Desktop Dozen
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

What are the system requirements for running Desktop Dozen?

You'll need a screen display of at least 800 x 600 pixels and at least 16-bit (65,535) color. Almost all computers made since 1996 meet those standards.

Is there a Macintosh version of Desktop Dozen?

Also, Desktop Dozen will not run on a Macintosh using the Windows emulator software Virtual PC.

I already have a trial version of Desktop Dozen, and I'm ready to buy it. What should I do?

I want to buy Desktop Dozen but I don't want to download it. What can I do?

Can you explain in more detail my options for ordering Desktop Dozen?

My company wants to purchase Desktop Dozen for all of our employees. Do you offer quantity discounts?

Can I download just five or six of the tools, or do I need to download all 12 of them?

However, when you run the setup program, you can pick and choose which of the tools that you want installed on your computer.

(Note: No matter how many of the 12 tools you install, the price remains the same.) 

What is new in version 5.00?

• Added about 3,500 new domestic and international postage rates that take effect May 12, 2008.
• Removed Micronesia and Marshall Islands from the list of international postage destinations. They are now
  considered US domestic addresses.
• Added the new division of international first class services into separate Letter, Large Envelope, and Package rates.
• Area code and zip code data updated.

What is new in version 4.03?

• Corrected the flat-rate box rate in the Postage Calculator.
• Area code and zip code data updated.

What is new in version 4.02?

• Added Priority Mail Dimensional Weight Rate to the Postage Calculator.
• Revised the Postage Calculator in response to new country weight limits for Express Mail International service.
• Area code and zip code data updated.

What is new in version 4.01?

• Added domestic Priority Mail Flat Box rate to Postage Calculator.
• Fixed bug on the States Abbreviations tool that would cause it to crash under certain circumstances.
• Area code and zip code data updated.

What is new in version 4.00?

• Added Microsoft Vista compatibility.

To accommodate May 14, 2007 domestic postage changes, made
these changes:

• Added new First Class Letter/Postcard service
• Added new First Class Flats service
• Added new First Class Packages service
• Revised Priority Mail rates
• Revised Express Mail rates
• Revised Media Mail rates
• Revised Parcel Post rates

To accommodate May 14, 2007 international postage changes, 
made these changes:

• Added Global Express Guaranteed service.
• Added Express Mail International service.
• Added Priority Mail International service.
• Added First-Class Mail International service.
• Removed Global Express Guaranteed Documents service.
• Removed Global Express Guaranteed Non-Document service.
• Removed Global Express Mail service.
• Removed Airmail Parcel Post service.
• Removed Global Priority Mail service.
• Removed Airmail Letter Post service.
• Revised Postcard International rates.
  
• Fixed problem with clicking multiple states on the
  State Abbreviations tool's map.
• Recompiled help file in newer format.
• Area code and zip code data updated.
  

What is new in version 3.00?

• Included increased domestic and international postage rates taking effect January 8, 2006.
• Updated maximum package weight limits for many countries.
• Fixed a bug that showed an error message if you tried to calculate postage for Express Mail service and had no destination zip code entered.
• Area code and zip code data updated.

What is new in version 2.82?

• Fixed overflow error that would occur in Printing Calculator if you subtracted a series of decimal numbers down to zero.
• Fixed problem with logic of Printing Calculator's memory buttons.
• Fixed alignment of buttons on Time Calculator.
• Fixed bug in Astronomy Calculator for calculating events in the years around 2012.
• Updated Postage Calculator with new maximum weights for Parcel Post packages to Saudi Arabia and Serbia-Montenegro.
• Added Global Express Guaranteed Document service to Iraq.
• Area code and zip code data updated.

What is new in version 2.81?

• Updated Postage Calculator with new maximum weights for Global Express Mail packages to Greece and Ireland.
• Increased maximum weight for Airmail Parcel Post service to Japan.
• Matching USPS changes, removed Express Mail 2-day service to Guam, Palau, Federated States of Micronesia, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Marshall Islands, and American Samoa.
• Area code and zip code data updated.

