Case Study: Is your vision a 100%?

Perfect Vision Saves up to $30,000 a Year by Eliminating Downtime

Laser surgery is an increasingly popular treatment for common eye problems. This makes Perfect Vision Laser Correction’s two clinics very busy. With surgery days booked out months in advance, the last thing the firm needed was an IT environment that couldn’t cope with the required workload. Problem was, that’s exactly what it had. Its server crashed on a frighteningly regular basis, causing enormous amounts of downtime and disruption.

Perfect Vision engaged Microsoft® Partner and Small Business Specialist Alexanders IT to install Microsoft Windows® Small Business Server 2003. Alexanders also configured Windows Server™ 2003 Terminal Services to provide remote access for staff and allow information-sharing between the clinics. Installing a business-grade ADSL line between the two sites further improved communications. Since the implementation, Perfect Vision has achieved uptime of 99.96%, increased staff efficiency, and improved customer service.

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Technology Assessment

The first step in utilising information technology is to know and understand the available options and to assess their appropriateness to your own business circumstance. This is where Alexanders IT can help.

We are offering our clients a free IT systems audit to assess the technology opportunities available to your business. Our specialist will visit your premises and give you a detailed assessment of your current situation and recommend the technology that will improve your efficiency and profitability.

Consider this assessment as the equivalent of audit in accounting – no matter how good your accounting practices are, there is no substitute for a regular reviews and audit.

To find out more about this complimentary assessment that is obligation free please call reception on (02) 9438 3233 or email George Doubinski.

Tips & Tricks

Save time and effort: Format an item in one step

Office programs offer a quick way to copy formatting from one item — such as text in Word, a cell in Excel, a control in Access, or a shape in Publisher — to another. It's called the Format Painter , and it might be the most helpful toolbar button you've never used.

To copy formatting

1. Do one of the following:
   • To copy both paragraph attributes (such as alignment, indentation, and so on) and character attributes (such as font and font effects), select the text whose formatting you want to copy plus the paragraph mark that follows the text.
   • To copy only character attributes, select the text without selecting the paragraph mark.
2. On the Standard toolbar, click Format Painter icon .
3. Select the text you want to apply the formatting to. The text takes on the new formatting.

If you want to apply the same formatting to more than one item, select the formatting you want, double-click Format Painter icon , and then select each word, phrase, or paragraph you want to apply formatting to. When you're finished, press ESC.

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