Using Word Templates in Dynamics GP

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Boost Your Presentation Skills with Free Word Templates

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Would you like to use Microsoft Word to produce invoices and purchase orders? Do you want the ability to email documents to your customers and vendors? Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 Word Templates are free, ready-to-use documents offering new presentation capabilities for the traditional customer/vendor-facing Report Writer reports.Learn how to use these templates to send professional-looking documents to customers and vendors, add logos to invoices and purchase orders, increase access to Dynamics GP data and assign and modify selected forms.

Transcript of Using Word Templates in Dynamics GP

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Boost Your Presentation Skills with Free Word Templates

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What You Will Learn

What you will learn in this webinar The purpose of Word templates

Templates provided by Microsoft

How to configure Word to create templates

How to modify off-the-shelf templates

How to create new templates

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Overview of Word Templates

Functionality that ships with GP 2010

Enables you to use Word to produce professional-looking documents

Utilize a specific set of Report Writer reports

Dexterity can be used to make additional Report Writer reports available

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Overview of Word Templates

Use Report Writer for these reasons:

Define which tables are used for the report

Specify how data is sorted

Determine which sections the report has

Specify which fields are in each section

Define calculated values that appear on the report

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Overview of Word Templates

Why use Word Templates

Support for any font

Better graphics support for images such as logos

Support for Microsoft Word features such as watermarks

Portability of the report. Any user with Microsoft Word can view the report.

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Overview of Word Templates

Two features of Report Writer not available in Word

No running sums on page

No page headers or page footers in the report. All page headers and page footers must be implemented using feature provided by Microsoft Word.

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Overview of Word Templates

How the system works

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Templates Provided by Microsoft

Templates provided for Sales and Purchasing

Go to Reports Template Configuration to view the available templates

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Templates Provided by Microsoft

Sales Reports

MC Statement Blank Form

RM Blank Document

RM Statement on Blank Paper

SOP Blank History reports (quote, order, invoice, packing slip)

SOP Blank reports (quote, order, invoice, packing slip)

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Templates Provided by Microsoft

Purchasing

Check Remittance

PM Blank Document

POP History PO Blank Form

POP History PO Rollup Blank Form

POP PO Blank Form

POP PO Rollup Blank Form

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Templates Provided by Microsoft

GP 2010 R2 will bring SOP return templates to the library

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How to Configure Word

Use Word 2007 or 2010 to create and modify templates

You must install a Word add-in from the Dynamics GP setup menu

You must display the developer tab in Word

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How to Configure Word

Word Display Options

Paragraph marks

Hidden text

Object anchors

Word Advanced Options

Show bookmarks

Show text boundaries

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How to Modify Report Templates

Use Report Writer to add any fields, sorting options and other elements that should be in the report

Use Alternate/Modified Forms and Reports ID to set security for modified reports

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BKD Technologies Support Center

Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., call our Support Center toll free at:

Dynamics GP - [email protected]

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Where to Get More Information

BKD Technologies - 877.253.7778 or [email protected]

System Users Guide, Chapter 24 “Word Template Maintenance”

Report Writer User’s Guide, Part 9 “Word Templates”

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Contact Info

Charles AllenBKD Technologies

[email protected]

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