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- The Program Prefs function allows you to define the CA:
- directory (from within the program), the default
- (initial) PAY / DESC description to use in the various
- Transaction requesters, and the initial state of the TAX
- button.
-
- ----------------------------------------------------
-
- The following list describes the functions available in
- the Program Prefs Requester. The order of these
- functions corresponds to the order they appear in the
- requester's menu bar. You can select any function using
- either the keyboard (shown as "Keyboard:") or mouse
- ("Mouse:").
-
-
- Prefs Menu
-
- Okay
-
- Accept the defined program preferences. These
- settings will not be saved as the default
- preferences unless the "Default" option is
- selected.
-
- Keyboard: RIGHT-AMIGA Y
- Mouse: Menu Item; Command Button
-
-
- Default
-
- Save the current Program Prefs settings as the
- default program settings. The settings are saved
- under the file name "CAdefault.CAp" in the S:
- defined directory.
-
- Keyboard: RIGHT-AMIGA F
- Mouse: Menu Item; Command Button
-
- Clear
-
- Initialize all Show, Icon Creation, User Prefs, and
- Auto Desc List settings to their NO (no check mark)
- position, initialize the TAX Status setting to
- "Same As Last Used," and erase the entries in the
- CA: directory and Default Description For input
- fields.
-
- Keyboard: RIGHT-AMIGA E
- Mouse: Menu Item; Command Button
-
- Cancel
-
- Terminate the definition of the program preferences
- and restore the previous preference settings.
-
- Keyboard: RIGHT-AMIGA N
- Mouse: Menu Item; Command Button
-
-
- Settings Menu
-
- Show
-
- Batch Mode Indicator
-
- Toggle the displays (SHOW or HIDE) of the Batch
- Mode status (ON or OFF) indicator.
-
- If selected (SHOW), a 'B' will appear at the
- left side of the Main Screen Show Area if Batch
- Mode is ON; if Batch Mode is OFF, nothing will
- be shown.
-
- If unselected (HIDE), nothing will be shown
- regardless of the Batch Mode status.
-
- Keyboard: RIGHT-AMIGA @
- Mouse: Menu Item; Check Box
-
- Sorted List Indicator
-
- Toggle the display (SHOW or HIDE) of the Sorted
- List Indicator.
-
- If selected (SHOW), an 'S' will appear between
- the locations of the Batch Mode Indicator and
- the Transaction Count if the current Transaction
- List is sorted in any way.
-
- If unselected (HIDE), nothing will be shown
- regardless of the ordering of the Transaction
- List.
-
- Keyboard: RIGHT-AMIGA =
- Mouse: Menu Item; Check Box
-
- Transaction Count
-
- Toggle the display (SHOW or HIDE) of the number
- of viewable transactions in the Transaction List
- (defined by the current View (Select Groups)
- settings) and the number of total transactions
- in the current checkbook. The format of the
- Transaction Count is: viewable / total.
-
- If selected (SHOW), the transaction count will
- appear in the middle of the Main Screen Show
- Area.
-
- If unselected (HIDE), nothing will be shown.
-
- Keyboard: RIGHT-AMIGA #
- Mouse: Menu Item; Check Box
-
- Initial Deposit
-
- Toggle the display (SHOW or HIDE) of the current
- checkbook's initial deposit, as defined in the
- Information Requester.
-
- If selected (SHOW), the initial deposit amount
- will appear at the right side of the Main Screen
- Show Area, in-line with the AMOUNT field of the
- Transaction List.
-
- If unselected (HIDE), nothing will be shown.
-
- Keyboard: RIGHT-AMIGA $
- Mouse: Menu Item; Check Box
-
- Running Balance Tracker
-
- Toggle the display (SHOW or HIDE) of the Running
- Balance Tracker, which graphically displays (in
- a bar chart format) the running balances of the
- 20 transactions currently viewable in the
- Transaction List.
-
- If selected (SHOW), the Running Balance Tracker
- will appear in the lower-right corner of the
- Main Screen. If a transaction is highlighted,
- the corresponding running balance bar will be
- indicated with an arrow.
-
- If unselected (HIDE), the Tracker area will be
- blank.
-
- Keyboard: RIGHT-AMIGA T
- Mouse: Menu Item; Check Box
-
- Icon Creation
-
- Checkbook
-
- Toggle the creation (CREATE or IGNORE) of an
- icon with each saved checkbook file.
-
- If selected (CREATE), a checkbook icon will
- accompany each of the future checkbook files
- saved. The icon will be similar to the
- Checkbook Accountant program icon, but will have
- the word "CHECKBOOK" on it.
-
- If unselected (IGNORE), each of the following
- checkbook files will not have an accompanying
- icon.
-
- Keyboard: RIGHT-AMIGA (
- Mouse: Menu Item; Check Box
-
- Budget List
-
- Toggle the creation (CREATE or IGNORE) of an
- icon with each saved budget list file.