What is new in version 2.8?

• Media Mail rates added to Postage Calculator. Media Mail is used to ship Books, CDs, DVDs, Videotapes, etc.
• Area code and zip code data updated.

What is new in version 2.71?

• Area code and zip code data updated.

What is new in version 2.7?

• Area code and zip code data updated.

What is new in version 2.6?

• New postage rates (that went into effect on June 30, 2002) were added to the Postage Calculator.
• Area code and zip code data updated.

What is new in version 2.5?

• Fixed a typo on the startup screen.
• Fixed a problem with unnecessary log files being created.
• Matching USPS changes, increased the maximum weight for Global Express Mail and Air Parcel Post to several countries.
• Area code and zip code data updated.

What is new in version 2.4?

• Fixed some bugs in Time Calculator that would display an error if you entered a colon (:) and a number after pressing the CE (Clear Entry) button or seeing a "Negative Number" or "Divide by Zero" warning.
• Added Scotland as its own listing in the Postage  Calculator (same rates as Great Britain).
• When the Postage Calculator is started, the cursor's focus is now in the Ounces field by default.
• Postage Calculator' Global Express Mail maximum weight parcel to Belarus changed.
• Removed a few harmless messages that appeared when you changed the Alarm Clock's interface from shaped screen to standard screen (accidentally introduced in v. 2.3).
• Area code and zip code data have been updated.

What is new in version 2.3?

• Correction to postcard rate in Postage Calculator.
• Added a workaround for computers that could not display the Astronomy Calculator as a shaped window.
• Area code and zip code data have been updated.

What is new in version 2.2?

• Corrections to Global Priority Mail country assignments after the USPS finally released the information.

• Area code and zip code data have been updated.

What is new in version 2.1?

• New postage rates from July 1, 2001 were added to the Postage Calculator.

• Fixed a bug in the Astronomy Calculator that prevented the 'today' and 'tomorrow' sun labels from appearing after switching from the shaped style to the standard Windows display.

• The database engine has been updated.

• Area code and zip code data have been updated.

What is new in version 2.0?

• Desktop Dozen can be used now on computer systems that have their default font size set to larger than normal.

• For all of the tools, added the option to view their main window in the standard Windows format, as well as in the original Desktop Dozen "shaped" style.

• In all of the tools, added the option on the main shaped window to see minimize and close buttons.

• In all of the tools, added the option to see a "menu" button on the main shaped window. When pressed, the pop-up menu appears.
  In the Astronomy Calculator, if you select a location by zip code, the city name now appears automatically at the top of the main screen.

• In the Astronomy Calculator, changed the moon graphic so that the different lunar phases are easier to see.

• In the Area Code Finder and Zip Code Finder tools, city and state names are now shown in upper/lower case rather than all lower case.

• In the Postage Calculator, you can calculate rates immediately after choosing a country in the country list by pressing the Enter key.

• When using the Printing Calculator and Time Calculator in the standard Windows format display, you can now choose whether to display the calculator buttons. Also, you can resize their "tape" displays to any height, which will be remembered and restored the next time you start the tools.

• In the Alarm Clock, fixed a bug that would not allow alarms to be set to 12:00 am.

• In the Alarm Clock, fixed a bug that would not save changes to Alarm checkboxes if the changes were made on the main Alarm Clock screen.

• Updated the area code, zip code database.

I already have an earlier version of Desktop Dozen. How can I update it to version 5.00?

If you have version 4 or below

The cost to upgrade from Desktop Dozen v.4 or earlier to v.5 is $9.95.

You can order your v.5 upgrade license by clicking here.

Note: Do not run the v.5 setup file until you have received your new v.5 registration key.

If you already bought a version 5 license

Download and run this setup file: SetupD12d.exe