Technical Services Communication Updates

Group 1 recently sent the documents listed below to the primary user contacts on a maintenance plan via email, fax, or mail. Ship to contacts received release information with the product shipment. You may find these and other documents at http://www.g1.com/support. (You will need your user ID and password). For List Services, visit the Technical Support – List Services area of our Web site to subscribe at http://www.g1.com/support.

On our Web site, customers may NOT have access to all information listed below. It is only accessible if your company licenses the particular product and/or platform addressed by the announcement.

Canadian/International Products

  • REF#: cpcExLtr0306 – This one-page letter contains the expiration dates for the March 2006 CPC Reference File.
  • LOC: Customer Communications
  • DIST: Web
  • PLAT: All
  • LIST SERVICES: N/A
  • REF#: KGI112RA206 – This nine-page letter announces the release of GeoStan International ES 1.1.2 and provides customers with details concerning this release. Media is being shipped to all customers and is also available for download from the Group 1 Support site.
  • LOC: Customer Communications
  • DIST: In the Box
  • PLAT: All
  • LIST SERVICES: N/A
  • REF#: SSCG2413 – Greenbar listing for the March 2006 CPC Reference File. Details file names and sizes.
  • LOC: Greenbars and Technical Bulletins
  • DIST: Web
  • PLAT: All

Centrus/Geo Products

  • REF#: CAA000P1206 – This two-page letter notifies customers of the availability of the February Release of Centrus Data Products. Media has been shipped.
  • LOC: Customer Communications
  • DIST: In the Box
  • PLAT: All
  • LIST SERVICES: Centrus/Geo Products
  • REF#: CAA000P2206 – This two-page letter notifies customers that the July 2006 release of the Centrus Spatial databases will be the final shipment which supports the old-style GSB format. Additional information is provided in the letter.
  • LOC: Customer Communications
  • DIST: In the Box and Email
  • PLAT: All
  • LIST SERVICES: Centrus/Geo Products
  • REF#: GTX400P1206 – This one-page letter informs customers that the Federal government has changed the way city geographic names are identified. As of January 2006, the 5-digit FIPS place code has been changed to a new 9-digit Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) code. Additional information about this change is included in the letter.
  • LOC: Customer Communications
  • DIST: Email
  • PLAT: All
  • LIST SERVICES: Centrus/Geo Products

Coding Products

  • REF#: CPz291RA106 – This three-page letter announces the release of CODE-1 Plus 2.9.1. CODE-1 Plus 2.9.1 is a maintenance release only and corrects all change requests previously addressed in Product Updates S01, S02, S03, S04, and S05 as well as several new change requests. Details are included in the letter.
  • LOC: Customer Communications
  • DIST: Email
  • PLAT: All
  • LIST SERVICES: Coding Products
  • REF#: DPV29GB3 – Greenbar listing for the March 2006 Delivery Point Validation. Details load counts.
  • LOC: Greenbars and Technical Bulletins
  • DIST: Web
  • PLAT: Mainframe

