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PC - GENERAL LEDGER
USER SUPPORTED SOFTWARE
This program is being distributed under the `FREEWARE' concept
developed by Andrew Fluegelman. The idea is that an individual
or a company using a program and finding it of value will
compensate the author by voluntarily sending him a nominal fee.
You are encouraged to copy this program and give it to others
who may have a use for it. The only restriction is that you do
not change any of the code and that you do not charge anything
for the programs.
If you are using this program and find that it has value, your
contribution of $50 would be appreciated.
Upon receipt of your contribution, you will be become a
registered owner of PC - GENERAL LEDGER. This will entitle you
to a copy of the most recent manual, telephone support, and all
updates and enhancements as they become available.
Gerry Fricke
CHARTER SOFTWARE
P.O. Box 70
Monticello, IL 61856
217-762-7143
PC - GENERAL LEDGER
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Getting Started 1
Initialization 2
Introduction 3
Summary 4
Data Entry 5
Chart of Accounts 6
Add new account 6
Delete account 7
Change account name 7
Print chart of accounts 7
Enter Transactions 8
Cash receipts 9
Check stubs 11
Journal entries 11
Write Checks 12
Transaction Register Printouts 13
Trial Balance Print-out 14
Financial Statements 15
Month or Year End Close 15
Maintenance 16
Page 1
GETTING STARTED
PC - GENERAL LEDGER requires either two double sided floppy
disks or a hard disk system. It will run under either DOS 1.1,
DOS 2.0 or DOS 2.1. The programs will run on the Compaq and
other IBM compatible computers. If you are using a floppy
system the programs are on drive A and the data disk is put in
drive B. The disk for drive B should not have DOS on it so that
maximum space is available.
The first thing to do is to format a disk and put your operating
system on it. Then, transfer everything on the disk you received
to the working disk that you created. The following files and
programs are necessary to make PC - GENERAL LEDGER function
properly and must be on the `A' disk or the hard drive.
GLCTRL.FIL
GLMENU.EXE
GLCHART.EXE
GLENTRY.EXE
GLCHECKS.EXE
GLTRIAL.EXE
GLSTATE.EXE
During the initialization part of the program, the proper files
for the `B' drive are created automatically.
Put the disk you received in a safe place in case that something
happens to your working disk and you have to start over.
If the disk you received has someone else's general ledger data
already on it, the initialization will remove the data and reset
the files properly.
In order to start the program type `GLMENU' at the DOS prompt.
The first thing that you will need to do is to enter the date.
All dates are entered as 6 digits such as 060484. The computer
will automatically format it to read 06-04-84.
After you have entered the date, the main menu appears:
1 = Enter TRANSACTIONS or WRITE CHECKS
2 = Update or Print CHART of Accounts
3 = Print TRIAL BALANCE
4 = Print TRANSACTION Registers
5 = Print FINANCIAL Statements
6 = Month or Year End CLOSE
7 = DATE Change
8 = MAINTENANCE or INITIALIZATION
9 = END of Session
Choose option 8 from this menu.
Page 2
INITIALIZATION
The first thing that you will be asked to do is to type in the
name that you want printed on the various reports.
After that, you have to tailor the programs to your hardware
system. The next menu looks like this:
MONITOR SELECTION:
1 = IBM Monochrome
2 = OTHER Monochrome
3 = COMPOSITE Color
4 = RGB Color
5 = Compaq
DRIVE SELECTION:
6 = 320K Floppy disks
7 = 360K Floppy disks
8 = HARD Drive
9 = INTITIALIZATION
10 = MAIN MENU
You will now need to choose which monitor you are using and
which drive system. After making the selections, select option 9
to finish the initialization process. This final process sets up
the necessary accounts and zeros all of the files so that PC -
GENERAL LEDGER will function properly.
If you have a floppy disk system you will need to have a
formatted disk (without a system on it) ready for drive B.
The procedure is very simple and the instructions on the screen
will take you through the necessary steps. You will only need to
identify which account number and name will be used for the
account that you make your cash deposits to and the account
number and name which you write checks on. They can be either
the same account or different ones.
After the initialization is complete, you will be taken back to
the main menu and you are ready to use PC - GENERAL LEDGER.
Page 3
INTRODUCTION
This program was written by a financial executive with over 25
years of experience in all areas of accounting, finance, taxes,
and general management. The program has all of the controls
necessary to make sure that everything is kept in balance and
that a complete audit trail always exists.
This manual and the programs assume that you have a working
knowledge of bookeeping, know the difference between debits and
credits and know how to prepare and post entries.
Charter Software's PC - GENERAL LEDGER is easy to use and we
have done our best to see that you can't get into trouble.
However, we can't detect typing errors such as `10.00' when you
mean `100.00' or `espense' when you mean `expense'.
The programs do provide two important safeguards:
1. All entries must balance. You will not be able to post
an entry that does not.
2. There is a complete audit trail. Amounts cannot be
posted to the general ledger until the details have been
printed out to the printer.
The general ledger system consist of seven working segments:
CHART OF ACCOUNTS
This enables you to add new accounts to the general ledger and
change the name of an existing account or delete an account.
ENTER TRANSACTIONS
This is the main part of the general ledger package. You can
make entries into the cash receipts journal or the general
journal. You can either print checks on the printer or post
check stubs to the check register.
PRINT RE