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- LEDGER INSTRUCTIONS
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- WARNING
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- If you receive this program on a magazine or other public domain
- distribution diskette, there may be insufficient disk space for
- the program to open databases. In this event, move the Ledger
- directory to its own diskette.
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- GENERAL
-
- The Ledger provides a simplified approach for your financial
- record keeping requirements. You can use the system for a
- variety of purposes, such as keeping track of bank accounts,
- credit cards, accounts recievable, accounts payable, and income
- and expenses for your club. You may establish any number of
- accounts (limited only by disk space) and enter debit or credit
- transactions as they occur. As transactions are entered, a
- running balance is provided at the bottom of the screen. An
- option is provided that will allow you to print a statement for
- any given account.
-
- The system is composed of two separate programs which may be
- executed from the Workbench or CLI. The programs are:
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- Ledger - used to enter your transactions
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- Readme - displays or prints these instructions
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- USING LEDGER
-
- Upon entry into the Ledger program you will see an area in the
- middle of the screen that is used for entering and viewing the
- transactions. Along the right side of the screen you will notice
- several orange gadgets that are used to perform various data
- entry and editing function. If you position the pointer over the
- title bar and depress the right mouse button, you will notice
- that there is a menu which will allow you to open, close, print
- and delete files. The HELP key may be depressed at any time to
- determine what your options are.
-
- These are the menu functions:
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- Open Account - Before you enter transactions
- you must open an account. After selecting
- this option, you will be presented with a file
- requester that will allow you to specify the
- name of the account. If a database for the
- specified name already exists, the data will
- be read into memory. If a database for the
- specified name does not exist, one will be
- established.
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- Delete Account - After selecting this option,
- you will be presented with a file requester
- that will allow you to specify the name of the
- account to be deleted. Exercise care here
- because the action you take is final.
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- Print Statement - This option causes a
- statement to printed for the account that is
- currently open.
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- Quit - Select this option to terminate the
- program.
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- Close No Save - If you select this option,
- the changes you have made to the account that
- is currently open will not be saved.
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- To use the gadgets, simply position the pointer over the
- appropriate one and then depress the left mouse button. The
- functions that may be performed are as follows:
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- Top - Selecting this gadget will cause the top
- 19 lines of the transaction database to be
- displayed.
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- Insert - Selecting this gadget will allow you
- to insert additional transactions. The new
- entry will be made immediately above the
- location of the cursor. The cursor may be
- positioned to any item simply by using the
- mouse to position the pointer and then
- depressing the left mouse button, or by using
- the Up and Down arrows on the keyboard.
- Information that may be entered includes:
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- Date - Enter the date of the transaction
- (MM/DD/YY).
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- Description - Describe the transaction.
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- Reference - Enter any desired information
- in this field. Can be used for check or
- invoice number.
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- Debit - Enter amounts that increase your
- total cash.
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- Credit - Enter amounts that decrease your
- total cash.
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- NOTE: Once you have entered Insert mode,
- you will remain in this mode until the
- ESC key is depressed.
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- Change - Selecting this gadget will allow you
- to change a transaction. First position the
- pointer at the transaction to be changed then
- select the Change Gadget. After selecting the
- Change gadget, use the Right Arrow or TAB to
- move to the the field to be changed. To
- change numeric items, i.e., debit or credit,
- you must first use the Del key to remove the
- previously entered data, then enter the
- correct amount.
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- Delete - Selecting this gadget will cause the
- transaction at the location of the cursor to
- be deleted. Exercise caution when using this
- option. This function cannot be used while in
- the input mode. If you want to delete the
- transaction currently being entered, depress
- the ESC key.
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- Find - Selecting this gadget will allow you to
- search the database for the occurrence of any
- specified argument. You will be ask to enter
- the search criteria upon selecting the option.
- If a transaction is located that meets the
- search criteria, that entry will be displayed
- on the screen at the location of the cursor.
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- Find Next - Selecting this gadget will allow
- you to search the database for the NEXT
- occurrence of the specified argument.
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- Remove - Selecting this gadget will cause the
- transaction at the location of the cursor to
- be temporarily removed from the database.
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- Reinsert - Selecting this gadget will cause a
- removed transaction to be reinserted
- immediately above the current location of the
- cursor. The Remove/Reinsert options are used
- to move a transaction from one location to
- another within the database.
-
- Bottom - Selecting this gadget will cause the
- last 19 transactions in the database to be
- displayed.
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- The proportional gadget at the extreme right of the screen may be
- used to scroll forward and backward a full screen at a time.
- Simply position the pointer at the appropriate end of the gadget
- and depress the left mouse button. The Up and Down Arrows may
- also be used to scroll forward and backward through the database.
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- OTHER INFORMATION
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- Any given account will hold 1,000 transactions. If this is not
- enough, simply continue with another account, e.g., "visa-1" as a
- continuation of "visa."
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- Be sure to backup your databases often!
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- DISCLAIMER
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- The Author makes no warranty of any kind with respect to this
- documentation or the software described therein, its quality,
- performance, merchantability, or fitness for a particular
- application. The Author shall not be liable for errors contained
- herein or for incidental or consequential damages in connection
- with the use of this product.
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