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January 26, 2016
The New Dynamics AX Tip #19: Unhiding Fields
The New Dynamics AX is a big change from the previous releases. The majority of the changes are around the new web based user interface, the new way that you navigate around in the application and also new sets of tools that have come along for the ride.
For those of you that are familiar with the older user interfaces then you may have to learn a couple of new tricks to get around the system like the pro that you are, and for new users of the New Dynamics AX environments then you will probab...
January 25, 2016
Second Edition of Configuring A Training Environment For Dynamics AX 2012 (BBCG #1) is now available
Last year I completed my Bare Bones Configuration Guide project and now it is time to start the process of revising the guides and making sure that they are up to date.
This weekend I started that process and have updated the first of the Bare Bones Configuration Guides and made it available to you all.
The Configuring a Training Environment for Dynamics AX 2012 guides you through the process of provisioning a new training environment for Dynamics AX within Azure and also shows you how you...
The New Dynamics AX Tip #18: Hiding fields
The New Dynamics AX is a big change from the previous releases. The majority of the changes are around the new web based user interface, the new way that you navigate around in the application and also new sets of tools that have come along for the ride.
For those of you that are familiar with the older user interfaces then you may have to learn a couple of new tricks to get around the system like the pro that you are, and for new users of the New Dynamics AX environments then you will pro...
January 23, 2016
Author Tools v1.1.20 Updates
I just wanted to drop you all a note because you have downloaded the Author Tools for PowerPoint, and I wanted to give you all a little bit of an update on some of the enhancements that I made over the past week.
The first is that I have updated the Storyboard theme that you can use for designing your blogs and walkthroughs. I got rid of all of the extra slides that weren’t needed and also made all of the slides consistent including adding all of the metadata to the slides, and also getting r...
Dynamics AX Bare Bones Configuration Privateer Bar Set – 10 Modules in 13:35 Hours
Even if you think that you are an expert in Dynamics AX, you probably only know one area like the Financials, or Distribution, or Manufacturing, and only have cursory knowledge of the other modules. Although specialization is good, knowing all of the application is better because it opens up all of your senses to what is going on within the system, and makes everyone just a little more well-rounded.
A while ago I laid down the gauntlet to you all and challenged you all to learn Dynamics AX 2...
Automatically Adding Boilerplate to Documents with Author Tools for PowerPoint
Writing walkthrough guides is easy. It’s the formatting of the content that will take you forever to do, especially of you are wanting to repurpose the content into other formats like scripts, blog posts, summaries and even books. And if you want to make a change to a guide, or correct mistakes then that can take just as much time because you might break some of the formatting, or pagination, or you may miss one of the formats. And if you wanted to have specific page breaks, formatting requ...
January 21, 2016
The New Dynamics AX Tip #17: Personalizing forms by hiding fields
The New Dynamics AX is a big change from the previous releases. The majority of the changes are around the new web based user interface, the new way that you navigate around in the application and also new sets of tools that have come along for the ride.
For those of you that are familiar with the older user interfaces then you may have to learn a couple of new tricks to get around the system like the pro that you are, and for new users of the New Dynamics AX environments then you will pro...
January 20, 2016
Creating a New Document Template with Author Tools for PowerPoint
Writing walkthrough guides is easy. It’s the formatting of the content that will take you forever to do, especially of you are wanting to repurpose the content into other formats like scripts, blog posts, summaries and even books. And if you want to make a change to a guide, or correct mistakes then that can take just as much time because you might break some of the formatting, or pagination, or you may miss one of the formats. And if you wanted to have specific page breaks, formatting requ...
January 19, 2016
Adding Tips and Cues To Illustrations Using Author Tools for PowerPoint
Writing walkthrough guides is easy. It’s the formatting of the content that will take you forever to do, especially of you are wanting to repurpose the content into other formats like scripts, blog posts, summaries and even books. And if you want to make a change to a guide, or correct mistakes then that can take just as much time because you might break some of the formatting, or pagination, or you may miss one of the formats. And if you wanted to have specific page breaks, formatting requ...
The New Dynamics AX Tip #16: Responsive Zooming In And Out On Forms
The New Dynamics AX is a big change from the previous releases. The majority of the changes are around the new web based user interface, the new way that you navigate around in the application and also new sets of tools that have come along for the ride.
For those of you that are familiar with the older user interfaces then you may have to learn a couple of new tricks to get around the system like the pro that you are, and for new users of the New Dynamics AX environments then you will pro...
