You do not need to change the defaults for First
Row, Last Row, Separators and Qualifiers. Click the OK
button on the Order Import
Settings dialog. It will close and the import will be added to the Process
Orders action.
Select the import from the grid in the upper half
of the screen by clicking on it (it will highlight in blue), then click the Import button. Note:
This process may take a few seconds or several minutes depending on
the size of your file.

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The Imported Grid in the lower half of the
screen will display a listing of all the orders imported. You
can manually change any of the white fields by simply clicking on them
and typing the new information.

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Click the
button. If an
imported customer already has an account in Mailware only the order
will be added. This prevents the addition of duplicate customer
accounts.
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Click the
button to enter the
imported orders into Mailware's order database. Note: This may
take a few seconds or several minutes depending on the size of your
file.
Upon completion of the Process step a message will
appear with the batch number for this import. You may wish to record
this information for future reference. The batch number is visible for
each order in the message window (next to the shipping address) on the
order screen.
The Imported Grid in the lower half of the screen will
now display the imported orders. The status of each will be displayed
in the gray fields. If an error occurred a Message explaining it will
appear in the Message field. You can double click an error to view it
in its entirety.

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You may, if you wish, select
any item in the imported grid and click the
or
button to go directly to the Customer or
Order screen for that entry.
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Because the orders were imported they will be
shown as Backordered. This prevents importing of committed orders
for which you do not have enough stock. You can use the Process Orders
action to automatically fill backorders then proceed to the process payments, print invoices and ship
items tabs.
Click the Fill Backorders tab on the Process Orders Action.

In the bottom left corner of the Fill Backorders
screen click the
button.
This will populate the screen with your imported orders (and any
existing backorders you may have).

You can deselect any orders for which you do not
wish to fill backorders by double clicking the Process checkbox
for that line. When you are ready, click the
button. Orders that can be filled (based on the In Stock
quantities for items ordered) will show a check in both the Complete
and Updated checkboxes. Orders that cannot be filled at
this time will show a check only in the Complete checkbox. You can
fill these later by increasing your In Stock quantities for
products and rerunning the Fill Backorders step.
At this point your orders are committed (product
stock levels have been decreased by the number of items ordered).
You can now Process Payments by clicking the Process Payments tab.

IMPORTANT NOTE: The Process Payments screen uses your
connection with a supported third-party credit card approval
package (PCCharge, PCAuthorize, ICVerify or AuthorizeNet). For
purposes of this tutorial we will manually approve a few orders.
In the bottom left corner of the Process Payments
screen click the
button.
This will populate the screen with only the orders that include
unapproved credit card purchases.
At this point you would normally click the
Authorize button. Because this tutorial assumes you have not set
up a third-party software package to approve credit cards we will
perform the approvals manually.
Click the first order in the grid to select it. Then click the
button to open the order.

The Order screen will open to the selected order.
Click the Payment tab in the bottom left corner of the Order
screen to display payment information.

In the Amount field enter the amount of the order
(you can find the order amount in the Total field to the right of
the Payment tab as illustrated below).

In the Approval # field enter any number (e.g.,
123).

Click the
button to open the following pulldown menu and select Save
Payment.

Save the order by clicking the
button in the top right corner of the screen. The order screen
will close.
Note: If you have Build 67 or higher of Mailware you can
just click
on the order to
save the payment and the order together. You can check your build
number by clicking Help>About on the text menu. You can
download the latest version on our updates
page.
Repeat steps 21-26 for any remaining orders. Please
note when you purchase Mailware you have other options for
automatically applying payments including automatic authorization
directly from the Process Payments screen and/or acceptance of
approval codes provided by pre-payment on your web site.
At this point orders are committed and payments
are applied. You can now print invoices for these orders. Click
the Invoicing tab.

In the bottom left corner of the Invoicing screen
click the
button. This
will populate the screen with the orders that include approved
purchases.
You can print invoices for all the orders in the
list by adding your report(s) to the Print button. The tutorial
does not include any invoices so we will skip the printing
process. To continue click the
button. This marks these orders as printed, and changes their
status to Filled. The Complete and Updated boxes
will be checked to show this is complete.
Click the Shipping tab to complete the process.

In the bottom left corner of the Shipping screen
click the
button. This
will populate the screen with the orders that are ready to ship.
You can print shipping labels, or an export report
for items to be shipped (Mailware also supports UPS WorldShip and
FedEx Powership). Again, this tutorial does not include these
reports. When you purchase Mailware you can add reports to the
Print button.
To complete the orders click the
button. This marks these orders as shipped.
You have completed Process Orders. This action can be
used for orders you import from other sources as well as orders you
input manually. You can run it as many times a day as you wish, and
only the incomplete orders will appear under each tab.
Advanced Tip: You can change the fields into
which your fields are imported, translate fields (e.g., US in your
source file to United States when it is imported) and Preview your
results before importing using the Order Import setting tabs we opened
in Step 4. This is useful for modifying an import or creating your own
for other files sources (e.g., other web sites, call centers etc.).