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Spell checker.
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Find by key stays open, so you can do multiple finds without re-opening it.
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You can change indexes in Find by key, making it easier to find values from different fields.
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Find by key auto-completes, based on previous values used.
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Find by key displays past values in a list. This is nice when you alternate between finding several values repeatedly.
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Built-in e-mail client allows you to send and
manage e-mails directly through Alpha Five. This also means you can easily e-mail your
reports and send 'mailmerged' e-mails right from your database.
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Bubble help can be turned on for new users.
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Export data to Excel with a single button.
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Export to Adobe (*.PDF).
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Print to PDF or HTML.
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Mail merge to Word with one button.
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Navigate to a specific field on a form, based on the field name. This is useful for forms with many fields.
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Copy the last field or record viewed (previously, the copy only worked for the last record in the table).
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Change or remove dates and other masked values more easily (you no longer have to remove each character in the value).
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You can select Modal data entry, which means you have to initiate a change or enter (similar to Alpha Four). This makes it less likely to accidentally change a value.
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Improved passwords and encryption. Now, even the data can be encrypted.
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Put shading or a blank line into a report every n lines, to make long reports easier to read.
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Sort lookup window by any column. This will make finding an item much easier because you can sort by any field in the lookup list.
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An audit trail is available. This will make accountants happy (if such a thing is possible).
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You can go to any page in a report preview. This will make verifying a long report much easier.
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You can count business days between two dates. This new feature includes being able to input your company's special holidays.
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There is a pop-up calendar.
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Zoom from a record in an embedded browse to a form
view of the same record in the child table.
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Improved QBF genie, which now completely replaces query by table.
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Cross-level queries now supported without the use of cumbersome
"flattenquery" syntax.
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Quick filter on more than one field.
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"Top N" and "Top N%" queries, so, for example, you can find the top
10 orders, or the top 10% of the orders.
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Finally, perhaps the biggest selling point is the reduction in time needed to develop an application, with the corresponding reduction in the amount charged. Let's face it, all the great features in the world don't matter if you can't give your customer something they can afford.
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