Go to Help / About Jewel to find your version of Jewel.
If your Conference has provided Jewel to you, go to Help / Check for Updates to download the most recent version of Jewel. If you have purchased Jewel directly, email sales@jewelsda.com, telling us your church name and conference, and that you'd like an update.
Yes. However, if two or more computers are doing the same function, such as entering contributions, then the computer that started the operation must be the one to close/finish the operation.
Yes. If you have no Conference Funds in your Account List (go to Maintenance / Edit Accounts and delete them), then Jewel will skip the remittance check step of the month-end closing.
Yes. However, Jewel is a Windows-based program. So you must install Windows on your Mac, which generally requires a Windows Emulator application.
As much as you need it to! Jewel keeps all data in a compact format, so you can access all data since you started using Jewel. We started in 1999, so some churches now have over 25 years of data accessible at the click of a button!
Yes! You can start a new database at any time (File / Utilities / Create New Database), then switch back and forth by going to File / Open Database. Just pay attention to the church name in the bottom left corner, so you enter the right transactions in the right database! Please remember to be honest and only use Jewel for organizations that have legitimately purchased a copy of Jewel. If your Conference provided your copy, that means you can use it for other Conference churches, or for organizations directly owned by those churches.