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Items Winning Bids Names
Baskets Reports Mailing Labels
Catalog Network Name Tags
Gift Certificates Instant Totals Donor Receipts
Display Placards/Tent Cards Joining work from home (Merge) Invoices
Bid Sheets Maintenance Features Statements
Duplicate Items Quick View Table Seating
Find Customization Reservations
 
Features
Version
Three
V3 Starter Edition
Version
Two
(no longer available)
Auctionpay linkage *
cMarket linkage *
Network access to projects Network edition
Network  edition
Merging Projects - Improved!
Join work from more than one volunteer without a network Network & Multi-user editions  
Network & Multi-user editions
Merge by date or
merge only into empty cells option
*    
Automatic backup beforehand *
Selective Merge of Names, Items and/or Reservations *
Log results for analysis *
 Merge Settings/Notes *
Merge Spell Check Dictionary *
Items - Improved!
Silent * * *
Live * * *
Package/Basket * * *
Cash & Service Donations * * *
User-definable Categories * *
New Fields: Gift Certificate Flag, Acquisition Date, Notes, & more * *
Duplicate Items - Improved!
Auto Entry * * *
Pledge Bids/Fund-A-Need/Give from the Heart/Raise Your Paddle *    
Party Bids/Multiple buyers *

Baskets, Items Grouped Together - Improved!

Easy Assignment

* * *

Automatic Donor Tracking

* * *

Automatic Value Calculation

* * *

Show basket with which an item is associated

* *  

View basket component descriptions

* *

Automatically add component descriptions to basket assembly

* *  

Names - Improved!

New Fields: Nickname, Additional Person, Cell Phone, Fax, Email * *
Rapid Add for Walk-Ins * *
Bid Sheets / Preview Sheets - Improved!
Customized Style, Margins, Fonts * * *
Silent Item Bid Sheets * * *
Live Item Preview Sheets * * *
Show Donor Value * * *

Option to Exclude Bidder Name column

* *

Pre-printed bid increments

*

List Category, print by Category

* *

Guaranteed Bid

*

4.25 x 11, 5.5 x 8.5 sizes, one or two per page

* *

Multiple copies for multipart forms

* *
Catalog  - Improved!
Customized Margins, Fonts * * *
8.5" x 11" folded to 5.5" x 8.5" * * *
8.5" x 14" folded to 7" x 8.5" * * *
8.5" x 11" folded to 4.25" x 11" * * *
8.5" x 11" full page, single or two-column * * *

8.5" x 11" two columns per page

* *

Page breaks by Category

* *

Print to Word, other formats

*

Condensed formats, exclude full description for Silent Items, or all items

* *  

Print Preview

* *

Justified or ragged text

* *

Print by acquisition date (great for addendum)

* *  
Winning Bids - Improved!
Rapid Entry * * *
Show Items with No Winning Bid * * *

Auto-Advance to next Item # or next Item without a bid

* *  

Pledge / Fund a Need / Party Bids

*

View items without bids from winning bid screen; double-click to enter them

* *  

Quick name lookup and auto-insert on winning bid

* *  

Show list of Pledge/Party bids on screen

*

Visual confirmation of data acceptance

* *

Payments - New!

Record Payments, including Amount, Method, Tracking ID and Cashier

*    

Expense Tracking

*    
Invoices - Improved!

Customized Layout, Style

* * *

Itemized, Totaled

* * *

Show Invoices to be Printed

* * *

Sales Tax on Item-by-Item basis

* * *

Speed Printing

* * *

List Table Number, omit if no table number

* * *

Show Payments

*

Show Net Balance

*

Sort Alphabetically, by Bid Number or by Table Number

* *

Select single or multiple invoices for reprint

* *  

Print Date

* *

Flag gift certificates for separate pickup

* *
Donor Receipt - Improved!
Itemized and Totaled Listing
of Donor Gifts
* * *
Print Batch or Range of Names * *  

Statements - New!

     
Statements for Person reflecting Donations, Purchases & Payments *    
Gift Certificates - Improved!
Customized style, Landscape orientation * * *

Portrait orientation

* *

Remove Signature line

* *

Change Disclaimer text

* *

Print All or Range of #s

* *

Remove selected elements

* *

Print by Category

* *

Display Placards and Tent Cards - New!

Full page or Folded style Item Card *
Two per page Tent Card or Placard *
Table Seating & Guest Count - Improved!
Locate Guests * * *
Easy Assignment * * *
Table Guest Count * * *
Total Guest Count * * *
Organize by Host or by name *
Reports - Improved!
Financial Summary *
Expense Tracking & reporting *
Reconciliation *
Items & Pricing * * *
Items & Pricing, Unsold Only * *
Items & Purchaser Names * * *
Range Of Items * * *
Bidders & Items Purchased * * *
Bidders, Items Purchased & Payments, all or only names with nonzero balance * * (all ONLY)
Invitees * * *
Donors & Items Donated * * *
Donors & Volunteer Contacts * * *
Range of Bidder, Invitee, or Donor Names * * *
Table Seating * * *
Baskets (groups of items) * * *
All Names, indicating Invitee/Donor/Bidder status * *  
Print Preview for all reports * *  
Print specific page numbers * *
Dinner Selections *
Reservations by Name *
Reservations by Ticket Type *
Instant Auction Totals - Improved!
Silent & Live Items * * *
Cash & Service Donations * * *
Donation Value of all items * *
Quick View - Improved!
All Purchases for a Bidder * * *
All Donations for a Donor * * *
Winning Bid for an Item * * *
Items without Winning Bids * *
Invoices that need printing * *
Find Function - Improved!
Items * * *
Names * *
Customization & Ease of Use - Improved!
Customized Titles, e.g. Colonel * * *
ToolTips * * *
Auction Mode Visual Indicator * * *
Keyboard shortcuts for all commands * * *
Improved Item Re-Numbering * * *

Spell Check

* *
Grid View * *

Print Preview

* *
Auto Assign Bid numbers * *

Print to MSWord

* (Catalog only)

Dropdown list on Cities

* *
Improved error handling * *
Context menus * *
Indicate multiple copies in print preview * *
Set printing characteristics local, not global * *  
Import/Export - Improved!
Names 30 fields * 11-21 fields
Items 20 fields * 9-10 fields
Transactions 12 fields
Match data to program fields on screen * *
Import Names & Items together in one pass * *  
Import "overwrite" options * *
Automatic backup before Import * *
Export directly to Excel or Word formats * *
Mailing Labels - Improved!
Customized style, size * * *
Print Preview * *
Sort Alphabetically or by Zip/Postal Code * *
Improved Line wrap and Layout * *
Auto-layouts for six formats * *

Name Tags - New!

Five formats to select *
Smart Tags (two tags if guest name indicates two names.) *    
Include or Exclude Bid # and Table # *

Reservations - New!

User-Definable Ticket Types for Standard, Discount, Premium & Complementary (and more) Guests *
Individual & Table Ticket Types *

Maintenance Features - New!

Zipped backup for easy email * *
Restore from Backup * *
Delete Project * *
Move Project * *
Easy Migration of Version 2 and Version 1 projects * * * (v1 only)

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