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- WinCheck 3.0 User Manual Additions and Notes
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- SHIFT+F6 will Tile all of the open Windows.
- SHIFT+F5 will Cascade all open Windows.
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- Voiding Transactions (CTRL+V)
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- To Void a transaction, choose Void from the Data menu or prss CTRL+V.
- A prompt will appear asking if you are sure you want to void the
- transaction - yes will Void the selected transaction....
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- Printing Dot Matrix Checks
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- New to WinCheck version 3.0G and later, is the ability to print
- directly to the printer port. This was implemented to allow for
- a single check to be printed to a dot matrix printer without a
- page eject or form feed occuring. Refer to the On-Line Help
- file (Topic: Printing Checks to a Dot Matrix Printer) for more
- information on this feature.
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- Pre-defined Categories When Starting a New Account
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- New to version 3.0G and later; when starting a new account, you
- will be given an option to use pre-defined categories and
- subcategories:
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- Choose Personal (the default) and WinCheck will create pre-defined
- categories for you, such as:
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- Automobile:Gasoline
- Charitable Donations
- Food:Dining Out
- Gifts
- Healthcare:Prescriptions
- Leisure:Video Rentals
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- Choose Business and WinCheck will create pre-defined categories
- for you, such as:
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- Utilities:Electricity
- Taxes:State Income Tax
- Services:Accounting
- Office Expenses:Rent
- Entertainment:Meals
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- Choose Both and WinCheck will create pre-defined Business and Personal
- categories. And finally, choose "None" and WinCheck will not create
- categories for you, allowing you to specify all of you own custom
- categories.
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- Using the Category Command Files on an Existing Account File
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- Three batch files are included to create pre-defined categories when
- opening a new account or add the categories to an existing account by
- running the Command File (choose Run/Edit WinCheck Command File from
- the Acct menu and select the appropriate command file):
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- H.WCB / WinCheck Batch File to create Personal categories
- B.WCB / WinCheck Batch File to create Business categories
- HB.WCB / WinCheck Batch File to create Personal & Business categories
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- These files can be edited by choosing Run/Edit WinCheck Command File
- from the Acct menu. Delete or add categories to the WCB file.
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- Command File Language
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- Page 16-2 Indicates that the default check # value is 0. If
- no check number is indicated, WinCheck will inserted the next
- available check number and not a 0 as documented.
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- Page 16-2 refers to the Category Keyword without a note about
- the types of Categories. New to version 3.0G of WinCheck is the
- ability to specify the type of category:
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- Expense
- Income
- Both (Income and Expense)
- as well as Tax Deductable/Tax Significant
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- The additional parameters for the Category Keyword are:
- E = Expense I = Income T = Tax Deductable/Significant B = Both (default)
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- If no parameter is indicated, then categories are marked as Both
- or general (both Income and Expense). For more accurate reporting
- of Cash Flow and Budgeting information, you should indicate the
- type of category (Income or Expense) whenever possible.
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- CATEGORY=(ET)Automobile/Truck:Maintenance
- Creates a Tax Significant Expense category named Automobile/Truck, with a
- subcategory of Maintenance.
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- CATEGORY=(IT)Interest Income
- Creates a Tax Significant Income category named Interest Income.
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- CATEGORY=(E)Automobile:Gasoline
- Creates a Expense category named Automobile, with a subcategory called Gasoline.
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- CATEGORY=Automobile
- Creates a general category called Automobile.
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- Reports
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- The Rows and Column boxes are grayed when a internal report is
- selected (as is the Export button).
-
- Heading on Page 13-10 of the manual, should read:
- Statement Sorted by Date, Number
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- REPORTS
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- Budget Report
- Cash Flow
- Category Report
- Common Transaction Report
- Debit Report
- Deposit Report
- Profit/Loss by Category
- Profit/Loss by Category, by Month
- Register Data with Memo1 Information
- Register Sorted by Date, Number
- Register Sorted by Checkbook Name
- Register Sorted by Category
- Register with Running Balance
- Statement Sorted by Date, Check Number
- Statement Sorted by Number, Date
- Statement Sorted by Number, Date - Uncleared
- Tax Deductible Report
- WinCheck Order Form
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- Each report is available for Savings and Checking data (if the
- account is a Savings and Checking account).
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- Checking: Register Sorted by Date, Number
- Savings: Register Sorted by Date, Number
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- If the account is a Checking or Cash account (no Savings
- account tracking), then the reports will not appear with the word
- Checking or Savings before them. Choose the Print or Preview
- button to print or preview the report with the data from the
- selected months.
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- Hint and Tips
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- Refer to Appendix A in the User's Guide and the Help file topic
- "Hints and Tips" for WinCheck techniques and tips.
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- Data Menu Items
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- Under the Data Menu there are three optional Register window options.
- They are:
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- Register Vertical Gridlines
- Register Horizontal Gridlines
- Show Category and Memo in Register
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- All of these options, when checked, will affect open Register
- windows.
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- "Show Category and Memo in Register" is an option to display the
- Category/Subcategory as well as the Memo 1 information in the
- Register window. This information will appear below the Payee or
- Description information when "Show Category and Memo in Register"
- is selected (checked).
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- For example:
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- 03/14 Checking Cash Machine 20.00
- Entertainment:Fun, Chicago's
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- Entertainment:Fun Category/Subcategory
- Chicago's Memo 1 line information from the Transaction
- Details dialog.
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- Additionally there are options for horizontal and vertical lines
- for the items in the Register window.
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- "Register Vertical Gridlines" will place vertical lines between
- the columns of information in the Register window.
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- "Register Horizontal Gridlines" will place horizontal lines between
- the rows of transaction information in the Register window.
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