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Painless Accounting Companion Table of Contents
I. INSTALLATION........................................ 2
II. MULTIPLE COMPANIES.................................. 2
III. GRAPH............................................... 2
1. Create Graph........................................ 2
2. Edit Graph.......................................... 3
3. Generate Graph...................................... 3
4. Recall Graph........................................ 3
IV. REPORTS............................................. 4
1. Create Reports...................................... 4
2. Edit Reports........................................ 4
3. Generate Reports.................................... 4
IV. EXPORTS............................................. 5
1. Create Exports...................................... 5
2. Edit Exports........................................ 5
3. Generate Exports.................................... 5
IV. UTILITIES........................................... 5
1. Color Parameters.................................... 5
2. Graph Printer Setup................................. 6
3. Report Printer Setup................................ 6
4. DOS Window.......................................... 6
5. Graph to .PCX....................................... 6
PAGE 1
INSTALLATION
To install Painless Accounting Companion simply copy the disk
into you your current Painless Accounting Version 4.0
subdirectory, by typing the following command at the DOS
prompt:
COPY A:*.* C:\subdirectory name <return>
If this is the registered Version type the following command
from your Painless Accounting subdirectory:
PACOMP <return>
If this is the shareware version type the following command:
PACOMP-D <return>
To run the program type PAG or PAG-D depending on the
Version.
MULTIPLE COMPANIES
Press the number of the company to access or highlight the
proper company by using the arrow keys and press enter.
If you try to access a company and receive the error message
that the company is not installed, you must run the install
process to create the data files for the company. You could
also receive this message if an invalid path is entered and
the data files are not found.
GRAPH
CREATE GRAPH - Select this option to create your graph
formats. You must first select the desired data file to
graph. All the data files will be displayed on the screen.
Highlight the file to graph and press enter, or press the
letter or number corresponding to the data file you want to
graph.
Next enter the name of the file you want to store the graph
in. You may then enter a graph title, which will be printed
at the top of the graph. You can also specify a x-axis and
y-axis title. The x-axis title will appear along the bottom
of the graph and the y-axis title will appear along the left
side of the graph.
Next the fields from the data file selected will be
displayed. You must then select the field description to
sort by. Only alphanumeric fields will be displayed to sort
by. When the graph is generated, it will be sorted by this
selection. Next you must select the x-axis. It will only
allow alphanumeric fields for the x-axis. These will be
displayed for each element graphed. For example, if you are
graphing your expense accounts, and select account number for
the x-axis, for each account graphed the account number will
be displayed along the bottom.
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You can then select up to five y-axis. These can only be
numeric fields. For example, if you are graphing your
expense accounts, and select this month balance and previous
balance, these two balances will be graphed for each expense
account. The only exception is if you generate a pie chart.
In this case only the first y-axis will be graphed. To save
the graph press F10.
EDIT GRAPH - Select this option to make modifications to any
graph created. All graphs created will be displayed on the
screen. Select the one you want to edit. At this point you
may go through and make any modifications necessary.
GENERATE GRAPH - Select this option to generate the graphs to
the screen, printer, or to a file. All graphs created will
be displayed on the screen. Select the one you want to
generate.
Next you can enter a low range and a high range to graph. You
can also Press F4 and select individual items. You can
specify if you want a legend or if you want hatching. The
legend will appear in the upper right hand corner indicating
the y-axis fields selected. If you select hatching, when
doing a bar chart, the bar will have lines through it instead
of just being a solid bar.
Then you must specify where you want the graph to be sent.
You may send it to the screen, printer, or to a file. If you
select screen the graph will be displayed on the screen. If
you select printer, you can then select if you want to print
the graph in portrait or landscape form. You may also
specify the horizontal and vertical size of the graph to
print. The default horizontal and vertical size is one, for
the standard graph size. If you want the graph to be printed
bigger enter in a higher number. If you want the graph to be
smaller enter in a lower number.
If you select file you will then be prompted to enter in the
file name to save the graph in. You may then recall the
graph through the recall option.
You will then be prompted to select the type of graph to
generate. Highlight the desired graph type or press the
number corresponding to that graph type. The graph will then
be generated to the screen.
RECALL GRAPH - Select this option to look at a graph that has
already been generated and saved in a file. All graphs saved
will be displayed on the screen. Select the one you want to
recall. You may then display the graph to the screen or send
it to the printer.
