Wild Man Software announces the new Exact Change Classifieds web service

Looking to buy, sell or trade coins?  Post a free ad in the Exact Change classifieds!  Post as many ads as you wish.  When we say "free", we mean "free"; there are no seller fees or signup fees; there's no form that asks for a credit card number, period.  Post a separate ad for every coin you have for sale if you'd like. It's our hope that the classifieds will accumulate enough ads to prove itself a useful forum for coin collectors who want to buy and sell without ridiculous auction fees.

We anticipate that the classifieds will be a bit barren until word gets out, so please don't hesitate to post your own ads today!  Your item doesn't have to be a great rarity; this is a great opportunity to post an ad for a coin worth 50¢ for which it wouldn't be worth paying auction fees.

Wild Man Software has incredible offers on a variety of Krause Publications DVDs

Wild man Software has purchased thousands of DVDs from Krause Publications in order to provide a variety of titles at lower prices than we could find anywhere on the web.  We even managed to come up with a small handful of the  2008 3 DVD sets that sold out in January.  Because quantities of the 3 DVD set are so limited, we're offering them only to new and current Exact Change users.  We also have Krause DVD catalogs for the years 1600 through 2000 as well as other price guilds and we'll have even more titles available in the near future. Silver Fever is a fascinating look at the history of the Carson City Mint and, at less than five bucks, it makes a great gift idea or an ideal addition to your coin show offerings.  Be sure to tell your friends about these great deals; by purchasing in massive quantities we were able to offer you extraordinary savings!

There is a new program update available via Exact Change's Live Update feature.
This update reflects our emphasis on feedback we've received from Exact change users; it incorporates quite a number of really good ideas we've received from you.  As always, we're more than happy to hear your thoughts and ideas about Exact Change.  There are now more than 21,000 images in the Exact Change library. If you have a coin that we have not imaged, or if you have a coin that's nicer than one we've imaged, we'd sure like to hear from you!

Sew in price lists

When an update includes changes to one or more price lists, those changes are now incorporated into your existing price list, rather than overwriting your current price lists.  This allows you to make any changes you wish to the price list and download price list updates from Wild Man Software.  When a price list update is downloaded as part of an update, Exact Change will automatically load in the changes, you can then choose to save the changes or discard them if you wish.  Once you download the update, you'll notice that Exact Change shows that the price list has been modified; if you exit the program, Exact Change will tell you that the price list has been modified and ask you if you wish to save the changes.  What's happening there is that the new version has noticed that there is a price list update for US Coins and US commemoratives and it's sewn the changes into your price list.

The "Save Coins" option now defaults to the "My Documents" directory.

When saving a new collection or opening an existing collection, Exact Change will default to looking in the "My Documents" directory rather than the Exact Change directory.  This is a minor change but it's an important to note because you may have to navigate to the correct directory to open your existing collection the first time after the update (or select your collection file from the drop-down box).

"Date purchased" is no longer a required field

Previously, the "Date purchased" box on the coins page defaulted to today and required some date.  You can now leave the date purchased box blank if you wish.

Changes to the "Email Wild Man Software" feature

When you utilize the "Email Wild Man Software" feature, you'll now have the option of attaching the most recently saved copy of your current collection file to the email.  Of course, the program will never send this file unless you specifically instruct to, but this option was added to simplify this process for users who wish to send the file to technical support for any reason.

Changes to the eBook feature

The eBook feature is now visible all the time if there are any PDF files in your Exact Change directory. Each eBook is listed even if the currently selected series is not included in that eBook. The advantage is that you can reference any catalog at any time. The page number allows you to skip easily to any page of any catalog.  Catalogs that do not reference the currently selected series are right-justified.  This provides easy access to your entire library while providing the ability to skip directly to any references to the currently selected series.

Changes to the report engine and report editor

The report editor has been updated with many new fields, providing greater flexibility when creating custom reports.  There are now 140 fields related to each price list entry, 146 fields related to each coin, and 87 fields related to each series.  For example, when you create a report that lists coins in your collection, there are 146 bits of information about each coin that can be included on the report.  There is a new version of the report editor manual; it covers all the changes and is available here.

User defined fields in Exact Change can now be included in reports created with the report editor.  Any user-defined field can be used just like the pre-defined fields.  Since Exact Change provides the ability to create an unlimited number of user-defined fields, there's no limit to what you can add to your reports.

The report editor now includes a chart component so that you can add custom graphs to your reports;  just specify what information you want to graph!  The update includes several new reports that utilize this feature.

Even if you're not inclined to ever create your own custom reports, these advances in the report editor enable us to respond more effectively if you email us regarding a special reporting need.

User defined keyboard shortcuts

Under "Options" in the Help menu is a new feature titled "Menu shortcuts" which provides you with the ability to designate keyboard shortcuts to any Exact Change menu option.  For example, if you regularly utilize the bullion values calculator you could choose to create a shortcut so that when you press Atl-B, the bullion calculator appears.  Rather than implementing the shortcuts that make sense to us, Exact Change lets you decide what keyboard shortcuts you'd like to use.  Of course, you don't have to define keyboard shortcuts if you choose not to.

Modified data import routine

The data import routine, used for importing collection data from other programs, now runs through the data significantly faster while presenting less processor load on your machine.  There is a new version of the conversion program for former CoinManage users who want to convert their collection to Exact Change. CoinManage is copyright by Liberty Street Software who is not affiliated with the conversion routine, Exact Change, or Wild Man Software.

Automatic collection archive

Exact Change now saves a archive copy of your collection file every time you save your data, one copy for each of the last five days on which you used Exact Change.  Note that this feature is included as a hedge for users who don't do backups, not a replacement for your own backup process.  The archived copies of your data are stored on the same drive that Exact Change is installed on, so an errant asteroid could still take out your collection file and the archived copies.  It's always a good idea to keep a copy of your collection file in a safe place, away from the computer!.