Other Products

  • REF#: 248622P1206 – This one-page letter informs all StreamWeaver Visual Engineer customers of the upcoming “StreamWeaver Visual Engineer 6.2.2 Conversion” webinar. The letter includes the topics being covered in this webinar and some of the dates on which it is being held.
  • LOC: Customer Communications
  • DIST: Email
  • PLAT: All
  • LIST SERVICES: N/A
  • REF#: 248622P2206 – This one-page letter informs all StreamWeaver Visual Engineer customers of the new Visual Engineer 6.2.2 Plus product and provides important trial offer information.
  • LOC: Customer Communications
  • DIST: In the Box and Email
  • PLAT: All
  • LIST SERVICES: N/A
  • REF#: 248622RA206 – This three-page letter notifies customers of the release of StreamWeaver Visual Engineer 6.2.2. This letter includes a high-level checklist that provides information about the changes in this release. Technical Notes are available on the Group 1 Web site, login to Support, Product Documentation, Technical Product Info. The Technical Notes contain information on system requirements, highlights, and enhancements.
  • LOC: Customer Communications
  • DIST: In the Box
  • PLAT: All
  • LIST SERVICES: N/A
  • REF#: 248622TN206 – Technical Notes for StreamWeaver Visual Engineer 6.2.2. This document is referenced in the StreamWeaver Visual Engineer 6.2.2 Release Announcement, 248622RA206.
  • LOC: Technical Product Info
  • DIST: In the Box
  • PLAT: All
  • LIST SERVICES: N/A
  • REF#: 2PW612P1206 – This one-page letter informs Pro Workstation customers of the date on which Group 1 will be discontinuing technical support for the Pro Workstation product. The letter also provides information about a comparable offline tool in which Pro Workstation customers might be interested.
  • LOC: Customer Communications
  • DIST: Email
  • PLAT: All
  • LIST SERVICES: N/A
  • REF#: LES260C2306 – This two-page letter notifies customers of the availability of Product Update C02 for Enterprise Server 2.6.0. C02 addresses Change Requests 1-15718289 and 1-15868188. Product Update C02 is a comprehensive product update; all previously released product updates for the clientSDK are contained in C02. Additional details are provided in the letter.
  • LOC: Customer Communications
  • DIST: Email
  • PLAT: All
  • LIST SERVICES: Coding Products, Canadian/International Products, Centrus/Geo Products

Postal Products

  • REF#: C1P29GB3 – Greenbar listing for the March 2006 US Postal Database Versions 2.9.0 and 2.9.1. Details load counts.
  • LOC: Greenbars and Technical Bulletins
  • DIST: Web
  • PLAT: Mainframe
  • REF#: MDV022P1206 – This one-page letter informs all MailStream Plus and Mail.dat Viewer customers that with the anticipated April 2006 release of MailStream Plus 7.7.1, Group 1 will no longer provide support for the IDEAlliance® Mail.dat 02-2 standard in either MailStream Plus or the Mail.dat Viewer.
  • LOC: Customer Communications
  • DIST: Email
  • PLAT: All
  • LIST SERVICES: Postal Products
  • REF#: MSPG7703 – Greenbar listing for the March 2006 MailStream Plus 7.7.0 USPS® Reference File. Details file names and sizes.
  • LOC: Greenbars and Technical Bulletins
  • DIST: Web
  • PLAT: Mainframe
  • LIST SERVICES: N/A

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Technical Services Pending Product Updates

The following documents have recently been posted to the Pending Product Updates area of the Group 1 Support site. Once a Product Update becomes available, Group 1 will notify the primary user contact for that product via email. You may find these and other documents at http://www.g1.com/support/. (You will need your user ID and password).

On our Web site, customers may NOT have access to all information listed below. It is only accessible if your company licenses the particular product and/or platform addressed by the announcement.

POSTAL PRODUCTS

  • REF#: MUz770S3106 – This two-page letter contains details regarding the Pending Product Update S03 for MailStream Plus 7.7.0. Status of this update will be available on the Group 1 Web site, login to Support, My Products, MailStream Plus, Product Updates.
  • DIST: Will be Emailed upon Availability
  • PLAT: Linux remaining
  • Anticipated Availability of S03: 3/8/2006

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Improving Customer Feedback on Software Documentation

The Documentation department is fully committed to improving our customers’ experience with Group 1 Software. Technical writers rely on customer feedback to identify errors and improve documentation. We are pleased to introduce two new ways for customers to provide such feedback: a feedback button embedded in our PDF documents and a comment form available on the Group 1 Software Web site.

Feedback Button

The feedback button will be displayed on every page of our PDF documents. This allows the customer the opportunity to offer comments on specific pages of our guides. Comments may include factual errors, confusing writing, missing information, or anything that gets in the way of understanding the topic. The button is located in the upper right hand corner of every page, as shown below.


Clicking the button produces a comment form that you can use to enter your comments. The form automatically includes the document title, the software version, the page you are commenting on, and your comments. Your comments are sent directly to the Documentation department so that the technical writer can update the document.


