Microsoft Navision 4.0, SP1, HR, MVL, CD 271-01844 User Manual

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M I C R O S O F T   B U S I N E S S   S O L U T I O N S – N A V I S I O N   4 . 0

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Improve the Navigation Layer:

We have listened to our customers’ wishes for easier

navigation within Navision and have responded by

introducing a Navigation Pane similar to the one in

Microsoft Office Outlook 2003. The new Navigation Pane

helps users work more efficiently in Navision by combining

easy-to-access menu information with personalization

options. Further, users with administrator permissions for

the Navigation Pane have various menu configuration

options.

Here are some of the main benefits:

• The content of the main menu has been restructured to 

reflect our end users’ tasks and make it easier for them 

to find the functionality they need.

• End users can personalize menu content to suit the way 

they work. For example, they can hide menu items that 

they do not use very often.

• End users can make shortcuts to the menu items that 

they use the most, and also to all the files, programs 

and web sites that they use in their daily work.

In the Navigation Pane Designer:

• Administrators can create and modify menus to best 

suit their companies’ departmental needs.

• Administrators can assign users to menus so that end 

users only see menus that are relevant to their roles.

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XMLport object

A new XML Port feature for Microsoft Navision 4.0 makes it

easier for partners to customize Microsoft Navision, and

therefore, provide more efficient service to customers. The

XML port improves the overall performance of Microsoft

Navision when handling document exchange, and reduces

the need for partners to have expert knowledge of XML

parsers. Partners can develop, implement and manage

XML documents in an efficient and cost effective way, and

customers can more easily manage data exchange of

business documents.

New ODBC Driver

Microsoft Navision 4.0 includes a completely new ODBC

driver.

Improved Upgrade Toolkit

An improved upgrade toolkit makes it possible for partners

to reduce the costs for customers of upgrading to the

newest version of Microsoft Navision.

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