Arts & Antiques Management Solutions

 

 

 

 

 
New Customer Training

Introduction to Collections

  1. Overview of Collections Software
    • What is it?
    • How is it organized?
    • How do I navigate?

  2. The Beginning...
    • Overview of Contacts Form
    • Adding Contacts and additional addresses
    • Generating client correspondence -- saving/retrieving
    • Generating client correspondence using MS Word
    • Changing/Editing/Deleting information, records, and links
    • Emailing contacts via Outlook
    • Creating Artist Biographies in Contacts

  3. Customizing The Program
    • Preferences -- Using the Administrative Options
      • User Fields
      • Contacts
      • Dimensions
      • Inventory Number
      • Value fields
    • Editing Related Fields
    • Character Map

  4. Viewing Records
    • Finding a record
    • Setting Order of view
    • Difference between View Set (live) and Worksheet (snapshot)
    • Setting, Saving and Retrieving View Sets and Worksheets
    • Marking Records
    • Spreadsheet Layout
    • Saved Custom Spreadsheet Reports

  5. Contacts Reports
    • Overview of Reference Lists, Labels, Saved Views, Worksheets
      • Contact Reference
      • Mailing Lables

  6. Works and Images
    • Overview of Works Form
    • Adding Inventory into Works
    • Scanned Images Size
    • Saving images in central location
    • Attaching images
    • Attaching multiple images
    • Viewing images
    • Spreadsheet Report
    • Lightbox

  7. Work Reports
    • Overview of Reference Lists, Labels, Saved Views, Worksheets
      • Work Reference
      • Wall Labels
      • Infosheet

  8. Creating a DataKit/Importing a DataKit
    • What is included in the DataKit?
    • Overview of how to export a DataKit / DataKit file format
    • Administrative Options pertaining to the DataKit
    • Importing a DataKit

  9. Transactions
    • Overview of Basic Transactions and Main Form
    • Examples:
      • Receive Work (DataKit)
      • Shipment
      • Exhibition
      • Loan
      • Converting Transactions to Returns
    • Transaction Document Views
    • Setting Administrative Options for Transactions

  10. Review and Answering Questions


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