The PDF feedback button is a new feature so it is not yet available for all of our documents.

Documentation Comment Form

For documents that are not equipped with the feedback button, you can fill out the Documentation Comment Form, on the Technical Services area of our Web site. Clicking the “Documentation Comment Form” link produces a multi-page comment form.


You must enter the correct information about the software product, version, and platform, as well as the title of the document. When all the fields are complete, the form is sent to the Documentation department so that the writer assigned to the project can update the document.

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Join Us at Horizons 2006!

Feel like you’re forgetting an important anniversary? This July, don’t miss celebrating with the one you love – Group 1 – at our 25th Anniversary User's Conference!

What’s an anniversary without presents? Register before March 31, 2006 to receive a free wireless mouse and a $100 discount off the normal registration fee – our way of thanking you.

We've packed this year's User's Conference with exciting events that you won’t want to miss! Whether your sights are set on learning from our informative keynote speaker, seeing solutions in action with Group 1’s case studies, using our session tracks to choose your own path, or simply laughing through a lunch hour with this year’s humorist, look no further than Horizons 2006. More information on this year’s session tracks, listed below, is available on the conference Web site at http://www.g1.com/UConf/sessions.asp.

  • Regulatory Information
  • Postal Optimization and Tracking
  • Address Quality
  • Business Geographics
  • Enterprise Data Quality
  • Document Composition
  • Electronic Document Management
  • Data Integration
  • Hands-On Product Labs

At the User's Conference, be sure to visit the Vendor Solutions Center and meet several of Group 1’s valued business partners. See how they can further your business objectives by becoming your partner too, or by providing hardware, software, and services that will enhance your Group 1 products. Our Technical Help Center will also be open, providing answers to your individual product-related questions. As always, the Group 1 Technical Help Center will be staffed with skilled Group 1 associates, willing and eager to offer assistance.

Save the date – Horizons 2006 will be held July 26 - 28, 2006 at the Hilton Chicago in Chicago, Illinois. For more information about the Conference, including online registration and additional information about the Hotel, visit the Group 1 Web site at http://www.g1.com/uconf. Session descriptions will be added to the Web site shortly, so keep checking.

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Group 1 University: Develop Print Streams Using Visual Engineer!

StreamWeaver Development Using Visual Engineer Workshop
March 14 - 17, 2006

StreamWeaver Development Using Visual Engineer Workshop will enable you to use Visual Engineer to engineer your print streams, allowing you to:

  • Make use of a range of new and existing insertion equipment
  • Split output to facilitate delivery across multiple delivery channels
  • Reduce costs by commingling and/or consolidating mail pieces and by automating manual mail handling operations

To achieve these goals, you will learn to prepare StreamWeaver runs that will create multiple document output files, consolidate documents, insert pages into a document, reorder pages within documents, create extract files, and add, delete, and modify barcodes for insertion equipment.


StreamWeaver Visual Engineer 6.2.2 Conversion Webinars

You may also enroll in one of the two-hour StreamWeaver Visual Engineer 6.2.2 Conversion webinars. The next date for this webinar is March 20, 2006.

For more information on this and other courses, or to register, please visit the Group 1 University Web site – http://www.g1.com/education.


COMING IN APRIL:


What's New in CODE-1 Plus 3.0.0 for Windows, Unix, and Dispatcher4 and
What's New in CODE-1 Plus 3.0.0 for All Other Platforms

Group 1 University will be offering a free "What's New in CODE-1 Plus 3.0.0" class for all CODE-1 Plus customers. These classes are offered via eLearning. Please visit the Group 1 University Web site, http://www.g1.com/education, for information on the dates and times available or to register for a class.


What's New in MailStream Plus 7.7.1 all platforms

Group 1 University will be offering a free "What's New in MailStream Plus 7.7.1" class for all MailStream Plus customers. These classes are offered via eLearning. Please visit the Group 1 University Web site, http://www.g1.com/education, for information on the dates and times available or to register for a class.

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