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- Painless Accounting Companion Table of Contents
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- I. INSTALLATION........................................ 2
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- II. MULTIPLE COMPANIES.................................. 2
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- III. GRAPH............................................... 2
- 1. Create Graph........................................ 2
- 2. Edit Graph.......................................... 3
- 3. Generate Graph...................................... 3
- 4. Recall Graph........................................ 3
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- IV. REPORTS............................................. 4
- 1. Create Reports...................................... 4
- 2. Edit Reports........................................ 4
- 3. Generate Reports.................................... 4
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- IV. EXPORTS............................................. 5
- 1. Create Exports...................................... 5
- 2. Edit Exports........................................ 5
- 3. Generate Exports.................................... 5
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- 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
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- INSTALLATION
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- 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>
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- If this is the registered Version type the following command
- from your Painless Accounting subdirectory:
- PACOMP <return>
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- If this is the shareware version type the following command:
- PACOMP-D <return>
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- To run the program type PAG or PAG-D depending on the
- Version.
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- MULTIPLE COMPANIES
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- Press the number of the company to access or highlight the
- proper company by using the arrow keys and press enter.
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- 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.
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- GRAPH
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- EXPORTS
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- UTILITIES
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- Color Parameters
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- 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.
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- Following is a brief description of each option available for
- change.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- GRAPH PRINTER SETUP
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- 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.
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- REPORT PRINTER SETUP
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- 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.
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- DOS WINDOW
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- This option will allow you to exit to DOS. To return to
- Painless Accounting Companion type in 'EXIT'.
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- GRAPH TO .PCX
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- 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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