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Product Feature Guide

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Features Desktop Edition Auction! Team.Net
Items * *
Silent * *
Live * *
Basket Components * *
Cash & Service Donations * *
User-definable Categories * *
Gift Certificate Flag, Acquisition Date, Notes, & more * *
Auto Entry *  
Pledge Bids/ Fund-A-Need/ Give from the Heart/ Raise Your Paddle * *
Party Bids/ Multiple buyers * *
Duplicate Items *  
Baskets or Containers * *
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 * *
Bidders, Invitees, Donors * *
Nickname, Additional Person, Cell Phone, Fax, Email * *
Rapid Add for Walk-Ins *  
Reservations *  
User-Definable Ticket Types for Standard, Discount, Premium & Complementary (and more) Guests *  
Individual & Table Ticket Types *  
Table Seating & Guest Count * *
Locate Guests *  
Easy Assignment * Manual
Table Guest Count *  
Total Guest Count *  
Organize by Host or by name *
Import/Export *  
Names 30 fields  
Items 20 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 *  
Merging Projects Together Network & Multi-user editions *
Join work from more than one volunteer without a network Network & Multi-user editions * via the internet
Merge by date or merge only into empty cell option Network & Multi-user editions *via the internet
Automatic backup beforehand Network & Multi-user editions  
Selective Merge of Names, Items and/or Reservations Network & Multi-user editions *
Log results for analysis Network & Multi-user editions *
Merge Settings/Notes Network & Multi-user editions *
Merge Spell Check Dictionary Network & Multi-user editions *
Network access to projects Network edition *Pre event only
Bid Sheets / Preview Sheets *  
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 *  
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) *  
Mailing Labels *  
Customized style, size *  
Print Preview *  
Sort Alphabetically or by Zip/Postal Code *  
Improved Line wrap and Layout *  
Auto-layouts for six formats *  
Name Tags *  
Five formats to select *  
Smart Tags (two tags if guest name indicates two names.) *  
Include or Exclude Bid # and Table # *  
Gift Certificates *  
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 & Tent Cards *  
Full page or Folded style Item Card *  
Two per page Tent Card or Placard *  
Winning Bids *  
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 *  
Record Payments, including Amount, Method, Tracking ID and Cashier *  
Expense Tracking *  
Bidder Invoices *  
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 Reciepts *  
Itemized and Totaled Listing of Donor Gifts *  
Print Batch or Range of Names *  
Statements *  
Statements for Person reflecting Donations, Purchases & Payments *  
Reports * *
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 *  
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  *  
Silent & Live Items * *
Cash & Service Donations * *
Donation Value of all items * *
Quick View *  
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 *  
Items *
Names *  
Customization * *
Customized Titles, e.g. Colonel * *
ToolTips * *
Auction Mode Visual Indicator *  
Keyboard shortcuts for all commands *  
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 *  
Maintenance Features  * *
Zipped backup for easy email * *
Restore from Backup * * Team Administrator Only
Delete Project * * Team Administrator Only
Move Project *  
Easy Migration of Version 2 and Version 1 projects *  
Complementary Products *  
Auctionpay or Spire Sync linkage *  
Expanded Import Bridge (Bidding for Good, Bid Pal, IML, Qtego) *