Issue 6/2006
Exciting New Features!
For Sale
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First Class Training
Issue 5/2006
Product Releases
For Sale
Semester 2 Audit
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First Class and Outlook
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First Class Training
Issue 4/2006
Product Releases
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One Last Chance!
Development plans for First Class
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First Class Training
Issue 3/2006
Product Releases
Sneak Preview!
Did You Know?
First Class Training
Issue 2/2006
Product Releases
New Features!
Did You Know?
Sneak Preview!
First Class Training
Issue 1/2006
Significant New Feature!
Product Release
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Disclaimer
First Class Training
Issue 15/2005
Christmas Break
Electronic Roll Marking
Product Development
Product Release
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First Class Training
Issue 14/2005
Electronic Roll Marking
Product Development
Did You Know?
First Class Training
Issue 13/2005
Electronic Roll Marking
Product Development
Did You Know?
First Class Training
Issue 12/2005
Forthcoming Events
News on First Class and Outcomes in China
Product Development
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First Class Training
Issue 11/2005
Forthcoming Events
Product Development
Product Release
Did You Know?
First Class Training
Issue 10/2005
A+ and First Class Web database setup Support
Forthcoming Events
Product Development
Product Release
Latest Release
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First Class Training
Issue 9/2005
Current Release
Product Development
Did You Know?
Job Opportunities at Human Edge
First Class Training
Issue 8/2005
Due in the next Release
A+ Electronic Roll Marking (including SMS)
SAS2000 Integration
First Class Training
Issue 7/2005
A+ Electronic Roll Marking (including SMS)
First Class Training
Issue 6/2005
A+ Electronic Roll Marking (including SMS)
Product development
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First Class Training
Issue 5/2005
A+ Electronic Roll Marking (including SMS)
Product development
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First Class Training
Issue 4/2005
Product release
Boronia Heights College - an A+ user making news!
Product development
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First Class Training
Issue 3/2005
First Class Development
Electronic Roll Marking - A+ Development
Downloading First Class, First Class Web and A+
First Class Training
Issue 2/2005
First Class Development
A+
A+ Development
First Class Training
Issue 1/2005
First Class Hints and Tips
A+
First Class Training
Issue 9/2004
First Class Release
First Class Hints and Tips
Sending First Class databases
First Class Training
A+......a First Class solution for attendance recording
First Class Web
Issue 8/2004
A+...a First Class solution for attendance recording
First Class Web
First Class Hints and Tips
First Class Training
Issue 7/2004
Hints and Tips
First Class Training
Issue 6/2004
A reminder...
A+ News
A+ Demonstration at Northcote High School proves popular
First Class Training
Issue 5/2004
First Class on show at NSW Deputy Principals Conference
A+ News
Recent developments in A+
Future developments
More Information on A+
First Class Training
Issue 4/2004
Hints and Tips
...How can I import blocking data?
First Class Training
Issue 57
Hints and Tips
...How can I print a timetable for Emergency (Relief) teachers?
First Class Training
Issue 56
New Release of First Class
A+ Release - Roll Marking
Free Trial of A+
First Class Training
Hints and tips
...How do I replace a teacher?
Issue 54
2004 Development to Date
Attendance Package Available Soon
2003 in Review
Hints and Tips
...What do the checkboxes next to items in the tree-view in the timetable browser mean?
...How do I set default timetable print options?
...Training course enrollment online
Issue 53
Upcoming Features in First Class
Did You Know?
Issue 52
Did You Know?
...How to see unavailable teachers on the Available Teachers pane in Extras
...How to set groups of forms to print as Master timetables
Issue 51
Did You Know?
...Why the left pane of the Extras screen shows periods where teachers have no classes, and how to suppress this part of the display?
Issue 50
Did You Know?
Issue 49
Date Set for Next Release of First Class
First Class Developer Kit
Melbourne Training Course
Did You Know?
Issue 48
A Sneak Preview of the Next Release of First Class
Did You Know?
...that you can create a new allocation from within the timetable?
Issue 47
Welcome To Our New First Class Schools
Did You Know?
...that you can run some exports from our website?
Issue 46
Keeping Your Computer Safe
Future Developments in First Class
Sydney Training Course
Did You Know?
...about our online user forum?
...Why is it better to post questions here rather than asking the Support Centre staff directly by phone or email?
Issue 45
How Do I?
...make the tick boxes in the class list printout look like a grid?
...When I transfer my data via CD I get a Read Only message. How can I fix this?
Issue 44
Melbourne Training Course
Did You Know?
Issue 43
Happy New Year
How Do I?
...refer a subject in a block to more than one item in Blocking grids?
Issue 42
IBM Announces World's Smallest Working Silicon Transistor
Did You Know?
...extract the relevant student data from VASS21 for importing into First Class?
Issue 41
Christmas Break
Remember When...
Did You Know?
...assign classes in blocks to items in the blocking grid?
Issue 40
Access to Upgrade Page
Another Happy FirstClass User!
Last Chance for Training in 2002
Did You Know?
...What the different buttons on the Reports toolbar do?
Issue 39
New Support Number
Did You Know?
Issue 38
How Do I?
...print students’ choices with students listed alphabetically by surname?
...ensure that two blocks appear at the same time on a generated timetable?
Issue 37
Patch for version 308 of First Class
Did You Know?
...Many of the details of an extra can be changed on a period-by-period basis?
Issue 36
A virus that's hard to bear
Did You Know?
