GIMME A 6-4-1, MACK!
No, it's not a baseball play on the radio or waitress slang for a burger and fries at the local diner. A 6-4-1 in Master Builder speak is a change order. Builders who use Master Builder fly around the program with a few numbered keystrokes, and that's why making numerous changes to such a familiar tool would not be a very good idea. Luckily, Intuit has managed to introduce some useful new user-requested features to Master Builder 10 without taking existing users out of their comfort zones.
Master Builder 10 is integrated accounting/ construction management software built around a single FoxPro database. The core product includes accounting, project management, scheduling, and equipment management. Add-on modules include: estimating, service receivables, inventory, and document control. There are dozens of stock reports in each financial and operational area as well as a custom report writer/form designer. Users can also craft more complicated reports using a third-party product such as Crystal Reports.
Master Builder's interface resembles a cross between the Windows Explorer file structure and Desktop. Available modules and features are in a numbered list along the left, and users tailor the rest of the interface to meet their needs by adding shortcuts to often-used reports and input screens. User input windows and dialog boxes are a bit of a throwback to Windows 3.1 days and still don't quite follow Microsoft Windows conventions.
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