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REPORTS
CREATE REPORTS - Select this option to create your report
formats. You must first select the desired data file to
report on. All the data files will be displayed on the
screen. Highlight the file to use and press enter, or press
the letter or number corresponding to the data file you want
to select.
Next enter the name of the file you want to store the report
format in. You may then enter up to three headings. These
headings will appear at the top of the report. Next the
fields from the data file selected will be displayed. You
must then select the field to sort by. You can then enter up
to 10 fields, and indicate whether to subtotal (S), total(T),
or group(G) on the fields selected and enter in a heading for
each field selected. The heading you input will be the
heading printed above that particular column. Press F10 to
save the report format.
When you select a alphanumeric field you have the option to
group on this field. For example, if you select the accounts
file and sort by account type, and enter the account type as
a field to group on, and select to subtotal on the previous
balance, each time the account type changes you will get a
subtotal for the previous balance. You may only total or
subtotal on numeric fields. If you opt to total on the
previous balance, the total of all previous balances will be
displayed at the end of the report.
When you select to group on a field, everytime this field
changes, subtotals will be printed for any field you
indicated to subtotal on. One thing to watch out for is if
you group on account number and subtotal on previous balance,
you will get a subtotal for each account number. This is
because each account number is different. You should only
group on fields that are not unique.
EDIT REPORT - Select this option to edit a report. All the
reports created will be displayed and you can select the one
you want to edit. The report will be loaded and you can make
any changes necessary. If you need to change field five, you
must go through all the previous fields before you can change
field five. The information will default to what is in each
for so just press enter until you get to the field you need
to change. Then you can Press F10 to save the change.
GENERATE REPORT - Select this option to generate any report
created. All reports created will be displayed, select the
one you want to generate. You may then specify condensed
printing or normal printing. You may also enter a left
margin. Next specify the range of items to print or press F4
to select specific items to report on.
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You can then indicate if you want the report to be displayed
on the screen, sent to the printer, or stored in a file. If
you display the report to the screen, after the report is
displayed you will have the option to send it to the printer.
If you select file it will prompt you for the name of the
file to save the report in.
EXPORTS
CREATE FORMAT - Select this option to create an export
format. Next select the desired data file to export. Then
enter the export file name. You must then select the field
to sort by. You can then enter up to 10 fields to export.
EDIT FORMAT - Select this option to modify any export format
created. All export formats created will be displayed,
select the one you want to edit. You can then make any
changes necessary.
GENERATE EXPORT - Select this option to export data to a
file. All export formats created will be displayed, select
the one you want to generate. You can then enter a low range
and a high range. You may also select specific items to
export by pressing F4. Next you must indicate the type of
delimiters desired. After this selection you must enter in
the name of file to export the information to.
UTILITIES
Color Parameters
This option allows you to customize your screen color
attributes. All possible color combinations will be
displayed with a corresponding number. Just enter this
number in the option you wish to change.
Following is a brief description of each option available for
change.
Standard: This is the color of all menus and data entry
routines.
Enhanced: This will be the color of the fields currently
available for input.
Active: This is the color to the current field, i.e.
where the cursor is located.
Calc/Npad: This is the color of the pop-up calculator and
notepad.
Status: This will be the color of the status line
displayed at the top of the screen at all times.
Window: This is the windows that pop up for various input
options.
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View: This will be the color of the screen when
displaying lists of clients, vendors, etc. on the
screen.
Help: This is the color of all help panels.
It will then ask if you want to set the intensity off. If
you set the intensity off, the blocked cursor will no longer
be in a blocked form. It will display the colors you chose
and ask if these are the colors you wish to use. If you
answer yes it will save these as your colors. If you do not
like the colors you have chosen answer no and it will take
you back to the color options and you may change them.
GRAPH PRINTER SETUP
Highlight the printer type to use when printing graphs and
press enter. Then select the port the printer is connected
to. If you are not sure which port your printer is connected
select LPT1 and then try printing a graph. If this does not
work select LPT2 and repeat the process until the graph
prints.
REPORT PRINTER SETUP
Highlight the printer type to use when printing reports and
press enter. Select other if your printer is not on the
list. Then enter in the decimal codes for normal and
condensed printing. This may be found in your printer
manual.
DOS WINDOW
This option will allow you to exit to DOS. To return to
Painless Accounting Companion type in 'EXIT'.
GRAPH TO .PCX
This option allows you to convert any graph generated to a
file, into a PCX file format to import into other software
packages that read PCX formats. Indicate the file name to
save the PCX file in.
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