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11.3G Release

If you're part of the Preferred Client Program, you can download the latest desktop version in the Client Portal.

PDS Ledger/Payroll 11.3G, releasing for desktop 11-10-26 and OnDemand 11-12-26, offers the following enhancements.

New and Improved Features

Send a Preview Email
  • See what your email will look like before you send it to your recipients! You can send a preview to yourself or someone else.
  • Whether you send an email from an individual's record or from the Reports area, once you enter your message and click Start, you'll see a new button for Send Preview Email. Then, enter the email address to send the preview to.

    Gif showing three PDS screens: first, the Email screen where you click the Start button, then the dialog box where you click the Send Sample Email button, and finally the text box where you enter the email address that the sample email will be sent to

  • The preview email is sent. Once you confirm it looks good, click Back then Begin Sending to send the email(s) to the selected recipients.
    Example of Preview EmailGo Back to the EmailSend the Emails
    Image of the preview email that was sent, showing what the email will look likeImage of the Sending the email dialog box, showing that the preview email was sentImage of the Preparing to Send dialog box, showing the Begin Sending button
Highlighted Navigator Buttons
  • It can be easy to overlook something in your program if you've been using it a short time or a long time. To help both new and experienced users, we highlighted the navigator buttons at the top of the window. These are the buttons you use to search for a record, change the order of records, or scroll through records.

    Image of the PDS ribbon showing the navigator buttons highlighted with a yellow background

  • If you don't want the navigator buttons to be highlighted, there's an option for that. On the Quick Access toolbar, click the My Settings icon blue outline of computer monitor. On the All Screens tab, you can clear the checkbox for Highlight Navigator Buttons.

    Image of the My Settings window on the All Screens tab with an option for "Highlight Navigator Buttons" and a checkbox

Open a File in Its Folder
  • When the program creates a file (like an export report, for example), you can now choose to open the folder where the file is located. From there, you can work with the file and open it in an application of your choice. This makes it easier to find and manage the file on your computer, which is especially useful if you're in OnDemand!

    Image showing the report wizard where the export file is created, along with buttons for View File and Open Folder; when you click Open Folder, it opens the file folder location on your computer

Refresh Your List of Printers
  • We've heard from some customers that their printer isn't showing up when printing a report. That can happen, especially in OnDemand, if the printer is not identified when you first start the program. Now, your list of printers is automatically refreshed when you run reports. This helps PDS find your printer without having to wait!
  • You'll see a new checkbox for Refresh Printer List on the Select Printer window of the report wizard as well as the Print Screen dialog box. It's selected by default, which is recommended, but you can clear the option if you don't want to refresh the list.

Corrections

We fixed issues that were reported internally to our team, as well as the following issue that affected some of our customers:
  • There was a problem with saving your report selection if you didn't use the Add button. Now, you can save a "Simple Selection - Never Saved" and rename it on the Selection Information tab, without having to click Add first.