A Network Upgrade allows your organization to run PastPerfect on multiple computers, allowing simultaneous data entry and access to your PastPerfect records.  Having multiple people work in the program at the same time speeds up the labor intensive data entry process.  Since all changes are made to a single dataset, they can be seen immediately by other users.

With PastPerfect’s Network Upgrades, you only purchase the licensing level you need.  We sell Network Upgrades by groups of installations.  Purchase of the Network Upgrade 2-5 Users gives your organization the license to install the program on up to five computers with simultaneous access.  As a single user purchasing the 2-5 User license, you can install the program on five computers for less than $500, and spread the huge jobs of collections cataloging and contacts management among multiple staff and volunteers.  PastPerfect Software offers Network Upgrades for larger networks too. 

Please visit our website for pricing and additional information www.museumsoftware.com/network.shtml.  If you have any questions about how the Network Upgrade might help your institution, please do not hesitate to contact us toll free at 1-800-562-6080 or by emailing sales@museumsoftware.com.

1. Click on the “Reports” button from the Main Menu of PastPerfect.
2. Select the “System” button on the left hand side.   
3. The “Records Added by User” report will be a little over halfway down the list of reports in the middle of the screen.  Select the report name and then click on the “Run Report” button.
4. Enter the date range you would like to use for the report.

1. Find the record containing the image to be watermarked.
2. Click on the “Image Management” button, located below the thumbnail of the image.
3. Click on the “Watermark” button in the lower right corner of the Image Management screen.  
4. Click on the “Setup Watermark” button.
5. The “Text shade” combo box contains two choices: grey or white.  This will provide the color base for your text watermark.
6. “Visibility %” allows you to adjust the intensity of the watermark, using the up/down arrows.  Because the watermark is based on shading, even if the percentage is at 100, you may need to apply the watermark a few times, before it is at the desired opacity.
7. The “Font” combo box allows you to choose between Arial or Times New Roman.
8. “Bold” and “Italic” are check boxes.  Placing a check in the box will apply that style to the watermark.
9. If you wish to do so, you may enter custom location coordinates for your watermark.  It should be noted that x2 and y2 must be greater than x1 and y1 and “Location of Watermark” on the Watermark screen must be set to “Custom.”
10. The “Text of Watermark” field can contain a maximum of 125 characters.  The height of the letters will typically depend on the number of characters used as well as the width of the area to which the watermark is applied.
11. The “Remove spaces before and after text” check box will remove any extra spaces surrounding the text.  Due to the fact that the height of the letters is partially dependant upon the number of characters in the “Text of Watermark” field, the removal of spaces before and after the text can result in a larger watermark.
12. When you have set up your watermark, please click on the “Exit” button to return to the Watermark screen.
13. Next, please choose the location of the watermark using the combo box in the middle of the Watermark screen.  Remember, if you wish to use the custom coordinates entered on the Setup Watermark screen, “Location of Watermark” should be set to “Custom.”  Also, the height of the text will be affected by the area allotted for the location of the watermark.
14. To preview your watermark settings, please click on the “Apply Watermark” button.  You may need to click on this button several times before the watermark is at the desired opacity.  The more you click on the “Apply Watermark” button, the more opaque the text will become.  
15. Click on the “Cancel” button at the bottom of the Watermark screen, if you do not like the appearance of your watermark and wish to remove it.
16. If, following step 14, you are happy with the appearance of your watermark, please click on the “Exit” button.  
17. Then click on the red “Save” button on the right, central area of your Image Management screen.  Once you save the image, you cannot remove the watermark.
18. Click on the “OK” button when you receive the PastPerfect Message “Image replaced with modified image.”

Creating a Backup to Your Hard Drive and to CD or DVD

Updating your PastPerfect Program

Function Key Setup

Customizing and Using the Browse Screen

How to Set Up Security

Active vs. Inactive Memberships

Add Options-Fill with Blank, Current or Default Data