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MODIFY TRANSACTIONS
-------------------
Upon selecting this function, you are asked which transactions are to
be displayed: those in an account (you select account from menu), those
found in a previously conducted search, or all transactions.
To modify a transaction, move the highlight bar to the transaction in
question and press <F1>. Modifying the transaction itself is the same as
entering a transaction. Press <F1> when finished and the transaction will
be stored. If changes are made that affect account balances, the program
will ask if you desire the balances of the affected accounts brought
forward. This process does not take long (a few seconds).
RECONCILE ACCOUNTS
------------------
You are asked which transactions are to be displayed. The display of
transactions will not include the transaction entry form or the budget
categories (the display is similar to a check register). A list of the
specified transactions is displayed beginning with the first one found (as
opposed to the Modify Transaction display which starts with the last
transaction). Use the SPACE BAR to toggle the clearance status of a
highlighted transaction. Upon completion press <F1>. A list of checking
accounts is displayed (only checking accounts can be reconciled although the
clearance status of any transaction can be specified and should be). Select
the appropriate account and enter the ending balance from the statement.
The program will inform you whether the account is in balance and display
the difference.
AUTOMATIC TRANSACTIONS
----------------------
You can create 12 transactions for use while entering transactions --
sort of filling out the forms ahead of time.
For example, your paycheck and deductions may not vary much from pay
period to pay period. You could fill out one form with the gross income
including the account to which you normally credit it and category
information and another form with the deductions. During transaction entry
simply press <F4> and the transaction entry form is filled out for you with
the information you entered here.
TRANSACTION REPORTS
-------------------
This will lead to another menu containing 4 selections:
Transactions List
Transactions by Category
Check Writing
Return to Transactions Menu
You can direct output to screen, disk or printer.
Output sent to a disk will be stored as a sequential PETASCII file
under the name you enter. With most word processors you can load this file
and edit it to suit your own needs.
SEARCH TRANSACTIONS
-------------------
You enter upper and/or lower limits for any or all fields in a
transaction. Categories can be thought of as sequential for search
functions with the first subcategory of the first category being 1, the
first subcategory of the second category being 11, and so on. If any
transactions meet the search criteria, they are saved to disk as
TRANS.SEARCH and can be viewed through Modify Transactions, Reconcile
Accounts, or Transaction Reports functions.
BALANCE FORWARD
---------------
The balance of each account will be brought forward.
TRANSACTION UTILITIES
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This leads to a menu consisting of the following choices:
Description List
Modify Category Titles
Verify Transaction File
Establish Accounts
Backup Transaction File
Load Transaction File
Transfer Transaction File
Initialize Transaction File
Return to Transactions Menu
DESCRIPTION LIST
----------------
You may modify the list of payees available during Description entry in
a transaction entry or modification.
MODIFY CATEGORY TITLES
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You may modify categories and subcategories. This file is stored to
the program drive.
VERIFY TRANSACTION FILE
-----------------------
The transaction file is compared to the file on disk and the result
sent to you as either an error message or a message indicating that the two
match.
ESTABLISH ACCOUNTS
------------------
You establish, modify and delete transaction accounts in this function.
The following fields are stored with the transaction file itself: account
code, type of account, description, and sequence number. The description
field appears with the account code in all menus listing the accounts. The
remaining information is stored in a separate file called ACCT.INFO and is
not critical to program operation.
BACKUP TRANSACTION FILE
-----------------------
You can backup the transaction file to another disk and mark the disk
accordingly. The program assumes the backup disk is already in the drive
when this function is initiated; however, a warning will be issued if the
program finds another transaction file on the disk, allowing you to abort
before writing to disk. After backup the program restores the original file
information and expects the original disk in the drive.
LOAD TRANSACTION FILE
---------------------
A transaction file is loaded from the data disk.
TRANSFER TRANSACTION FILE
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This function allows outstanding transaction to be transferred to a new
transaction file. This function should normally be used when the
transaction file nears its 1000 transaction limit. A maximum of 125
outstanding transactions can be transferred. All transactions, regardless
of whether they are cash, credit, or checking are transferred. The
recommended procedure for this is:
1. Backup transaction file to another disk.
2. Run the Transfer function on the original disk. The
transactions that will be transferred are labeled as such and all
information on those transactions is erased.
3. When prompted for a disk, insert a third disk (don't use the
backup, if there is a power failure, for example, the
transactions to be transferred would be irretrievably lost at
this point). The transferred balances and transactions will be
written to this disk. When the process is completed, the backup
is no longer required. The original disk now contains only
reconciled transactions and the disk with the transferred file
contains reconciled beginning balances for each account and the
unreconciled transactions. (This process is required since it is
quite conceivable to have category information for one calendar
year in two different transaction files.)
INITIALIZE TRANSACTION FILE
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Create a new, blank transaction file.
CHECK WRITING
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This will lead to another menu containing 5 functions:
Print Checks
Payer Information
Check Format
Check Stub Format
Return to Reports Menu
Upon entering this function, the program will load 2 files from the
program drive: CHECK.DATA and CHECK.DATA1. If these files cannot be loaded
you cannot access the check writing menu.
PRINT CHECKS
------------
Outputs checks and stubs to printer. During printing, the output will
be displayed on the screen. If the PAYEE has been specified on the CHECK
FORMAT function, the cursor will appear and the user can enter more detailed
information prior to printing the check.
PAYER INFORMATION
-----------------
Define the payer information that you want placed on the check. This
information is 30 columns wide by 5 rows. Pressing <ESC> will leave the
changes intact but not save them to disk for future use. <F1> saves the
changes to disk.
CHECK FORMAT
------------
Define the check. There are 9 parameters:
Size - the overall size of the check in terms of printer rows and
columns (maximum is 22x80). A zero in either the row or column field
indicates that no check is to be printed.
For the remaining entries a zero in either the row or column field
indicates that the item is not to be printed. Any non-zero numbers
cate the starting row and the column for that item on the check.
Starting rows and columns cannot be outside the check size.
Additionally, the payee column cannot start past 50 regard