ACS2000 5.0 Startup Screen

The startup screen offers our familiar menus and toolbars for access to commands, plus a few new goodies: the ACS2000 Today pane and the Fast Start task pane.

The ACS2000 Today pane displays tips and reminders to help you get the most out of ACS2000.

The Fast Start Task Pane provides one-click access to new, existing and recently used documents. It condenses the New, Existing and Recent tabs of the old Fast Start dialog box into a single, streamlined view of what you've been working on and what you need access to.

The ACS2000 Today and Fast Start panes are displayed automatically when ACS2000 starts. They are automatically hidden when you create or open a document. They can be re-displayed at any time using the View/ACS2000 Today and View/Task Pane commands (a top request on our latest user survey).

New Features and Enhancements

• ACS2000 Today (New)
  Start page that displays tips and reminders to help you get the most out of ACS2000.
• Task Pane (New)
  The task pane is a panel that appears along the right side of the program window. ACS2000 task panes provide easy access to frequently used features and displays notification messages or help text. For example, the Fast Start task pane provides options for creating new documents and opening existing documents.
• Rich Text (HTML) Format (New)
  Rate, proposal and application views use HTML to provide rich text formatting with support for multiple fonts, colors, borders, shading and graphic images. View, print and send professional looking documents to your clients and companies.
• Personal Auto Coverages and Options (Enhanced)
  ACV Rating, Comprehensive-Only Coverage, Miscellaneous Vehicles, Excluded Drivers, SR-22...
• Homeowners Coverages and Options (Enhanced)
  Watercraft, Recreational Vehicles, Personal Umbrella...
• Mobile Homeowners Rating (New)
  A separate line of business document for those companies that offer stand-alone Mobile Homeowners policies.
• Boatowners Rating (New)
  A separate line of business document for those companies that offer stand-alone Boatowners policies.
• Residential Estimate (New)
  Integrated Marshall & Swift Residential Estimation Software.
• Insurance Score Services (Enhanced)
  Insurance Score Services have been enhanced to provide estimation services, support for additional connections to Trans Union and Choice Point, and links to iiX and ChoicePoint websites.
• Protection Class Search (New)
  Use the location search to find territories and protection class codes for a given location.
• AL3 Import Capability (New)
  Import a quote into ACS2000 from an ACORD Level III (AL3) file or round-trip a quote from an agency management system that uses the AL3 file format (AMS, DORIS, Eclipse, InStar, SEMCI Partner), to ACS2000 and back again.
• AMS Management System Bridges (New)
  Export a quote to AMS or round-trip a quote from AMS, to ACS2000 and back again.
• DORIS Management System Bridge (New)
  Round-trip a quote from DORIS, to ACS2000 and back again.
• Eclipse Management System Bridge (Enhanced)
  Export a quote to Eclipse or round-trip a quote from Eclipse, to ACS2000 and back again.
• InStar Management System Bridge (Enhanced)
  Export a quote to InStar or round-trip a quote from InStar, to ACS2000 and back again.
• SEMCI Partner Management System Bridge (New)
  Round-trip a quote from SEMCI Partner, to ACS2000 and back again.
• Error Recovery and Reporting (New)
  ACS2000 5.0 auto-saves the documents you are working on. In the event of a program error, simply restart ACS2000 and your quoting session should be restored. ACS2000 will also prompt you to automatically print or send an error report directly to ACS Support Services. Error information can be used to correct problems and provide workarounds.
• Single Document Interface (New)
  ACS2000 uses a single document interface (SDI), in which each document occupies its own window. Having each document in a separate window with a taskbar icon for each document makes navigation easier. You can also opt for a single ACS2000 program icon to appear in the taskbar, and use the Window menu to switch between open documents.
  
  ACS2000 also supports the old multiple document interface (MDI), in which each document is a separate window within the ACS2000 program window. Some users found the Window menu in earlier versions to be counter-intuitive. Documents became "lost" behind other open documents, and document window management was confusing to use.

System Requirements