-
- If selected (CREATE), a budget icon will
- accompany each of the future budget list files
- saved. The icon will be similar to the
- Checkbook Accountant program icon, but will
- have the word "BUDGET" on it.
-
- If unselected (IGNORE), each of the following
- budget list files will not have an accompanying
- icon.
-
- Keyboard: RIGHT-AMIGA )
- Mouse: Menu Item; Check Box
-
- Description List
-
- Toggle the creation (CREATE or IGNORE) of an
- icon with each saved description list file.
-
- If selected (CREATE), a description icon will
- accompany each of the future description list
- files saved. The icon will be similar to the
- Checkbook Accountant program icon, but will have
- the word "DESC" on it.
-
- If unselected (IGNORE), each of the following
- description list files will not have an
- accompanying icon.
-
- Keyboard: RIGHT-AMIGA _
- Mouse: Menu Item; Check Box
-
- User Prefs
-
- Workbench Pointer
-
- Toggle the type (CA or WB) of pointer to use.
-
- If selected (WB), the Checkbook Accountant
- pencil pointer will be replaced with the current
- Workbench pointer.
-
- If unselected (CA), the current Workbench
- pointer will be replaced with the default
- Checkbook Accountant pencil pointer.
-
- Keyboard: RIGHT-AMIGA !
- Mouse: Menu Item; Check Box
-
- Workbench Colors
-
- Toggle the screen colors (CA or WB) used in the
- program.
-
- If selected (WB), the Checkbook Accountant Main
- Screen colors will be replaced with the current
- Workbench Screen colors. The program will try
- to analyze the current colors and use the
- appropriate color scheme to preserve a
- 3-dimensional look. However, the resulting
- colors might not make the program look
- appealing.
-
- If unselected (CA), the current Workbench Screen
- colors will be replaced with the default
- Checkbook Accountant Main Screen colors.
-
- Keyboard: RIGHT-AMIGA *
- Mouse: Menu Item; Check Box
-
- Auto Desc List
-
- Add PAY / DESC
-
- Add the PAY / DESC descriptions from the loaded
- checkbook to the Description List.
-
- Keyboard: RIGHT-AMIGA D
- Mouse: Menu Item; Check Box
-
- Add MEMO
-
- Add the MEMO descriptions from the loaded
- checkbook to the Description List.
-
- Keyboard: RIGHT-AMIGA M
- Mouse: Menu Item; Check Box
-
- TAX Status
-
- Same As Last Used
-
- The state of the TAX button in the current (new)
- transaction will be the same as the last
- transaction.
-
- Keyboard: RIGHT-AMIGA L
- Mouse: Menu Item; Radio Button
-
- Always TRUE
-
- The state of the TAX button (for new
- transactions only) will always be TRUE (shown
- with a check mark).
-
- Keyboard: RIGHT-AMIGA 1
- Mouse: Menu Item; Radio Button
-
- Always FALSE
-
- The state of the TAX button (for new
- transactions only) will always be FALSE (shown
- without a check mark).
-
- Keyboard: RIGHT-AMIGA 0
- Mouse: Menu Item; Radio Button
-
- ----------------------------------------------------
-
- The following list describes the input fields which hold
- the CA: Directory definition and the Default Descriptions
- For Checks, Other Debits, Deposits, Other Credits, and
- Voided Checks. The input format of each field is also
- given (shown as "FORMAT:").
-
-
- CA: Directory
-
- The directory name which the program should use to
- locate the CAhelp directory and CAdefault.CAb and
- CAdefault.CAd files. CA: is not actually assigned
- (with the AmigaDOS assign command), but is used to
- describe the location of the Checkbook Accountant
- support files. If this input field is blank, the
- program will try to find these files in the current
- directory.
-
- FORMAT: Any sequence of characters
- (maximum of 128).
-
- Default Description For -- Checks
-
- Initial description to place in the PAY input field
- during the definition of a new check transaction.
-
- FORMAT: Any sequence of characters (maximum of 50).
-
- Default Description For -- Other Debits
-
- Initial description to place in the DESC input
- field during the definition of a new other debit
- transaction.
-
- FORMAT: Any sequence of characters (maximum of 50).
-
- Default Description For -- Deposits
-
- Initial description to place in the DESC input
- field during the definition of a new deposit
- transaction.
-
- FORMAT: Any sequence of characters (maximum of 50).
-
- Default Description For -- Other Credits
-
- Initial description to place in the DESC input
- field during the definition of a new other credit
- transaction.
-
- FORMAT: Any sequence of characters (maximum of 50).
-
- Default Description For -- Voided Checks
-
- Initial description to place in the DESC input
- field during the redefinition of a non-voided check
- as a voided check.
-
- FORMAT: Any sequence of characters (maximum of 50).
-
- -- END OF PROGRAM PREFS HELP --
-