value. SReports.zip. 23Jan07.