
STELLAR TIMES A monthly newsletter from Orion Business & Accounting Solutions

November 2008 Edition

Happy Holidays!,

Odds and Ends from Orion:

The Holidays are upon us and we hope everyone has a happy holiday season. With that in mind, here is our upcoming holiday schedule. Please mark your calendars, we will be closed on the following days -
Thanksgiving Holiday - Thursday Nov. 27th and Friday 28th
Christmas Holiday - Thursday Dec. 25th and Friday 26th
New Years Holiday - Wednesday Dec. 31st (half day) and Thursday, Jan 1st
Please let us know if you have any end of the year system projects coming up. December is a busy month for us and we want to make sure we have you on our schedule
For those on Level 4.1, Level 4.2 and Level 4.3. Sage has been consistently releasing a new service update for 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3 on a monthly/bi-monthly basis. Level 4.1 is on service update number 20, Level 4.2 is on service update number 21 (both of these are their Microsoft Vista compliant releases) and 4.3 is on service update number 5. These updates are available to you as part of your Client Care subscription with Sage. If you need help installing any of the service updates or have any questions, please give us a call.

Till next month,

THIS MONTH'S FUN FACT

November has National Maize Day:

November 27 is National Maize Day.

Corn as we know it today would not exist if it weren't for the humans that cultivated and developed it. It is a human invention, a plant that does not exist naturally in the wild. It can only survive if planted and protected by humans.

Scientists believe people living in central Mexico developed corn at least 7000 years ago. It was started from a wild grass called teosinte. Teosinte looked very different from our corn today. The kernels were small and were not placed close together like kernels on the husked ear of modern corn. Also known as maize Indians throughout North and South America, eventually depended upon this crop for much of their food.

From Mexico maize spread north into the Southwestern United States and south down the coast to Peru. About 1000 years ago, as Indian people migrated north to the eastern woodlands of present day North America, they brought corn with them.

When Europeans like Columbus made contact with people living in North and South America, corn was a major part of the diet of most native people. When Columbus "discovered" America, he also discovered corn. But up to this time, people living in Europe did not know about corn.

The first Thanksgiving was held in 1621. While sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie were not on the menu that day, Indian corn most certainly would have been.

MAS90 User's Conference

This year's User's Conference was very successful based on your feedback. Many people said that they enjoyed this years classes and we have many new suggestions for class topics for next year. Suggestions for next year ranged from classes on individual modules to a full day class just for people who are new to MAS90.

We hope everyone who attended benefited from the classes that day and we look forward to doing it again next year.

Great Fall Promotions on MAS90 and MAS200!

Enroll in Sage Payment Solutions and save $1,435 on the Sage MAS 90 and 200 Cash Flow bundle

In today’s economy, it is crucial for businesses to take measures to improve and promote healthy cash flow. For a limited time only, Sage MAS 90 and 200 customers who enroll in Sage Payment Solutions will be eligible to have the cost of the Credit Card Processing module waived – a savings of $1,100 (excluding subscription cost)!

Plus, Sage MAS 90 and 200 customers who participate in this promotion are also eligible to receive Business Alerts for only $895 (excluding subscription cost) – a savings of over $335! Now is the time to take advantage of this great offer. To be eligible to receive the promotional pricing on Business Alerts, customers must participate in the full bundle.

Save big on the Sage MAS 90 and 200 Manufacturing bundle!

Complete your manufacturing solution. For a limited time only, Sage MAS 90 and 200 customers have the option to build their personalized manufacturing solution suite and save big when they purchase more than one of the following modules:

•Materials Resource Planning
•Bill of Materials
•Work Order
•Purchase Order
•Job Cost

SAVE BIG WHEN YOU ADD
• Buy 2 modules: $2,450
• Buy 3 modules: $3,500
• Buy 4 modules: $4,300
• Buy 5 modules: $4,900
• Buy the entire solution for only $5,250 - over 40% savings!
Note: Standard maintenance not included in the above listed module cost.

0% Financing on migrations to Sage MAS 90 or 200 Extended Enterprise Suite

For a limited time only, Sage MAS 90 and 200 customers can migrate to Sage MAS 90 or 200 Extended Enterprise Suite and receive 0% financing on the upgrade fees. Promotion applies to the product portion of the sale only and not to maintenance. Promotion cannot be combined with other promotions and applies only to nondiscounted transactions of $10,000 or greater.

For more information contact Jim Steele at 248-893-1060 or jimsteele@orionbas.com
Promotions here are valid through December 31st, 2008.

This month's Windows Tip : Control All Your Windows. (XP)

Shortcut keys to control all your windows. If you use a keyboard that has a Windows key, you can simply press Windows-M to minimize all open windows. If you later need to undo the minimization, press Windows-Shift-M.

You can minimize the active window using the keyboard by pressing Alt-Space-N sequentially. To maximize the active window, press Alt-Space-X. If you'd like to close the active window using only the keyboard, simply press Alt-F4.

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Phone: 248-893-1060
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