...First Class uses some standard Windows shortcuts?
...First Class has a Find function in all reports?
Issue 35
1300 301 931
First Class Training
How Do I?
...make Forms absent after they have finished for the year?
...interpret the data in the Iterative Analysis screen?
Issue 34
Human Edge Support Centre
User Forums
How Do I?
...resolve error messages headed "Insufficient Periods"?
Issue 33
The Changing Face of Hardware
First Class Explorer
First Class Melbourne Training
Did You Know?
How Do I?
...roll students up into their new year levels?
Issue 32
New Website
Download Instructions
How Do I?
...ensure that no extra classes are placed on fixed lines when generating a blocking grid?
...print the students that chose a subject prior to developing a blocking grid?
Issue 31
Explorer - Windows or First Class?
How Do I?
...know if I can use the short version of the upgrade download?
Issue 30
First Class in Terrigal next week!
First Class Booking on the Web
Training Pricing;
How Do I?
...use First Class to ensure that not all teachers in a group are teaching at once?
...A hint on setting up databases for year level co-ordinators, timetablers, daily organizers and general access (Premier license holders only).
Issue 29
By World Standards, We Are Rapid Adopters
How Do I?
...use the Relationship Diagrams to access First Class data?
...print the Daily Summary in colour?
Issue 28
First Class Training Port Macquarie
How Do I?
...use the timetable generator to give each teacher a period off each day?
...use the "End of Year Rollover" to change a student's forms?
Issue 27
Human Edge Committed to Support Centre
First Class Training Port Macquarie
How Do I?
...reduce student clashes
Issue 26
New Training Dates Melbourne
How Do I?
...display available teachers for a particular class without using the period filter?
Issue 25
Have you got the Download Blues?
First Class Sydney Training
New Additions to the Human Edge Family
How Do I?
...quickly edit or enter teachers and rooms in the timetable?
Issue 24	12 July 2002
Stop Press for NSW Government Schools
New Release
How Do I?
...import Blocking data from one database to another? (Premier License holders only)
Issue 23	2 July 2002
First Class Training has been Re-scheduled
Robert Bakker's China Trip Report
Robert Bakker on Leave
How Do I?
...A hint on setting up your subjects
...What are the large up and down arrows on some screens for?
Issue 22
Issue Report
How Do I?
...handle error messages?
Issue 21
Service and Support Announcement
Contingency Planning
How Do I?
...import Rooms from a text file into First Class?
Issue 20
Announcement
Service and Support during Robert Bakker's China Trip
How Do I?
...easily allow for teachers with long term illnesses?
...use the right mouse button context menu to select appropriate checkboxes?
Issue 19
New Human Edge Website
Another First for First Class
Enjoy Wine?
How Do I?
...remember the most important Help topics?
...copy the Blocking grid directly as timetable blocks?
Issue 18
First Class Development
Download Access
New First Class Training Date
How Do I?
...delete the "Missing" year level after I have imported my data into a new database?
Issue 17
First Class Development
How Do I?
...keep subjects taught by the same teacher, or in the same room, apart on the Blocking grid?
...copy the text out of the right-hand pane of the TT Generator?
Issue 16
First Class Training for Northern NSW
Release 245 of First Class
How Do I?
...import combined year levels from First Class 6 into First Class?
Issue 15
Making the Most of the Web
New First Class Training Date
First Class Issue (room truncating)
How Do I?
...use the timetable generator to set up a meeting?
Issue 14
Upgrading your PC
How Do I?
...keep a copy of a timetable open while editing another one?
...use the Filter function in Excel?
Issue 13
Computer Maintenance
New First Class Training Date
How Do I?
...delete allocations from the allocations table?
Issue 12
Backup Procedures
Big Discounts on Office XP Pro for Students
How Do I?
...allow for a part-time teacher on staff who works as an Emergency Teacher on days off?
...know which subjects I should include on the Blocking grid?
Issue 11
Beware - New Virus
Holidays
How Do I?
...print form lists in First Class?
Issue 10
Support & Upgrades (Advantages)
Correction (Training Course Price)
How Do I?
...use the timetable generator to determine a part-time staff member's half-day off?
...use the FILE>OPEN screen to make a backup or copy of my data?
Issue 9
Software Licensing
New Training Date
How Do I?
...use the timetable generator to determine a part-time staff member's day off?
...get rid of the text under the toolbar icons?
Issue 8
Development Update
How Do I?
...save Reports to other programs with the Internet Options Pack?
...merge your extras into a new database?
Issue 7
Training Dates Announcement
Issue 6
First Class Announcement (Web Licence)
Email Hoaxes
How Do I?
...use SHIFT, CTRL and mouse drags to make multiple choices from a list?
...rearrange items in a maintenance screen?
Issue 5
Does Anyone Else Like to Receive this Newsletter?
Virus Detection
How Do I?
...combine year levels in First Class
...add subjects to the blocking grid
Issue 4
HTML Emails
Training Dates
VASS Exporting for Victorian Schools
How Do I?
...make the timetable fit onto one page
Issue 3
Development Plan
Your Comments and Feedback
Employment Opportunity
How Do I?
...prepare for a 10 day timetable
...About viewing and printing timetables
Issue 2
Development Plan
Support & Upgrades Contact Details
How Do I?
...About Drill Down
...export data from a grid to Excel
Issue 1
Communication
Support & Upgrades Contact Details